Wishcraft How to Get What You Really Want

by Sher, Barbara; Gottlieb, Annie

• ISBN13: 9780345465184
• ISBN10: 0345465180
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-12-30
• Publisher: Ballantine Books

Summary

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 commonand what you can shareare 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 youwith 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 goaland map out target dates for meeting it Chart your progressday by day Create a support network of contacts and sources Use a buddy system to keep you on track

Author Biography

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

Introduction	p. xi
The Care and Feeding of Human Genius
Who Do You Think You Are?	p. 3
The Environment That Creates Winners	p. 14
Wishing
Stylesearch	p. 33
Goalsearch	p. 64
Hard Times, or The Power of Negative Thinking	p. 91
Crafting I: Plotting the Path to Your Goal
Brainstorming	p. 114
Barn-raising	p. 146
Working with Time	p. 174
Crafting II: Moving and Shaking
Winning Through Timidation, or First Aid for Fear	p. 197
Don't-Do-It-Yourself	p. 217
Proceeding	p. 238
Epilogue: Learning to Live with Success	p. 242
Resources	p. 247
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