Now What?® Coaching

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Listen to Your Instincts

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Lisa Arie’s Now What Moment occurred while walking down a street in New York and coming face to face with an emptiness she felt despite having a successful career.  “This can’t be it,” she said to herself.  Following an inexplicable pull toward horses, Lisa decided to take a riding lesson right there in Manhattan.  As she describes in today’s article and video clip, at first Lisa wasn’t sure whether her interest in horses was just a fluke, yet ultimately she opened Vista Caballo, a self-directed discovery center in Colorado.  Reflecting on how she’s come to view listening to your instincts as a skill, Lisa encourages others to keep experimenting with it.  “Listen to your instincts and then take a chance and follow them.  Start small until you build or rebuild your trust in them.”

“Horse Sense.”

JUST SAY ‘YES’ AND BEAT THE ODDS

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by Now What?® Coaching Founder, Laura Berman Fortgang

Weather, global finance, national recovery: It’s such a time of negative, gloomy news that it’s easy to get dragged down. There is plenty of evidence that the gloom and doom is true and may be apt to set your expectations accordingly.  But should you?

Absolutely not!

As naïve as it may sound, there is no better time to become determined that YOU will beat the odds!  In recent weeks, I’ve had clients get great job offers, sell a home at a good price, get more work at a higher fee than previously and land a seemingly miraculous opportunity.  In a time when those things are supposedly scarce, how did these people do it?

They said “YES.” 

First of all, they said yes to themselves.  They knew they were worth what they wanted and they behaved accordingly.  They asked for what they wanted instead of underbidding in fear that tough times could not accommodate their true wants.

They made a YES list.  They were specific about what they wanted, how much they wanted to be paid and the conditions that would surround getting the result.  So, it wasn’t just selling the house; it was selling the house for more than was needed for the next place, to people they were happy to sell to.

Finally, they also entertained every offer or step with an open mind.  They did not judge or become jaded. They were open to meeting anyone who showed up in their life as a possible vehicle for the next step in getting to their goal.

Whether it’s a job search, starting a new business, growing an existing one in a new direction or taking on some other thing that conventional wisdom balks at right now, be THE one that beats the odds.  It really just a matter of saying YES.

Stunned But Thankful

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“I was stunned – but thankful.”  That’s how Carolyn Starks describes her reaction to losing her job.  It sums up how a lot of people feel after being laid off if they are honest with themselves.  Underneath the shock and alongside the fear, there is a part of you that knows it is time for something different. What can get in the way of initiating a change on your own is attachment to what we refer to in Now What?® as the “package”.  As Carolyn puts it, “… I had been toying with the idea of leaving for two years, but kept thinking: you just don’t leave the Chicago Tribune.”  It was once she embraced what was happening and asked “What now?” that a creative idea for a business dawned on her.

“StoryBuilders’ Carolyn Starks.”