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

Barbara Sher (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: February 10, 1997

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).

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com Review

This book is the dramatic followup to I Could Do Anything If I Only Knew What It Was. Barbara Sher offers a dynamic new step-by-step program to help you create a life you can fully enjoy. Using the practical exercises and bold strategies she outlines, you can make your "impossible" dreams possible, reachable, and real. She shows you how to decide what your dream is, eliminate the unnecessary burdens and clutter in your life, develop your ideas, and get what you want. Stop just getting by and start getting the most out of your life! --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

From the Publisher

Barbara Sher has helped thousands of people overcome self-doubt and fear and find meaning in their lives with her previous bestsellers. In Live the Life You Love, she puts those ideas to work. Combining fast-acting strategies and innovative exercises with motivational techniques, she has created a revolutionary step-by-step program that will reveal:

What quality will make you "unstoppable" (and it's far more effective than "discipline" or "willpower")
What your favorite childhood pastimes reveal about what it takes to become a happy adult
How to use your natural curiosity, talents, and resources to turn your life around
Why one-size careers do not fit all
Foolproof techniques for leaping over the hurdles between you and your dream

With her trademark wit, wisdom, and insight, Barbara Sher has created a manual to live by--a transformational guidebook for self-understanding, and ultimately, lifelong happiness.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 256 pages
• Publisher: Dell; 1st trade paper printing edition (February 10, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0440507561
• ISBN-13: 978-0440507567
• Product Dimensions: 6.1 x 0.6 x 9.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (23 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #238,591 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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172 of 173 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars No, really, this book did change my life!, September 7, 2000

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R. Griffiths "bookchoice" - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Live the Life You Love: In Ten Easy Step-By Step Lessons (Paperback)

At a difficult point in my career, I turned to this book to help me move to something new. I followed the steps described and it really worked. I had a dream of teaching environmental ethics at university, and now I am! A great thing about this book is that it is really written for sceptics like me who can't stand self-help books. Barbera Sher is particularly suspicious of resolutions and positive affirmations. She states quite clearly that you don't have to improve your character in order to get a good life - good news indeed! Another great thing about this book is that, just as she promises, all the exercises suggested are actually fun. This book moved me from a place of despondancy to a widening sense of wonder and excitement in life. Could you ask for more than that?

130 of 131 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Better than self-help: SELF-UNDERSTANDING, February 2, 2000

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Jeremy Schwartzentruber (Montreal, QC) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Live the Life You Love: In Ten Easy Step-By Step Lessons (Paperback)

This is one of the best books I have read for improving and understanding your life.

The premise of the book is that you can't force yourself to be "successful" or happy. The success gurus generally tell you to discipline yourself, to use the power of choice, to take more action. As Barbara Sher points out, these philosophies have mixed results because people can rarely discipline themselves for very long to do things that they don't feel like doing.

Maybe you know that you need to contact certain people to get started on the path towards something you love, but somehow you never get around to it? We need to understand that this doesn't happen just because we are weak and undisciplined -- there's a REASON for our behavior. This book awakened me to the concept of resistance. There are many different possible reasons that we experience resistance to doing things that we know we need to do. But if we try to just force ourselves to do things, then inevitably it will become too uncomfortable and we will quit, or "forget" about it.

In addition to resistance the book describes how to awaken yourself to things that you might love to do, and gives numerous techniques for helping you on the path to doing them. I will refer to this book again and again as I pursue my goals and dreams.

Overall this book is much better organized and written than her book "I could do anything, if only I knew what it was". That book does have some other useful material, but I would only recommend reading it after "Live the Life You Love..." if you are still hungry for more of her insight.

167 of 171 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Live the life you really love!, August 4, 2001

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Lee Mellott "Skin Care For Wrinkles" (Frederick, Maryland) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Live the Life You Love: In Ten Easy Step-By Step Lessons (Paperback)

I am a sucker for self help books. I usually feel great after reading one and then nothing. This book however is an exception. A truly insightful book that can change your life! We often read that if we think a certain way, and do things a certain way we can make what we want happen. Then of course we wonder what is wrong when things don't workout. The author explains why positive thinking, affirmations, and willing and wishing aren't always successful.

She describes how everyone is motivated differently and by using her techniques you will be able to determine what motivates you. She will help you learn how to take steps to make your desires come true even when you feel like you can't possibly succeed. The author describes techniques for a strong imaginary support system that will help you achieve your goals.

This book is very different than the usual "you can do it" book. If you follow the simple steps with this book "you will do it"! A wonderful book! You can start implementing the steps right away and be on your way to the life you love! As I read her book I put her suggestions to work. I can not believe how much easier it is to accomplish my goals!