Live the Life You Love: In Ten Easy Step-By Step Lessons

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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 153
EAN: 9780440507567
ISBN: 0440507561
Label: Dell
Manufacturer: Dell
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 256
Publication Date: 1997-02-10
Publisher: Dell
Release Date: 1997-02-10
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No matter how long it's been since you've dreamed it...
No matter how "unrealistic" it seems...
Your impossible dream may not be impossible anymore.

If you've been waiting for a job that rewards you with more than a paycheck...or for the perfect moment to take that "long-lost" dream off hold...it's time to stop waiting and start creating a life you can truly love!

In this life altering follow-up to the sensational New York Times Bestseller I Could Do Anything If I Only Knew What It Was, Barbara Sher shows you how to break free from a career that doesn't cut it...tailor-make a meaningful, rewarding life to your personal specifications...and create a foundation for a success that's strong enough to support your heart's desire. With wisdom and warm reassurance, this step-by-step guide to personal and professional fulfillment teaches you the practical strategies you need to make your "impossible" dreams possible, reachable, and real.

Discover:

How to use "outcome thinking" to plot a positive path to your lifelong goal

What your favorite childhood pastimes tell you about what it takes to be a happy adult

How to use your natural curiosity, talents, and resources to turn your thinking--and your luck--around

Why one-size careers do NOT fit all

Foolproof techniques for leaping over the hurdles between you and your dream

How to do what you love and love what you do for the rest of your life!1997).

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Summary: My copy is well worn!
Comment: Loved it. I'm also a sucker for self help books. Barbara Sher is the greatest because she has a sense of humor. She doesn't believe in affirmations. Yeah. Who can remember them anyway? Different strokes for different folks. Pick your goal and write your press release. Life is waiting! If you change your mind, great. Write a new press release, as Sher says. It's 2009 and time to shine.

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Summary: Wish I Had Read This Sooner
Comment: I bought this book back in 2003, but somehow I misplaced it at the time.
Then last spring I semi-retired, and found it again. I wanted to kick myself for not reading it cover-to-cover earlier.

But the teacher will appear when the student is ready, and Barbara Sher waited on the shelf, patiently, for me to get my act together.

I only wish it had been sooner. When I read it this time I took the time to actually do the step-by-step lessons. And not surprisingly, my life has became better, finally including time for things I love.

If you're in transition - or want to be - this is a fantastic book to help you redefine your life and make it a joyful one - that you yourself design.

Trust me, it's well worth it!

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Summary: Practical Tips for Making the Most of Your Life
Comment: Over the years I've read a lot of self-improvement books. I was particularly impressed with Live the Life You Love: In Ten Easy Step-By Step Lessons."

Barbara Sher gives 10 suggestions: (1) Find the hidden motivators in your life. (2) Gather an unusual support system. (3) Uncover the buried feelings that hold you back. (4) Learn an easy trick to clearing space and making time. (5) Discover the gifts that make you different. (6) Overcome the biggest obstacle in your path. (7) Access an "idea bank." (8) Use a dress rehearsal to work out problems. (9) Create a tool that makes the final steps a breeze. (10) Create a path that will lead you straight to the life you love.

I found three tips particularly helpful. The author suggests ways to incorporate the things that give us joy into our daily lives, without needing to give up our day jobs.

She describes how to draw on the experience and expertise of others in a most creative, effective way.

And she explains that we're genetically programmed to resist change. Sher gives some easy ways to deal with that resistance, dispelling the notion that we must be weak or unmotivated if we resist, procrastinate or otherwise sabotage our dreams.

All in all a practical book that is both easy to read and easy to implement.

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Summary: A waste of time
Comment: I bought this book based on a recommendation given during a session aimed at helping employees prepare for retirement. I found the book disappointing and full of the sort of liberal arts twaddle that passes for wisdom but is not at all helpful for someone looking into retirement options.

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Summary: Takes you To The Starting Line
Comment: By today's standard this book is an old timer having been published ten years ago in 1996 but like all things worthwhile it has some very good qualities. The purpose of the book appears to be one of mindset preparation prior to engaging the new life the reader would like to live. It gets the reader to look inward and to understand the feelings one has as well as to recognize one's natural gifts. Importantly, Barbara Sher gets the reader to recognize the resistance we all sometimes feel when called to action and then she deals with ways of overconming it. The reader is taken to the starting line and then encouraged to dig in one's heels and to move out when the opening shot is fired. A good book for those in need of developing perspective in preparation for dealing with the new life they would like to live.

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