Author, Speaker, Coach Barbara Sher passed away on May 10, 2020.
Read Barbara’s obituary here.
The Dare to Soar Telesummit Recordings
All of the mini-workshops at our September 13, 2025 Telesummit were recorded, and you can listen to all of them for free.
Thinking Through Refuse to Choose: 101 things every Scanner should know
Are you a Scanner? These are people with a different (and often misunderstood) type of mindset: they’re curious and smart, always happiest when learning something new. But no matter how promising a path may appear, Scanners can never give up their love of exploring. And therein lies the problem: despite their passionate engagement with the world and their love of life, Scanners are unable to decide on one path, and they’re often afraid that there’s something horribly wrong with them. It’s usually forgotten that such people were once admired for their wide range of knowledge, even called Renaissance thinkers. Now they’re often labeled as immature, lazy dilettantes by a culture that prizes specialization above all else. I wrote this 99-cent Kindle book (with two great helpers) to highlight the top 101 takeaways from my book, Refuse to Choose! Use All of Your Interests, Passions, and Hobbies to Create the Life and Career of Your Dreams. Use it as an introduction or as a reminder after you read the book. Purchase this Kindle book here.
Find a Success Team or Become a Sher Success Teams Leader
Isolation is the dream killer. Find your people in a Sher Success Team and learn how to identify and achieve your dreams in Barbara’s 8-Week Workshop for new teams. We always need more Sher Success Teams leaders, so if helping others go after their dreams is your dream, there’s a business in a kit waiting for you, a Leader’s Kit with everything you need to run that same workshop.
Members of ongoing book clubs should contact webmaster@barbarasclub.com for assistance.
Hey everyone, I’d love to invite you to join us in this year’s cohort of WriteSpeak. Come discover your message, your audience, and learn how to get your book completed and become a paid speaker! If you’re on the fence and have some questions, please come visit with me and Patrice on October 8th at 1:00pm at our Q&A session. Go here to register in advance for this meeting:
https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/OX74sv4pTji9a1JE8YqoeA
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting. See you then!
Hi Just now reading chapter 5,and am doing exercise 1. I do not think I had a fear of success EVER.. Just the opposite… Whatever I tried, I was successful. The problem was that I got tired of doing the right thing, getting up one more step on the ladder,. until I decided to leave it all and moved to the island I live on now. .It took me 2 years to actually do that move so i think there was some fear there.
I have Barbara to thank for the life I live now. If anyone is hoping to live a life they dream of, any of Barbara’s books will start you on your way.
Thanks, Judith!
Wonderful to read how you were/are successful in whatever you tried. But trying to live your dream ‘scared’ you. It is like the former succes was the Judith that had to make a living. Reading your post awakens an aching for knowing what I am about and love, regardless of ‘succes’.
Best wishes to you.
Hi Patty. Damita here. Would l9ve to connect. Just coming back in the fold after several years.
Welcome back, Damita. Webmaster@barbarasher.com reaches me.
Hi There! I would love to find a current success team, however when I click on the link above, and enter my state (Ca), every one of the people listed as leaders has a link that goes to an error message.
Those are links to open your email client. If you use webmail or don’t have your devise set up to create an email from these links, they won’t work. We’ll be updating this very soon.
In the meantime, right-click, ctrl-click, or long-press the links to copy each leader’s email address.
Patti, I haven’t figured out how to access the hanging out. I get I notice from you that talks about the identity exercise for example but then when I tried to go any further it says that I have to have some passwords or something and I don’t know what ones I need to use
I am sending you a password email. Watch for it, as they sometimes find their way to spam or junk folder.
Do any of the courses include recorded videos, or video conferencing meetings (for example Zoom)?
Hanging Out starts each week with a short video or audio clip from Barbara to get us thinking. And the WriteSpeak Teleworkshop and the Sher Success Teams 8-Week Workshop include lots of audios recorded by Barbara. However, most of Barbara’s videos are on YouTube, where you can see them for free.
Our Sher Success Teams by Phone now use videoconferencing unless there’s a member whose rural internet connection won’t allow it.
When will the next Refuse to Choose book club be?
July of 2024.
I would like to join a club and an idea party. Is there an online group or in person group available? I live in Southern California. Thank you!
I just saw Barbar’s Ted talk and would like to join a success team and ultimately lead one.
Is this program still available?
http://shersuccessteams.com/works.htm
It is! Come join us.
Miss you and love you, Barbara.
So sweet, Current. We do, too.
Is anyone still certifying coaches in Barbara’s programs?
No. She spent five weekends doing workshops with each group of coaches in addition to the online program we still have a copy of. At this point, you will need to apprentice with one of her coaches, listed at http://barbarasher.com/coaching.htm
By chance is there a new “life the life you love” book club coming up?
Thanks!
Christine
Registration should open on March 24th, Christine.
Do you also have a course on life coaching, based on Barbara’s books?
Hi Deb. I am not teaching formally at the moment, but yes I have taught life coaching based on Barbara’s books. My coaching sessions were encouraged and endorsed by Barbara directly.
There was one, Deb. She taught a number of coaches. The ones in public practice are listed at http://barbarasher.com/coaching.htm
My local library got rid of Barbara’s books. I know because I had them checked out. When I try to check them out again, they no longer existed.
I used to work at a library. Sometimes people don’t realize that libraries get rid of books.
How sad!
I work at a UK library and I tried to ask for Barbara Sher re-stocks. However the books are not bought in as the ISBN is non UK based. The only way to restock would be to personally but very new copies and ask for a branch library to add it as a donation.
It’s such a shame in a wold that is suppose to be global these days.
Love K
Yes! ISBNs are supposed to be global. Which books do you need, Katja? I have extras of some of them.
Hello! I was so sad to hear of Barbara’s passing – thank you for all that you are doing to keep her work alive!
I was wondering if there is a way to find more of her videos – I’ve seen a lot of partial videos on YouTube and would like to see them and/or others in full. Are they here anywhere? Thank you for your help. 🙂
Thanks, Christine. You can sometimes find her PBS specials on VHS or DVD for sale wherever used videos are sold. And you can find lots of her videos on YouTube. She has a channel, and there are more that are not part of the Barbara Sher channel. There are many clips from her in-person events (both audio and video) in her Hanging Out program.
Is it cheaper to purchase books from your group or amazon? I can not afford the support group or support book club.
Veronica, you can find most of Barbara’s books in your local library. You can read Wishcraft for free (in several languages) at wishcraft.com. And on Amazon, you can find lots of used copies for sale from their Abe Books or from indie book stores. If you want new copies, try Amazon or Bookshop.org (supporting local book stores). We sell here only the books and programs that are not available from any of them.
Hi Patty
For people who boycott Amazon, is there another way to purchase and receive the mini book listed above, entitled “Thinking through Refuse to Choose”. It says it distills to 101 entries the ideas of the bigger tome.
Shelle
Not at this time, Shelle. Barbara and Jennifer published it only as a Kindle book. I will put publishing it as a paperback that Bookshop.org could sell on our 2021 wish list. We’re doing a lot of catching up from our lost time from Barbara’s death.
I would love an early morning meet up group ☺️
Why not start one, Rebeca? Unless you live in Hawaii or Alaska or points west, I’m probably not awake when it’s early morning where you are.
Hi Patty,
With a new year here, and COVID, unfortunately still here, it seems there is a great need for Success Teams via Zoom, (or some other meet up platform).
I know that I really need one to get out of isolation and to work on realizing some dreams while stuck at home.
Any chance that can become a reality?
Sending you my best.
Hi, Terre. I have a (full) teleteam ready to begin on January 11th, and I am trying to choose a day of the week and time to begin another. Please write me at webmaster@barbarasclub.com with any advice on what works best.