by Now What?® Coaching Founder, Laura Berman Fortgang I live with four stubborn mules. They also happen to be my husband and children. (Whose idea was it to put a coach in the home of the UNCOACHABLESTM?) I have to use great skill to rally support for unpopular notions even if that notion is a vacation…
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It’s Garbage Day
It’s time to take out the trash, folks, even if the trash is YOU. I know that sounds rude, but it’s a new year and I’m turning 51 this week and as my patience for nonsense wanes at an astounding daily rate, I am passing my sass on to you. This is not a…
To Quit or Not To Quit
by Now What?® Coaching Founder, Laura Berman Fortgang To quit or not to quit? That is the question. Maybe you’ve been thinking of quitting your job, quitting your current job search or giving up on your dream. You probably feel bad just entertaining the thought. If you feel bad about it, is that a sign that…
One Door Closes, Another One Won’t Open
by Now What?® Coaching Founder, Laura Berman Fortgang The doors are closed, You knock and knock, No one answers, So you decide to wait. Do so at your own risk, I say. For more than a decade, I’ve been watching more and more clients struggle with their industries changing drastically, shrinking and in some cases,…
Spin A Different Yarn
by Now What?® Coaching Founder, Laura Berman Fortgang Stories make up a big part of who we are. It’s how we relate to our past, it’s how we create our future, it’s how we entertain ourselves and sometimes, how we escape. In coaching, especially career change coaching, stories believed too stubbornly can be exactly what is…
Lost In Reality
by Now What?® Coaching Founder, Laura Berman Fortgang Once upon a time, we had an idealistic notion that led us to a certain career path. It made so much sense and it made us feel good. Fast forward five, ten or twenty years and we are not happy doing what we do. What happened? It…