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Published on Friday, 18 July 2008 19:00 | 
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Wayne Dyer’s Your Erroneous Zones
helped David James crawl out of a black hole
Some twenty odd years ago a friend passed on to me a book by Wayne Dyer called Your Erroneous Zones. He had, in fact, purchased it in error, having misread the title as Your Erogenous Zones! This was my first introduction to Dyer who is known by his fans as the 'father of motivation'. My disappointed friend hadn’t got beyond the first few pages. I, on the other hand, couldn’t put the book down.
No stranger to adversity, Dyer was born in Detroit in 1940, and grew up in orphanages and foster homes. He still managed to achieve many of his goals, including gaining a doctorate in educational counselling. Your Erroneous Zones, and the twenty-nine other books that have followed, focus mainly on spiritual growth and self-development.I was really in the dumps when I first read him. My relationship was floundering and I’d just left the police force but had no idea what I wanted to do with my life. This book inspired and focused me. I managed to crawl out of my black hole and forge a new career for myself as an aerial photographer.
Dyer’s latest book, Change Your Thoughts—Change Your Life: Living the Wisdom of the Tao, takes modern life lessons from the ancient Chinese book of wisdom, the Tao Te Ching. Each of the eighty-one chapters focuses on living the Tao today, with titles such as 'Living with Flexibility', 'Living Without Enemies' and 'Living by Letting Go'.
He’s definitely worth a read when you’re low on motivation, or feel you’ve lost touch with 'the bigger picture' of your life.