Barbara Sher is a speaker, career/lifestyle coach, and best-selling author of seven books on goal achievement. Her books have sold millions of copies and been translated into many languages. She has appeared on Oprah, The Today Show, 60 Minutes, CNN, and Good Morning America and her public television specials air regularly in the United States. Sher lectures at universities, Fortune 100 companies and professional conferences all over the world.
Sher's latest book, Refuse to Choose (Rodale 2006) is a step-by-step program designed for "scanners", people with many interests who are unable to decide on a single direction for their lives.
"And our dreams are who we are.""Change is not only likely, it's inevitable.""Doing is a quantum leap from imagining.""Every single one of us can do things that no one else can do - can love things that no one else can love. We are like violins. We can be used for doorstops, or we can make music. You know what to do.""Imaginary obstacles are insurmountable. Real ones aren't.""It's essential to distinguish between events that are really beyond your control and events you caused yourself.""Real obstacles don't take you in circles. They can be overcome. Invented ones are like a maze.""Resentment is weak and lowers your self-esteem.""The amount of good luck coming your way depends on your willingness to act.""The cure for sorrow is to learn something.""We are like violins. We can be used as doorstops, or we can make music.""When you play it too safe, you're taking the biggest risk of your life. Time is the only wealth we're given.""When you start using senses you've neglected, your reward is to see the world with completely fresh eyes.""You can learn new things at any time in your life if you're willing to be a beginner. If you actually learn to like being a beginner, the whole world opens up to you.""You don't have to get it right the first time.""You must go after your wish. As soon as you start to pursue a dream, your life wakes up and everything has meaning."
Wishcraft: How To Get What You Really Want, 1978 Viking Press, 1984 Ballantine ISBN 978-0670776085
Teamworks: Building Support Groups That Guarantee Success!, Warner Books, 1989 ISBN 978-0446514613
I Could Do Anything If I Only Knew What It Was, 1994 Dell, Delacorte (over 700,000 books in print, translated into 8 languages)
Live the Life You Love In 10 Easy Step By Step Lessons, 1996, Dell Delacorte (Winner of Best Motivational Book in first session of Books For A Better Life Commission, 1996)
It's Only Too Late If You Don't Start Now: How to Create Your Second Life at Any Age, 1999, Dell Delacorte ISBN 978-0385315050
Barbara Sher's Idea Book: How to Do What You Love Without Starving to Death, 2004, Genius Press Unlimited ISBN 978-0972895200
Refuse to Choose!: A Revolutionary Program for Doing Everything That You Love, 2006 Rodale ISBN 978-1594863035
Sher runs retreats for scanners in the U.S., France, Corfu, Greece and Puglia, Italy, and a year-long program for writers and speakers called How To Write Your Own Success Story. She also runs websites devoted to her books, programs, and audio materials. In the spring and fall, she lives at her second home in a small village in Central Turkey where she teaches e-commerce to village weavers.