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Refuse to Choose!: Use All of Your Interests, Passions, and Hobbies to Create the Life and Career of Your Dreams Paperback – March 6, 2007

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Don't know what to do with your life? Drawn to so many things that you can't choose just one? New York Times best-selling author Barbara Sher has the answer—do EVERYTHING!

"Designed to help you enjoy your many interests without feeling overwhelmed and unfocused"
- Metro New York

Author of Wishcraft and I Could Do Anything If Only I Knew What It Was..., Barbara Sher has become famous for her extraordinary ability to help people define and achieve their goals. What Sher has discovered is that some individuals simply cannot, and should not, decide on a single path; they are genetically wired to pursue many areas. Sher calls them "Scanners"—people whose unique type of mind does not zero in on a single interest but rather scans the horizon, eager to explore everything they see.

In this groundbreaking book, readers will learn:

• what's behind their "hit and run" obsessions

• when (and how) to finish what they start

• how to do everything they love

• what type of Scanner they are (and which tools they need to do their very best work)
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    288 pages
  2. Language
    English
  3. Publisher
    Rodale Books
  4. Publication date
    March 6, 2007
  5. Dimensions
    6.03 x 0.74 x 8.98 inches
  6. ISBN-10
    1594866260
  7. ISBN-13
    978-1594866265
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4.6 out of 5 stars
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Customers find the book insightful, useful, and practical. They describe it as a good, enjoyable read that helps them understand how they work. Readers also appreciate the knowledge base, saying it offers great suggestions and tools to use.

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Customers find the book insightful, useful, and powerful. They say it helps them understand how they work and provides a wonderful new perspective. Readers also mention the book provides great instruction and empathy for their zone of genius.

"...I'm amazed at how insightful Ms. Sher is on this topic--she identifies a person like this generally as a "scanner" but there are several..." Read more

"...And it's not just feel-good, it helps you get to know yourself and gives you concrete ideas of how to get along better in a world where everything..." Read more

"...She empowers you with a loaded arsenal of applicable, super practical real world tools, steps and ideas for how to harness and actualize the..." Read more

"I have found this really, really inspiring and freeing - was panicking about my career options and what I wanted to do, and felt as though I was..." Read more

32 customers mention "Readability"32 positive0 negative

Customers find the book enjoyable and well-written. They say it's a quick read with tips on how to cope and make life fun.

"...But overall a very worthwhile book." Read more

"...The second half, however, delivered, and it's worth the price of the book by itself...." Read more

"...Barbara Sher always writes great books that are very readable but this is my new fav...." Read more

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Customers find the book packed with helpful insights and tools. They say it's a great book for multi-potentialites, scanners, or Renaissance men and women. Readers appreciate the practical real-world tools, steps, and ideas. They also mention the author has done a wonderful job of identifying and categorizing several different types.

"...She empowers you with a loaded arsenal of applicable, super practical real world tools, steps and ideas for how to harness and actualize the..." Read more

"...Ms. Sher has done a wonderful job of identifying and categorizing several different types of what she calls "scanners." In an earlier time..." Read more

"...She does a thorough job investigating the various types and I particularly enjoyed the examples from her clients and students from her..." Read more

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5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic investment, already paying dividends.
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LOVE this book. Fantastic investment that will pay dividends for a long time. If you are the type of person who has a great many interests and you beat yourself up because you jump around from thing to thing or just can't decide where to focus, THIS BOOK IS FOR YOU. I'm amazed at how insightful Ms. Sher is on this topic--she identifies a person like this generally as a "scanner" but there are several different types of scanners.

You will read the descriptions and practically jump up and down and say "That's so me!" In my case, while I identified with one type of scanner in particular, I saw parts of myself in each one. Additionally, I found this book invaluable for examining my life and beginning to brainstorm some things I could do different. It's already paying dividends.

BTW, this book isn't just about careers, though that's part of it. Sometimes those of us interested in many hobbies need help pinpointing where we are & how to maximize our interests. For me personally, I want to move forward with career change based on what I learned but I also have a million different hobbies as well. Run, don't walk to Amazon and get yourself a copy. If you are what is described as a scanner, you will found you have "come home."
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5.0 out of 5 stars It's ok to avoid the cookie-cutter life... keep molding yourself!
Reviewed in the United States on December 21, 2019
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Firstly, this book is the type where you read the first portion to help get to know yourself, and then you can just read the remaining sections that apply to you. So if you don't get through whole books easily, you don't have to.

It was helpful to me because it helped organize myself... not like de-clutter necessarily, but it validated my need to have things around at easy reach, and that I don't need to feel like a failure when I don't *complete* something. For some of us our minds need to explore, or prove we can do something to a certain level, or just get our feet wet, or whatever it is you "get out of it". It's not WRONG to not pick one thing and devote your life to it like society says. That's just how *some* people are, while others of us get our satisfaction and needs met in other ways. If you're tired of hearing "when are you going to get a real job?" or settle down, or "oh, you quit__(insert hobby or job here)__, huh?" and you feel guilty for not sticking with things, you NEED this book. It will pat you on the head and tell you there's nothing wrong with you and give you confidence and tools to work with your personality style the best you can. And it's not just feel-good, it helps you get to know yourself and gives you concrete ideas of how to get along better in a world where everything is supposed to be cookie-cutter and you're not a stiff gingerbread man, lol, you want to be moldable dough that will never be baked into one shape forever! :-D
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Marianne Smith
4.0 out of 5 stars I learned a lot about myself - interesting book!
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I learned a lot about myself from this book. I bought it to learn some time management techniques which I did and much more. After all these years I understand myself much better and it helped me see my life from a new perspective. As for the book itself, it could have used a bit of editing, fewer stories of people that illustrated the point the author was making. I got a lot more out of the second part of the book than the first. After a while I was able to tell what parts didn't apply to me and apply the 3 S's: skim, scan, and skip. But overall a very worthwhile book.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Finally! I feel understood, validated and liberated to be who I am!
Reviewed in the United States on March 9, 2015
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This is the best book I've read in a very long time. Once I read the first page I couldn't put it down. I read the whole book in about 24 hrs straight through (with a 3 hour nap in the middle). I couldn't take it all in fast enough. It felt as though my brain was re-wiring itself as I read. Barbara absolutely gets what it's like to be a renaissance woman of many interests, passions and new ideas and she gives her readers not just the permission but the full support, blessing and encouragement to embrace our multi-tasking, idea generating, always creating, easily bored minds and to do a celebratory dance around our newfound interests. She empowers you with a loaded arsenal of applicable, super practical real world tools, steps and ideas for how to harness and actualize the potential in your ideas and actually put them on the runway of action by engaging with those ideas through a variety of means...from mere sampling to full mastery. I've recommended this book to about 5 or 6 people since I started reading it yesterday. If you're a Jack/Jane of all trades and find yourself insatiably curious and always starting projects you find yourself quickly bored with and abandoning you absolutely must read this book. It will profoundly change the way you understand your inner dreamer/idea generator.
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Nadya
5.0 out of 5 stars Buen libro
Reviewed in Mexico on August 11, 2023
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Excelente libro, mi única queja sería que es muy largo, se supone que es para personas que hacen muchas cosas y se aburren rápido de algo, sólo tomé lo que necesitaba y me fue imposible terminar de lee…
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5.0 out of 5 stars Life Changing
Reviewed in Brazil on March 12, 2021
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All my life I have felt paralized when faced with choises, but that changed as soon as I started reading this book. With just a simple shift on how to look at yourself and understanding how you are wired you can have a radical change on your behavior! Incredible!
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Niranjan Bharathwaj
5.0 out of 5 stars Identify who you are...before you break.
Reviewed in India on August 22, 2018
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This book covers a wide range of personalities who fit into the category called Scanners. Are you tired of reading Self-help and motivation books? Aren't you convinced of the their techniques? You feel different from the people around you? Have you ever felt or heard others telling that 'you lack focus' ? Then this book is for you. Barbara Sher introduces you to a new world, where everything you wish for is possible. Welcome to the world of scanners.
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OJ
5.0 out of 5 stars Essentiel, à mettre dans toutes les mains petites et grandes
Reviewed in France on July 10, 2018
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Indispensable pour tous les éternels curieux. Ce livre déculpabilise, rationalise et émeut tout à la fois. Il apporte des clefs pour mieux vivre avec ses passions ! En ce qui me concerne, ce livre change ma vie et mes perspectives d’évolution. J’aurais préféré cependant qu’il soit plus concis (un peu moins à l’américaine et plus à la française), mais ça n’enlève rien à sa valeur. L’anglais est facile à comprendre :)
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Ugo Vallone
5.0 out of 5 stars Inspiring and life enhancing
Reviewed in Italy on June 16, 2018
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This is a must for everyone that has a lot of interests and curiosities. It can really give you a new perspective on who you are and directions to fulfill your unclear goals.
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