Wishcraft: How to Get What You Really Want

Wishcraft: How to Get What You Really Want

Wishcraft: How to Get What You Really Want

Wishcraft: How to Get What You Really Want

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Overview

Cindy Fox was a waitress. Now she’s a pilot. Peter Johnson was a truck driver. Now he’s a dairy farmer. Tina Forbes was a struggling artist. Now she’s a successful one. Alan Rizzo was an editor. Now he’s a bookstore owner.

What they have in common—and what you can share—are Barbara Sher’s effective strategies for making real changes in your life. This human, practical program puts your vague yearnings and dreams to work for you—with concrete results. You’ll learn how to

• Discover your strengths and skills
• Turn your fears and negative feelings into positive tools
• Diagram the path to your goal—and map out target dates for meeting it
• Chart your progress—day by day
• Create a support network of contacts and sources
• Use a buddy system to keep you on track

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780345465184
Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
Publication date: 12/30/2003
Edition description: Reissue
Pages: 272
Sales rank: 377,703
Product dimensions: 5.46(w) x 8.27(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

Barbara Sher is a therapist and career counselor who conducts workshops all over the United States and throughout the world. She has been featured on Oprah and Donahue, as well as in The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, and USA Today. Her bestsellers include Wishcraft, Teamworks!, and I Could Do Anything If I Only Knew What It Was. Heard on the radio in cities all over America every day, Sher lives in New York City.

Annie Gottlieb is a freelance writer whose work has appeared in Mirabella, McCall’s, and The New York Times. She is the author of Do You Believe in Magic?: Bringing the Sixties Back Home and the coauthor of Wishcraft: How to Get What You Really Want.

Table of Contents

Introductionxi
1The Care and Feeding of Human Genius
1Who Do You Think You Are?3
2The Environment That Creates Winners14
2Wishing
3Stylesearch33
4Goalsearch64
5Hard Times, or The Power of Negative Thinking91
3Crafting I: Plotting the Path to Your Goal
6Brainstorming114
7Barn-raising146
8Working with Time174
4Crafting II: Moving and Shaking
9Winning Through Timidation, or First Aid for Fear197
10Don't-Do-It-Yourself217
11Proceeding238
Epilogue: Learning to Live with Success242
Resources247
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