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a">As I said, I’d never heard of Dr Wayne Dyer (1940–2015) or his ego acronym until I read <a href="undefined">Sheri Jacobs</a>’ <a href="https://thehubpublication.com/whats-your-problem-b30d76c55a6a">story</a>. I did what most of us do when curiosity gets the better of us — I consulted the repository of all-knowing, Google!</p><p id="a823">Google did what Google does best and tossed up heaps of links about Dr Dyer and his achievements. In amongst it were several YouTube clips including this one. The visuals are poor but the audio is fine and the message is even better. Please have a listen:</p>
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</figure></iframe></div></div></figure><p id="29ee">In this video, Dr Dyer mentions his <a href="https://www.amazon.com.au/Change-Your-Thoughts-Living-Wisdom/dp/140191750X/">book</a>, <i>Change Your Thoughts — Change Your Life: Living the Wisdom of the Tao</i> (2007).</p><p id="5c7d">When I heard the title, my ears pricked up like a…I was going to say donkey, but let’s go with a long-eared <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerboa">jerboa</a> — I’ve had enough of being an ass! 😝</p><figure id="4737"><img src="https://cdn-images-1.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:800/1*8p8i2izxAToQEEhBw3xoaQ.jpeg"><figcaption>Long-eared jerboa — source: <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Four-toes-jerboa.jpg">Wikimedia</a></figcaption></figure><p id="2daf">I’d heard the catchcry, <i>Change your thoughts, change your life</i>, or a version of it, before. My ‘jerboa moment’ came when I connected the title of Dr Dyer’s book with the meme magnet I have on my desk – <i>Change your thoughts and you’ll change your world</i>.</p><figure id="b3df"><img src="https://cdn-images-1.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:800/1*k5rstkbM4nwxKxszMNEOWQ.jpeg"><figcaption>My meme magnet — author’s own photo</figcaption></figure><p id="4225" type="7">‘Change your thoughts
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— Norman Vincent Peale (1898–1993)</p><p id="cbd3"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norman_Vincent_Peale">Norman Vincent Peale</a>, by the way, is recognised as the ‘father of positive thinking’ and wrote the international best seller, <a href="https://www.amazon.com.au/Power-Positive-Thinking-Norman-Vincent/dp/0749307153/">The Power of Positive Thinking</a>. His spiritual and religious teachings have been hugely influential. I don’t know for sure but I suspect they influenced Dr Wayne Dyer.</p><p id="a455">The meme’s ‘<i>change your thoughts</i>’ messaging is phenomenally powerful — that’s why I bought the magnet. I hoped the person I bought it for would think so, too, and begin to re-think their ego-driven approach to life and their self-defeating sense of entitlement that often man
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ifested in negativity and criticism.</p><p id="be2a">I later found the magnet in the trash. 😢</p><p id="5203">I made no comment.</p><p id="eb7b">There was no need to.</p><p id="367d">Their actions spoke volumes.</p><p id="af06">I quietly retrieved the magnet from the bin and gave it a new (permanent) home on my desk. It’s more than a meme — it’s my mantra. 🎇</p><p id="e33c">It’s not the first time I’ve photographed and written about the meme magnet. It featured in a story I wrote last year, <i>Gratitude in a Sonnet</i> —</p><div id="5262" class="link-block">
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<div><h3>For those who need reminding</h3></div>
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</div><p id="94d3">It would seem <a href="undefined">Sheri Jacobs</a> and I are on a similar wavelength. Yesterday, her <a href="https://readmedium.com/want-to-break-that-habit-9cb8e4ebf630">story</a>, <i>Want to Break that Habit?</i> was published. In it, she refers to Dr Wayne Dyer’s, <i>change your thoughts, change your life</i> quote —</p><div id="8dd3" class="link-block">
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<h2>Want to Break that Habit?</h2>
<div><h3>Tap into your brain’s grooves</h3></div>
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</div><p id="b8e3"><a href="undefined">Sheri</a> and I are talking the same language but coming at it from different directions. Sheri has a great story to tell about a friend she calls Mike who overcame his maladaptive nail-biting habit by training himself to practice positive thinking. We can only hope ego-Eric is taking notes. 🙏</p><p id="a345"><b><i>Thank you</i></b> and <b><i>welcome back</i></b> to <a href="undefined">Liberty Forrest,</a> and her publication, <b>HopeHealingHumour</b>. The idea for my story was already forming in my head when Liberty <a href="https://readmedium.com/hope-healing-and-humour-open-for-submissions-again-912c73ff7303">announced</a> that she was reopening her publication after what has been a drama-filled hiatus worthy of a documentary. Knowing I was writing this piece with her publication in mind gave me the orientation I needed to pull it all together. I hope I’ve pulled it off. 🙏 🌼</p><p id="571b"><b><i>Thank you all for reading. </i></b>🙏 💕</p><p id="c66f"><b>✨ If you like what you’ve read, please consider —
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