Thinking Through Refuse to Choose: 101 things every Scanner should know

by Barbara Sher, Dirk Jacobs (Editor, Illustrator), Jennifer Blaire (Illustrator)

In her groundbreaking book, Refuse to Choose, New York Times bestselling author Barbara Sher identified a new group of individuals she named 'Scanners.' 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.

Until now.

Refuse to Choose has been changing perceptions and showing thousands of Scanners that there's nothing wrong with them at all. Now these exceptional thinkers and learners are able to create the rich, creative and successful lives and careers they're capable of.

In this book,Thinking Through Refuse to Choose, Sher distills the most essential elements of her book into 101 powerful bits of wisdom to remind Scanners every day of who they are, and how they must follow their hearts to fulfill their potential and createn the life that's right for them.

Genres: Self Help, Nonfiction, Personal Development, Psychology

109 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 9, 2013

About the author

Librarian Note: There is more than one author in the Goodreads database with this name.

Barbara Sher was a speaker, career/lifestyle coach, and best-selling author of seven books on goal achievement. Her books have sold millions of copies and been translated into many languages. She had appeared on Oprah, The Today Show, 60 Minutes, CNN, and Good Morning America and her public television specials aired regularly in the United States. Sher lectured at universities, Fortune 100 companies and professional conferences all over the world.
Sher's latest book, Refuse to Choose (Rodale 2006) is a step-by-step program designed for "scanners", people with many interests who are unable to decide on a single direction for their lives.

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Reviews

[Stella]

This is a nice reminder for us Scanners. (but I wouldn't recommend this to those who haven't read the book related to this)
Read Refuse to Choose!: Use All of Your Interests, Passions, and Hobbies to Create the Life and Career of Your Dreams and read these 101 short reminders only to refresh your memory and give yourself some pepping up.

(I see some negative reviews from people on Amazon, but it looks like they are all people who haven't read the book - this is not the book!)

[Mel]

The book is a series of quotes. Quick to read. While a couple of quotes hit home, most I scanned over. The irony! Probably something to return to every now and then rather than read in one sitting.

[Patricia Miller · Rating 4 out of 5]

Second maybe third time I read this . It's a brilliant book.

[Beth Gea · Rating 3 out of 5]

Recopilación de frases en su mayoría extraídas directamente de su libro Refuse to Choose!: Use All of Your Interests, Passions, and Hobbies to Create the Life and Career of Your Dreams. No añaden nada nuevo y hay algunas que presentadas de esta manera, fuera de contexto, te dejan si saber muy bien a qué se refiere.

Si ya has leído el libro anterior y conoces el mundo de la multipotencialidad (o de los scanners, que es como ella se refiere a nosotras), sirve como recordatorio y se lee en una media hora.

Si no sabes nada sobre multipotencialidad, quizás no sería el mejor punto de partida.

(Psssst! Si quieres conocer qué es esto de la mulitpotencialidad, un buen punto de partida es mi blog https://coachbethg.com/, dónde te puedes descargar el ebook gratuito Culo de mal asiento, ¡y orgullosa! Gracias por permitirme mis tres líneas de autobombo :P)

[Dave Manning · Rating 4 out of 5]

A desktop calendar would probably be a more useful format for this (101 --> 365 is a lot, so maybe it's a weekly with two points on each?), as only being available in e-book means out of sight out of mind. I thought about printing it, but then it's just one more thing to own. Overall, I think skimming the full book will trigger more memories (by way of the stories) that remind me to change behavior rather than the nuggets on their own. That said, I can still see myself reading through them once a month/quarter/year as a reminder (gotta check the compass to stay on course). Price was right ($0.99)...

[Denise Heryet · Rating 5 out of 5]

I'm a bee, not a failure!

This book was like reading 101 gold stars instead of feeling like a failure at all I try, and there have been a lot of tries! So it seems there are quite a few of us. I'm about to purchase the refuse to choose book, as I'm hoping there will be some ideas as to how to structure my natural bee instinct. Long may I continue to collect lots of different ideas, learning, processes, and never feel like a failure, I got what I needed and moved on! And that is perfectly fine.

[Rosa Frei · Rating 5 out of 5]

What should you do when you want to do everything? Everything!

Written in 2012, six years after the revelational book 'Refuse To Choose', the author Barbara Sher offers 101 advises to scanners. What is a scanner? A scanner is someone who is interested in so many things that it seems unbearable to choose only one. The book contains short and to the point advices for Scanners to help them understand, accept, and love themselves for what they are. A beautiful, important book!

[Michele Cacano · Rating 4 out of 5]

Brief, thoughtful statements and inspirations that invite the reader to alter their perception of themselves and their place and value in the world. I bookmarked several... nearly a quarter of the offerings.

[Lisa Ann · Rating 4 out of 5]

Short but sweet

If you are a scanner, this collection of 101 inspirations will really hit home. Refuse to Choose was a life changing read for me many years ago. This is like the Cliff notes of that seminal book.

[George Blake · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great summary of her other book

It a shot phrase on each page but the phrases come from her book Refuse To Choose which is an excellent book.

[Seawood · Rating 3 out of 5]

Well, I appear to be a scanner. Lots of short prompts to think about - I picked this up as sadly the full version isn't available as a Kindle edition as yet. I think it might be helpful, but I'm a bit wary of potential psychobabble, so three stars for the time being until I've looked into it further.

[Niki · Rating 4 out of 5]

The CliffsNotes for Refuse to Choose

This is for scanners who consider Refuse to Choose as their bible. This is a very condensed version of that book, meant toremind scanners what makes them tick and what makes them special. This is a perfect handy guide for when you're feeling tempted to specialise and that you should refuse to choose.

[Sanja · Rating 1 out of 5]

Too short, it took me several minutes to read it. It is basically 101 sentence spread over 101 pages, with several sentences before and after. Yes some of those sentences are interesting. But this is not a book.

[Tia · Rating 4 out of 5]

Too short, but some good quotes and things to think about. A nice refresh after having read the full Refuse to Choose.

[Teri Temme · Rating 5 out of 5]

Beautiful insights - motivational!