Have you ever been sitting in the waiting room for an interview or other important meeting where people start yacking? Some are bragging, some are just answering questions from the braggart, and some are trying to stay out of it but suffering through the noise unable to block it out. Sound familiar? Which one are…
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Does Burn Out Mean Get Out?
by Now What?® Coaching Founder, Laura Berman Fortgang Do you suffer from burn out? Dreading waking up in the morning to face another workday? Sick of dealing with people and their issues at work? Feeling like you can’t get on top of work no matter how much you try? Wishing you’d get sick, just to get…
HALF-TRUTHS KEEP YOU STUCK
by Now What?® Coaching Founder, Laura Berman Fortgang People operate in half-truths. Being polite often means not communicating how we really feel. We swallow the truth to keep our jobs, our friends and to maintain the peace in the family. It’s likely better that way, but when it comes to figuring out next career and…
Eight Ways to Beat Hibernation
by Now What?® Coaching Founder, Laura Berman Fortgang In the United States, we have a ridiculous ritual on February 2nd where we wait for a groundhog, in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania to see (or not) its shadow as an indication to how soon spring will come. This year, he did not see his shadow and the prediction…
Milestones
by Now What?® Coaching Founder, Laura Berman Fortgang I’m coming off of a Mexican spa vacation and celebrating my 50th birthday by performing my one-woman show in New York City. This year also includes my husband’s fiftieth birthday and our 20th wedding anniversary. The teenager will get his permit this summer, the tweens are in their…
AM I Crazy?
by Now What?® Coaching Founder, Laura Berman Fortgang You think you’re nuts because you are considering leaving your job or making a big change. Your friends say you’re crazy because you are walking away from a sure thing. Your spouse is not talking to you because you are threatening the status quo and you’re now…