Chérie Carter-Scott

Dr. Chérie Carter Scott (known as "Dr. Chérie") born May 30, 1949 in Long Branch, New Jersey, is the author of several bestselling self-help and life-coaching publications.

She attended the University of Dijon in France. She later attended the University of Denver where she received her BA degree in theater. As a student, she spent her summers in Summer stock theater and after college was cast by Joseph Papp in Shakespeare’s As You Like It, in Central Park, New York. She later attended graduate school at the University of Minnesota and later transferred to the Fielding Institute in Santa Barbara, California where she received her master’s and doctorate degrees. She started life coaching in 1974 .

Her bestselling book, If Life is a Game, These are the Rules is used as a text in 100 university and colleges throughout the United States and her book, If High School is a Game, Here’s How to Break the Rules has been adopted by 50 high schools. In 1974 she founded the MMS Institute, LLC. (MM standing for Motivation Management) The Institute was built around executive business coaching, business skills training, and life skill coach training offered for personal growth and professional training. The Institute has bean international affiliate, The MMS Worldwide Institute, BV located in The Netherlands, and operated by Carter-Scott's sister, Lynn U. Stewart.

Publications

Her best known book, If Life is a Game, These are the Rules sold many millions of copies¸ was translated into 40 languages and featured on The Oprah Winfrey Show, The Montel Williams Show, The Sally Jessy Raphael Show and others. In the book, the author claims that there are no mistakes in life, only lessons that are repeated until learned. Subsequently, several related titles were published, many of these as audiobooks as well. The group includes:

• If Life is a Game, These are the Rules, New York : Broadway Books, 1998 ISBN 0-7679-0238-6 -- held by 1,853 libraries worldwide ^[1]
  • Spanish translation: Si la vida es un juego-- éstas son las reglas : 10 reglas para aprender a ser un buen ser humano, 1998.
  • German translation: Das Leben ein Spiel, und hier sind die Regeln 1999.
  • Hebrew translation: ʻAśeret ha-kelalim shel miśḥaḳ ha-ḥayim : ha-mafteaḥ la-osher ha-penimi, ha-havanah, ha-ahavah ṿeha-hatslaḥah, 1999
  • Dutch translation: Als het leven een spel is, dan zijn dit de regels : tien regels om een mens te zijn, zoals geïntroduceerd in Balsem voor de ziel 1999
  • Chinese translation: 美麗人生十大守則 : 調整心靈的DNA / Mei li ren sheng shi da shou ze : tiao zheng xin ling di DNA 1999
  • Italian translation Se la vita e gioco ecco le regole. 1999
  • Polish translation, Jeśli życie jest grą, oto jej reguły 2000
  • Portuguese translation, Se a vida é um jogo, estas são as regras : dez regras para sermos humanos como foram apresentadas em Canja de galinha para a alma 2000
  • Danish translation, Hvis livet er et spil, er dette reglerne : ti regler for det at være menneske, 2000
  • Czech translation, Je-li láska hra, pak má tato pravidla : deset pravidel, jak najít lásku a vytvořit dlouhotrvající spolehlivý vztah 2000
  • Greek translation, An hē agapē einai paichnidi : autoi einai hoi kanones tou, 2000
  • Swedish translation, Livet är ett spel - här är reglerna : 10 regler för ett lyckligare liv 2000
• If Love is a Game, These are the Rules New York : Broadway Books, 1999. ISBN 0091826586
• If Success is a Game, These are the Rules, New York : Random House, 2000. ISBN 0767904265
• If High School is a Game, Here's How to Break the Rules, 2001 ISBN 038532796X
• If Life is a Game, These are the Stories: true stories by real people around the world about being human Kansas City, Mo. : Andrews McMeel Pub. 2004 ISBN 0740746847

She is also the author of:

• The New Species : a vision of the evolution of the human being.Mms Worldwide Inst, Bv, 1980 ISBN 0962968501
• Negaholics: overcome your lack of confidence and live the life you really want to. New York : Villard Books, 1989 ISBN 034543899X
  • translated into German as Negaholiker: der Hang zum Negativen : Wege aus der Selbstblockade in 1990
• The corporate negaholic : how to deal successfully with negative colleagues, managers, and corporations. : New York : Villard Books, 1991.ISBN 0449221199
  • translated into German as Negaholiker am Werk : mit schwierigen Kollegen, Vorgesetzten und Geschäftspartnern gut fertig werden Frankfurt/Main ; New York : Campus-Verl., 1992.
  • translated into French as Le négativisme dans l'entreprise
• Negaholic No More, 2000,
• The Gift of Motherhood, 2002 ISBN 0756767695
• Ordinary Women..Extraordinary Success : everything you need to excel, from America's top women motivators Franklin Lakes, N.J. : Career ; Hadleigh : BRAD, 2003. ISBN 1564147010
• Transformational Life Coaching: creating limitless opportunities for yourself and others, Deerfield Beach, Fla. : Health Communications, Inc. 2007 ISBN 075730689

Online Community

Cater-Scott launched an online coaching community on May 30, 2009. The site is a combination of online courses, goal setting, social networking and Life Coaching.It gives community members access to a worldwide network of coaches, online courses and other resources. Caching in a variety of different languages like Spanish, Dutch, Tagalog (Filipino), German and French.

References

External links

• Dr. Cherie Coaching Community
• Dr. Cherie Coaching Website
• MMS Institute (US)
• MMS Institute Worldwide