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Contact: Kelly Groves
212/366-2782,
kelly.groves@us.penguingroup.com
Now What?
90 Days to a New Life
Direction
By Laura Berman Fortgang
 "We all need to plug into
an energy source for our lives and once you plug into Laura Berman Fortgang and
Now What? you will be either electrocuted or raring to go. Listen to what she
has to say and you will move your life to new heights. You will learn about
yourself and give more in this world - something we all could stand to do right
now."
-- Iyanla Vanzant, spiritual life coach
and author of In the Meantime
"This is it - a turbo-charged,
high-energy, stripped-to-the-core distillation of key insights and practices to
truly move you forward. You can't help but create the life you yearn for after
reading Laura's loving and potent
guidance."
-- Jennifer Louden, author of
Comfort Secrets for Busy Women and creator of
comfortqueen.com
"If this book delivers just 10% of the power of Laura's
coaching, it will be worth thousands of times the
price."
-- Mark Bryan, co-author of The
Artist's Way at Work
"Happiness is the New Bottom
Line."
This was the front-page headline that USA Today attributed
to Laura Berman Fortgang, long-time career coach, life satisfaction expert, and
author of Living Your Best Life. Since 9-11, Fortgang has seen a major
shift in her coaching business: more people willing to make dramatic changes in
their lives, and more people finding the courage to take the plunge-whatever
that plunge may be.
But therein lies the challenge. Many of us want to
take our lives in a new, more meaningful direction. But what is that direction?
And how do we make it a reality?
The answers lie in Fortgang's
extraordinary new book, Now What? 90 Days to a New Life Direction
(a Tarcher/Penguin hardcover, April 26, 2004, $19.95 US/$30.00 Canada). Over
the course of many years, Fortgang has developed a unique 90-day program for
her private clients: 45 days to find a new direction, and 45 days to set the
course toward it. Now What? offers the same result-oriented
program for anyone who longs for a new professional or personal path; has
experienced divorce, separation, loss, or relocation; or is a young, mid-life,
or retired searcher looking forward to a new chapter in their lives.
In
her work, Fortgang found that career and life satisfaction stems less from what
we choose to do for a living and more from who we get to be while we are doing
it. Now What? takes us through the steps to find out what that
"it" might be and how to get there from here, in a twelve-week,
one-week-per-chapter format that encapsulates Fortgang's highly successful
90-day program:
*Week One, "What You Hate Gives a Name to What You
Want": Getting in touch with the specifics of what frustrates you about
your situation ("I can't stand having to work past 5:30 every night"; "I can't
stand seeing my daughter only once a month") can clear the fog and help you
articulate your true desires.
*Week Two, "With Every Gain There is a
Loss:" Any change can mean a loss, even if it's for the best. The important
thing is to let go and move on, taking the good with you (important contacts,
positive skills you developed in an otherwise dismal job) to the next
phase.
*Week Three, "Most Limits are Self-Imposed": Your deeply
entrenched beliefs ("My parents stuck out their marriage, and I should, too";
"If I don't make a lot of money, I'll never be independent") can hold you back
more than external obstacles.
*… and so on, through Week Twelve:
"Following Your Life Blueprint®."
Readers will enjoy the extra
benefit of learning from the success stories of Fortgang's clients, including:
- a woman who left her unfulfilling job to discover the
rewards of doing motivational work with professional athletes
- a high-fashion show executive who found a more
gratifying position helping adoption agencies around the world place children
in need of homes; and
- a highly paid corporate consultant who became a
minister
With inspiring exercises, empowering tools, and more,
Now What? challenges us to dig deep, look in unexpected places
for answers, keep our minds open, and dare to dream bigger than we have ever
dreamed before-all in 90 days.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Laura
Berman Fortgang is a pioneer in the life coaching profession. The president
and owner of InterCoach, Inc., a full-service life coach business that works
with individuals, small businesses, and corporations, she is also the
best-selling author of Living Your Best Life and Take Yourself to the
Top. Fortgang has appeared on many television and radio programs, including
The Oprah Winfrey Show, The CBS Early Show, NBC's Weekend
Today, MSNBC, CNBC, and CNN. Additionally, Fortgang's
advice and expertise is often sought by such prominent print media as USA
Today, Fast Company, Fortune, Self, Women's Day, and Money. She is
an internationally sought-after speaker and currently has a monthly column in
Redbook magazine as well as having been Women.com's resident
work-life coach. Fortgang is one of the founding members of The International
Coach Federation. She lives in Montclair, NJ with her husband and three
children.
Now What?
By Laura Berman Fortgang
A
Tarcher/Penguin hardcover
April 26, 2004
ISBN: 1-58542-321-1
$19.95
U.S./$30.00Canada
Visit Tarcher/Penguin online at
www.penguin.com
For more information and to schedule an interview
with the author, please contact:
Kelly Groves, Publicity Manager
212-366-2782; kelly.groves@us.penguingroup.com
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