Sher and Gottlieb - Wishcraft: How to Get What You Really Want
publication date: Apr 5, 2008
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Wishcraft: How to Get What You Really Want
Barbara Sher, Annie Gottlieb
Ballantine Books; 2 edition (December 30, 2003)
Editorial Reviews
Review
“One of the most popular books among those who want their lives to count for something. Barbara Sher is to be commended, for making hope practical.”
—RICHARD NELSON BOLLES
Author of What Color Is Your Parachute?
“COMPREHENSIVE AND INVITING . . . EMINENTLY PRACTICAL.”
—San Francisco Examiner & Chronicle
“A sprightly, sensible book brimming with advice, suggestions, and examples.”
—Pittsburgh Press
“One of the saddest lines in the world is, ‘Oh come now—be realistic.’ The best parts of this world were not fashioned by those who were realistic. They were fashioned by those who dared to look hard at their wishes and gave them horses to ride. . . . I’ve got about four copies of Wishcraft. It has been very popular. . . . I have now included it in Parachute!”
—RICHARD NELSON BOLLES
Author of What Color Is Your Parachute?
“The most irreverent and refreshing self-help manual now on the market . . . Feisty, funny, and down-to-earth, this book is bound to benefit all those
who sense they may have temporarily lost track of their true goals.”
—New Age Magazine
“Wise, compassionate, and pragmatic. Written by an expert for people of all ages who seriously want that something in life.”
—THEODORE ISAAC RUBIN, M.D.
“Can really be of help . . . A most useful and enlightening book.”
—The Houston Post
“What makes Sher’s philosophy strikingly different from other authors is her compelling belief that ‘There is no strategic problem that cannot be solved’ . . . Comprehensive and inviting. . . . Eminently practical.”
—San Francisco Examiner & Chronicle
Customer Reviews Average customer review: 
This is a Great Book!
Wishcraft is divided into 2 parts: the wishing part and the 'crafting' part. The premise of the book is that you cannot get what you want unless you have done the wishing you need. So the first part of the book takes you through a series of exercises designed to get you to dream your wildest dreams about your life and what it could be. It is both powerful and freeing to do this. Barbara Sher also gives you ways to distinguish between 'real' dreams (the ones you really truly want) and fantasies (things you just think you want).
Once you have some clear ideas about what your dreams are, the second part of the book gives you great approaches to achieving them. One of the most fantastic aspects of this section is the focus on the problems list. barbara says that your list of problems are like gold. in the beginning i did not realize what she meant but once you have clearly articulated what problems you have then you can start attacking them one at a time. So the problems lead you to the dream.
Don't get me wrong, this book will require you to work hard but the exercises are great and her writing is fantastic. Having a dream (or 20 perhaps) is something I had forgotten about as I make my way through a busy and complex life. Now I feel like I am taking control of where I am going with the aid of her wisdom and direction.
I would definitely recommend this book to anyone who wants to make life changes, career shifts, or just wants more from their lives.
A keeper!
There are certain books that I give away and then immediately regret giving away and so buy another copy of...This is one of those books. For the reviewer who thought that this was just a lot of "same old, same old", I would remind them that this book was first published at least 20 years ago and so can be considered one of the first of its kind and therefore a "classic". Have Jane Austen's plots not been done and redone? Charles Dickens's? Etc...?
I will not give a synopsis of this book, as the first reviewer did a first class job of that. All I can add is that unlike a lot of more recent books of this kind that are...EARNEST in their tone to say the absolute least, this book is refreshingly "low key" and...well...FUN. Not "fun" in the "Rah! Rah! Go team on the way to plastic perfection!" a la Anthony Robbins (I can say this, I'm American...:):):)), either...More like, "Wow! How exciting to see myself change and grow!" sort of fun...
In any case, this one is a keeper! Buy this and "The Now Habit" for your procrastination issues and keep them on your shelf forever more...Sure, you will read other fantastically helpful books and even keep some of them, but you will always come back to these two.
Don't waste your time or money
A book packed full of reference to people who had always wanted to be an actress, pilot, writer, bookshop owner, but very little advice on how to find out WHAT it is you want, just one chapter that can be summed up as make your goal whatever makes you happy. If you're the sort of person who generally knows how to achieve a goal once you've set it then I've just saved you the cover price of Ms Sher's book. If you don't know what you want or what your purpose is in life then you won't find it here. Sorry.
Buy this & do the exercises
Babara Sher is practical, inspiring & really does help you achieve your goals. This book helps not only with locating those buried dreams, but with real life strategies that help you achieve them. The exercises are more revealing than realise on first reading & do them! They work!
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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> You will also learn to chart your progress day by day, create a support network of contacts and sources, and use a buddy system to keep you on track.
