Author, Speaker, Coach Barbara Sher passed away on May 10, 2020.
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Thinking Through Refuse to Choose: 101 things every Scanner should know
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Hi Patty,
is there going to be a Book Club on “It’s only too late…”. I can’t wait for that!
Please do let me know – Thanks!
Just spotted this, Luisa. The answer is yes, possibly as early as January 2015.
Great – all excited – waiting to hear about it
I’ve been “Out of the Loop” for a long time with major health problems ranging from May until now, but things are improving, and I am back at it again. It is good to be back at it. I can hardly wait for the Write/Speak program! How exciting could that be? And anything else.
Yes, I certainly do want to be a coach, and I consider it to be part of my purpose. But I know I can’t come to Germany at this time. There will be other ways. My experience has taught me that when desire is strong enough, means appear.
Get better soon, Mary Ann – and be a great coach – as I know you will be!
Hi Barbara,
Thanks for the email.
I did look at the success teams in my area and unfortunately they are in the way out suburbs, non in the city. I would be interested in success teams by phone.
I would be interested in working with a coach.
Thanks,
Shuva
Yes, Success Teams by phone sound good to me too.
I’m interested in coaching and a success team.
Hi, Shuva! Have you checked the list of Success Team Leaders at http://shersuccessteams.com/findateam.htm to see if one is near you? If not, reply here, and I will send you information about Success Teams by Phone.
Barbara has trained a large number of coaches. We are in the process of gathering their contact information to list them on her website. For now, Google will lead you to some of them if you search for Barbara Sher coach. She will also be looking for people who want to work with the new group of coaches who start their training next month. They will still be learning, but you can get coached for free at first and for a small fee later in the ten-month course. The request for people to coach for practice will appear in Barbara’s newsletter. If you’re not on that list, the sign-up is below her photo on every page of Barbara’s Club.
If i can’t get to the Hamburg sessions, is there any other way to train as a coach?
What about being a Barbara-Sher-Success-Team Leader?
For people from the US area it is much easier to get access to this programme than for German people.
I forgot where you come from, dear fellow book club member 🙂
thanks for the suggestion, i will be reflecting on that after the course ( I am from Melbourne, Australia)
I WOULD LIKE INFO ON THE SCANNERS BOOK SESSIONS. HOW DOES IT WORK.
THANK YOU
MARIETTA
We will read the book Refuse to Choose and do the exercises together over 16 weeks. Dates to be announced very soon.
Are you doing this at this time already? Maybe so. I’ve been out of the loop a long time, but am getting back in. It is presently October 22.
So glad you’re back in the loop, Mary Ann. We’ll be finishing up Part 1 of Refuse to Choose this coming week. But I promise more book clubs in 2015. I am having such a good time with them.
I’ve signed up but been away and need a reminder for login link and my password.
Thanks!
Judy Gintz
I would love to join one of your courses. I’m 62 and have just found you! I am training to be a life coach and would love to incorporate your philosophies into my coaching. I’m in the middle of reading Wishcraft and I feel like I’ve come home. I have already introduced my daughter to you and have hopes that you can help her to find her passion. Thank you so very much.
Maybe you can join the programme for Success Team Leaders? For this you don’t have to travel to Germany (where the next Coaching Training takes place in November 2014). I’m pretty sure Patty Newbold knows all about this!
Hello there, I don’t get any comments from the book-club since last week and I don’t find access to the book-club-page. What went wrong? Is it, because I didn’t publish any of my experiences yet?
I don’t know, where to put my comments on the first two chapters… And I’d like to get “reminder”-mails…
Thank you for keeping me connected!
Hi, Annika. I have just sent you an email with the answers to your questions.
Hi Patty- just found out about the book club. SO sad to have missed joining in. Am sure it’s fantastic! Please do keep me posted on any other upcoming events. Thx much-
So sorry you missed it, Catherine. I hope we’ll be able to repeat it next year. Be sure you are on Barbara’s mailing list, because such things are always announced in advance — a few times, as are special offers like the time she sent free autographed copies of her books to new Hanging Out members. The sign-up form is below Barbara’s smiling face at the bottom of each Barbara’s Club page.