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…
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A Perfect Partner, A Perfect Career – How lessons in love help our search for meaning
By Jill Berquist, Now What? A-Team Recently Ginny Kravitz joined me on a community call to discuss tips for the pursuit of meaning and happiness in work, life and love. We came up with some interesting ideas about the quest for meaning in relationships and in work. And for our purposes, this quest need not only be in…
What Would Your Story Say?
Today’s article includes 11 examples of career transition. In each story, we learn what motivated the person to make a change, how they did it, and what makes the new career satisfying. After skimming through these stories, try this for a fun exercise: Think of a field you might be interested in pursuing and then…
What’s Energy Got To Do With It?
by Now What?® Coaching Founder, Laura Berman Fortgang Feeling stuck stinks. Nothing’s working. Everything weighs heavily on you and clarity just doesn’t want to come. As the anxiety grows and you try harder to make decisions or force answers, the worse things seem to get. So what do you do? Here’s what I’d ask you…
Think Outside of the Box
To beat the odds in this job market, it takes thinking outside of the box, innovating past conventional job search methods and being open to every lead and inkling. Read this Twitter story for some ideas that you may not have thought of implementing to your career transition. (job or own business alike) “How to…
SUSPENDED REALITY
by Now What?® Coaching Founder, Laura Berman Fortgang THERE COMES A TIME, in almost every career transition, when clarity comes and a sense of determination kicks in despite every logical reason for it not to. There comes a suspended reality where you almost can’t believe you are moving forward in this new chosen direction yet there…