by Laura Berman Fortgang Last month, I wrote about finding your purpose. This month we are going to explore how to express your purpose and the work you most want to do in the world. The surprising thing for most people when they become clear on the impact they want to make is how many…
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Your Purpose: It’s a Blessing and A Curse
by Laura Berman Fortgang Whether it’s a career crossroad or a mid-life quandary, the exploration of what we are built to do in our lifetime seems to be a question that rarely can be avoided. What people are surprised to find is that our purpose in life is something that we’ve already been doing or…
DREAMS ARE NEVER FOOLISH
by Laura Berman Fortgang Most people suffer from what I call “the misinterpretation of the dream”. They had (or have) a dream about what they wanted to be when they grew up and if it never came to be, they either consider it a flight of fancy or a failure. Wrong! There is so much…
It’s All In Your Head
By Laura Berman Fortgang This is going to sound weird, but roll with me here. Think of a raisin, some are dry and some are plump. I get that image in my mind because it reminds me of a brain. When the brain is healthy, the right synapses firing, a feeling of well-being seeps into…
Getting What We Want Can Also Mean Giving Something Up
By Alvah Parker, Authorized Now What? Facilitator Career transitions create discomfort. Often times, it is not clear where you are headed. At other times, you aren’t sure if you really want to make a change. Like a snake shedding it’s old skin, you had adjusted to the “old skin”, your current career, but it just…