Book ~ "Refuse to Choose" - Barbara Sher (2006)

From Amazon.com ~ Don’t know what to do with your life? Drawn to so many things that you can’t choose just one? New York Times best-selling author Barbara Sher has the answer — do EVERYTHING! With her popular career counseling sessions, motivational speeches, workshops, and television specials, Barbara Sher has become famous for her extraordinary ability to help people define and achieve their goals. What Sher has discovered is that some individuals simply cannot, and should not, decide on a single path; they are genetically wired to pursue many areas. Sher calls them "Scanners" — people whose unique type of mind does not zero in on a single interest but rather scans the horizon, eager to explore everything they see. In this groundbreaking book, readers will learn:

• what’s behind their "hit and run" obsessions


• when (and how) to finish what they start


• how to do everything they love


• what type of Scanner they are (and which tools they need to do their very best work)

Very interesting book. Sher's theory makes sense to me.

I love learning and am always taking (or want to take) courses on a variety of subjects ... whatever catches my attention at any given moment. One day it's Copywriting and the next it's Holistic Nutrition. That's a characteristic of a scanner.

Some people know what they want to do with their lives (be a doctor, accountant, etc.). I'm still trying to figure out what I want to do when I grow up. Another characteristic of a scanner.

There are more than ten kinds of scanners ... I sound like a Jack-of-all-trades.

Jacks aren't driven by money or status symbols. As long as people treat them and each reasonably well, they will be content. If things get unpleasant, they leave. All they want is nothing more than to rack up one happy day after another. More than any other type of scanner, having good days with good people is what the Jack really wants. They enjoy doing different kinds of work and picking up new knowledge.

I'd recommend this book if you feel you aren't focused and your interests pull you in too many different directions. You'll discover that there's nothing wrong with that.