How Does the Online Idea Party Work?
You have a dream or a wish, and an obstacle to getting there. (If you don’t think you know your wish, work through my kick-starter and read this post. To learn why you must put logic aside to find your dream, read the following.)
The online Idea Party is here to help you – and the other fellow party goers – with your wishes and obstacles.
Voices from Success Teams and Idea Parties:
Having a team to report to and hearing what everybody did each week is very exciting. It’s kept me moving all year. In the past I made some good starts on my own, but found, every time, when the energy ran out, I ran out. Now it doesn’t run out.
Jade G.
Children’s Playroom Therapist, New York Hospital
I would do a painting a year, a sketch a year. If it was only me I know I would never do it. Having to tell you makes all the difference. It’s crazy why I didn’t do this years ago, it’s so easy all of a sudden.
Caroline R. Personnel Executive, Macy’s Dept Store
Post Your Wish and Your Obstacle Here!
And help your team mates out when you can. Use the Reply link to help, the form below the comments to add your own Wish and Obstacle.
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Hi dear friends,
I am super happy to meet Barbara sher. I knew Barbara from Reddit when I searched “how to change career in 40s”.
I watched Ted speech from Barbara, so exciting and moving. So I decided to write my dream and obstacle.
I would like to have strong connection with people in my living place.
Two years ago I came to Netherlands with my husband and my son from China. Because My husband had a new job here, and I like the surroundings of Netherlands according to a travel in Netherlands in 2019.
But traveling is different from living here. I found it’s too difficult to have strong connections with other people here.
The reason is language. My English is not good. Yes, I try to practice, but here is Netherlands, everyone speak Dutch ordinarily. And I am also Learning Dutch, but it’s long time work. I couldn’t have a casual chat with other people, and I have no friends here. I feel lonely.
And also it is too hard to find a job for me. I would like to engage valuable activities to help others and connect other peoples. In China I am a lecture in a university. I could teach computer technology and help students. I enjoy this kind of work. But in Netherlands, I could not teach. My language is not so well.
I do like to have deep communication with other people. I like philosophy and physiology, and I like healthcare issue. In China I learned acupuncture and medicine herbs, and I could cure some diseases using them. And now I am interested in physiotherapy and fitness knowledge. I have a dream that I could be self-employed to do healthcare work to help people live longer and better.
How could I get stronger connections with other people?
This sounds so lonely! You might want to contact Sher Success Teams leader Christine Dahl (cms.dahl@gmail.com) in den Haag. She’s an American ex-pat. You should also visit any nearby technological universities, as they all teach in English and might have social gatherings you could join.
Hi there,
I am looking for some help getting my YouTube channel more exposure.
I post audios on how to deal with recurring destructive patterns/ archetypes, negative emotions, addictions, relationship miscommunications.
I am looking for someone who is good at marketing and who is into self-development.
Any suggestions?
Here is the link to my YouTube channel : https://youtu.be/RLh_eRCydmA?si=1B8lmob1JGbxi7tR
Hi Almaz,
I don’t think I have any skills in marketing, especially online, but I didn’t want to just say that in my own panic today, and as a reader of Barbara’s books since 1985, I happened to come across your post above, and that I read it, an have begun watching one of your videos. I have one suggestion and one thought for you.
The suggestion is–and this is from someone who’s made a lot of her own videos over the years–if you can, in whatever software you’re using to prepare and upload your videos to YouTube, can you raise the volume for your videos? I have the volume turned all the way up, and a fan on low on the other side of the room, and standing right in front of my laptop, I can barely hear your voice. So, maybe that’s not just a user-experience suggestion, but also a marketing suggestion!
The thought is, are you having fun making posting your videos? Are you feeling from the experience any of what you want to feel? And if you’re not, are you experiencing that elsewhere? That’s not the thought I was going to offer, but it’s what came out of my keyboard!
I hope this helps in some way, and I’m sending you lot’s of fellow-creator love.
Jessica
So helpful, Jessica.