Is your career running out of gas? Maybe it’s time for a tune-up—and this week on A New Direction with Coach Jay Izso, we’re pulling into the garage with author, career expert, and former pastor Chris Fontanella. His latest book, Overhaul Your Career: Seven Tips for Restoring Your Classic Model for New Roads, offers a powerful roadmap to get your professional life humming again—whether you’re changing lanes, stuck in neutral, or looking to turbocharge your purpose.

Coach Jay dives deep with Chris to explore why so many people feel stalled in their careers and what it really takes to restore your inner drive. More than just a motivational boost, this conversation taps into timeless principles, spiritual insight, and practical tools for reshaping your mindset and direction. It’s not just about finding a job—it’s about discovering your vocation, reigniting passion, and rolling forward with confidence.

Whether you’re a recent graduate wondering what’s next, a mid-career professional questioning the road you’re on, or a seasoned executive looking to realign your life’s purpose, this is the episode that will speak directly to your soul. Chris Fontanella doesn’t promise shortcuts—but he does promise a deeper, richer path to meaning and fulfillment in your work life.

Chris Fontanella‘s book, “Overhaul Your Career: Seven Tips for Restoring Your Classic Model for New Roads” is such a great read for anyone entering in the later stages of their career and considering retirement.

The fact of the matter is, we as humans are really never ready to “retire”.  Inactivity is the real killer of us all.  And Chris Fontanella explains to us that the reality is that we need work to fulfill us.  It is so important to our lives to continue to be productive even in the last half, third or quarter of our working career.

Overhaul Your Career, is a complete guide on how to go into your next career after  your main career is over, or you no longer align with it.  As Chris explains, “YOU ARE IN CONTROL”!  You make the choices.  But changing a career, later in life, will take guts and a rebel spirit.  And you need to be a “rebel with a cause” and that cause is your next career.

He also, makes it plain to his reader that you must maintain your individuality and at the same time rediscover who you really are.  You may be thinking, “but I know who I am”, but the question is who is the real you?  It is so easy for us to be in a career and lose ourselves and no longer remember the person we truly are.

Whether you need to “reprise” yourself, “reinvent” yourself or do something completely different and become the next Colonel Harland Sanders, everything for your next career and how to get there is right here in this book, Overhaul Your Career: Seven Tips for Restoring Your Classic Model for New Roads. 

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Here are some career questions you need to think about:

Does your job offer you a sense of purpose?

It is going to be an eye-opening show and if you have any doubts about your career right now, first know you are not alone, and second, know that there are answers.

Chris Fontanella’s most recent book entitled, “Tune Up Your Career” is an outstanding insightful guide for those of you out there who are feeling stuck and unsure what your next career move should be.

Here are a few of the highlights should know from the book:

Second, regardless of how you try to resist your career is going to change.  And if all else stays the same…you are going to change.

Third, if you are lacking fulfillment and purpose, you are the only one who can change your career path.  No excuses…you are accountable to your career.

Fourth, if you have guts, and resilience, you may be an entrepreneur.  It’s not easy.  And you may have to work two jobs at first, but how much value is there in having the freedom?  Only you can decide.

This book is for anyone who feels like they have been consumed by the “machine” and has now awakened to realize there is something more, but not sure what it is.

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Chris Fontanella then uses the analogy of finding your career to that of an archaeology discovery.  The fact is it is going to take some digging to find your calling.  And that is the point of the book.

Finding your calling or purpose will require you to make a map, have ambition, overcome obstacles, deal with the mundane, have perseverance as well as other tips.

It is an excellent read for anyone who is starting their career, or is stuck looking for their next career.  I highly recommend Jump-Start Your Career, make sure you get yourself a copy or give one to a friend who is looking.

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Have you been wondering if you a coach is right for you?  You may have heard of coaching, but maybe not sure if it is right for you, or maybe you don’t completely understand how it works.

Look, if you are feeling stuck in life, or stuck in your business a coach can help you by taking a drone’s eye view of the situation and give you clarity.

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So if you are feeling that you need a different direction, or perhaps you have a team that is in need of a different direction, then let’s talk.  The first call is free and we can find out if I will be a good fit for you and your team.

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When it comes to your job and career are you happy? Do you enjoy it? Is it fulfilling? Do you know why? Do you know how to change it? Next question…when it comes to your work how do you define success? Based on your definition of success are you successful? Do you feel like you have hit your max in your career?

At the end of the day your career is a game. The problem is you don’t know the rules. And the rules are not printed in a book or a pamphlet. They are unwritten, and in fact there are so many rules you may be overlooking most of them. Thankfully for you Career Coach and Expert Terry Boyle McDougall returns on this episode of A New Direction to tell you the rules of the game of work and help you find the work that you will enjoy and be more successful.

Terry’s book “Winning the Game of Work” is a comprehensive and complete guide and toolkit to help you find the career that fits you best.  We will focus this show on the myths and the lies that we tell ourselves about our career.  If you are stuck in your career.  Or need a career change then you need “Winning the Game of Work“…and you will enjoy this show.

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Let’s be honest there are many people that are in careers and jobs they hate. They are stuck because they feel like they cannot get out. The amount of money the make keeps them locked in and manipulated to stay in a job that they dread. Is there a way out? Can you really find a job and career that you love? Do you have to play the game of climbing the corporate ladder to really get ahead. The answer is “no”. There is another way. And on this episode of A New Direction Dr. Alan Patterson returns to talk about the 5 critical steps to finding that career that fits who you are.

Dr. Patterson’s book is entitled “Burn Ladders. Build Bridges.: Pursuing Work with Meaning + Purpose“.  This book is a short no nonsense book that will help you get out of the career that you hate and dread, and find and create the fits you.  Burn Ladders, Build Bridges is not some short cut method.  It starts with you taking responsibility for your attitude effort, and resiliency.  

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Whether you are a recent graduate or a have been working in your career for decades we all come face to face with a couple of questions:  “Am I really doing the work in my career that has meaning and purpose? And is this the career I really want to spend my life doing?”  Why is it that the world looks badly at us when we say “But this is not the career I want?” or “This isn’t the career I thought it would be?”  Somehow it is like we are forced to stay in our jobs or careers that we don’t like because we made a decision or got a major and now like eating old boiled okra we must sit and eat it!!  Why?  And that is exactly what Dr. Alan Patterson challenges in this episode of A New Direction.

Dr. Alan Patterson’s book is entitled “Burn Ladders, Build Bridges“.  The ladder we are burning is the corporate ladder that really has nothing to do with merit or hard work.  The bridges are building are the relationships with others and ourselves.  But as we find out in this episode Dr. Patterson walks us through the 5 Pillars to help us find the job we always wanted.  He takes through

Here is the best part, it can start with your job right now.  It doesn’t mean you hijack your job, but you can start creating the job you want if you know what you are looking for.  Dr. Patterson and “Burn Ladders, Build Bridges” is eye-opening for sure!

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When it comes to our jobs often we feel powerless.  Sometimes this occurs because when we work for someone else we believe that we do not have any control over our job.  Then there are those who feel stuck in their job, they feel as if they cannot move up or go anywhere.  They blame their boss, blame the management, ,blame the ownership, they blame others in general for their lack of motivation or the reason they are in the place they are.  The fact is if you feel this way you have lost control of your job.  If you want to truly be successful and achieve greater things then you need to “Own Your Job”  and that is what Dr. Michael Colburn will teach you on this episode of A New Direction, and how to take the power back in your job and own it.

Dr. Colburn, has spent his career working with organization leaders to implement learning and change to improve performance for both the organization and the individual, and that includes you.  Dr. Colburn’s book “Own Your Job: Five Tools For Self-Management and Accountability”  is a book that can and will change you and your job if you apply the principles.  It will start you on the journey to understand that you have the power to control your job, control your future, stop blaming, stop complaining, and start growing.    Get your copy of “Own Your Job” by clicking HERE!

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Most of your life you are going to be in a career.  So how many classes through out your life time did you take that truly helped you?  Well, if you are like most of us the answer is…zero.  When it comes to our career there is little to help us.  No one really talks about making a “career plan”, or the difference between “leadership and management” and how to navigate those waters, or how to do really good “Networking” versus doing really bad networking.  What about working in a corporate environment are you ready for corporate politics?  Well thankfully for all of us MIT Instructor and graduate Mark Herschberg is with us on A New Direction to help you navigate these questions and more.

Mark Herschberg‘s book is entitled “The Career Toolkit: Essential Skills for Success That No One Taught You” is the exact same information from his MIT college course on preparing for a career.  The Career Toolkit is the most comprehensive, complete and practical guide to starting a career, changing a career, and finding a career.  If you know a college student, or someone who is looking to change their career, you need to tell them to purchase “The Career Toolkit“.  They will thank you for recommending it.

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Here are the facts we are in a revolution where artificial intelligence (AI), digital spaces, and technology are speedily influencing our world.  So much so that even a seemingly sound career is being affected dramatically.  In many cases jobs and careers that were done by humans have been replaced by computers.  We are also seeing that many positions salaries have decreased as machines replace humans.  What do we do?  For some people there is denial, they simply do not believe it is possible for them to lose their career to a computer.  For some they believe that the answer is to become a “social media influencer”, but the ugly truth is that you cannot even buy a Starbucks coffee with your vast number of followers, or the number of likes from our social media posts.  And then there are some who, and perhaps rightful so are in fear and are stuck not knowing what to do.  In this episode of A New Direction we are joined by tech transition expert Somi Arian, and she is going to help you navigate the waters of success in your career in this ever fast changing AI digital tech revolution.

Somi Arian‘s book is entitled “Career Fear: And How to Beat It – Get the Perspective, Mindset and Skills You Need to Futureproof your Work Life”.  In Somi’s outstanding book she provides perspectives solidified by research to get you to critically think how you can first survive this technological surge and then how to thrive.  Rather than be in denial, try something futile, or simply live in fear, she offers some practical mindset and behavioral actions that you can take to start right now preparing for the changes that are inevitable.  As you listen to this show, you will be surprised how this millennial will challenge you, coax you, and encourage you that there truly is hope, but it is fully up to you to start making those changes.  This is a powerhouse show, with a powerful message not only for your career, but also for your life.

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What if I told you that you can actually craft your own career?  Meaning what if you could put your passions, gifts, talents, and desires together and actually create the career you were looking for?  Would you be interested if the career you wanted could be had?  What if I told you that there is a demonstrated method that has helped students, veterans, and mid-career people get the job they had always hoped for?  But you better be ready, because it will take commitment and internal self motivation.  No longer do we have to hunt for that job, you create it!

In this episode of A New Direction Julia Ivy, PhD joins us to talk about her method of helping people create the career they always wanted and do it on their terms.  The method is called the BE-EDGE method and the book is entitled “Craft Your Edge for Today’s Job Market“.  Dr. Julia Ivy explains what BE-EDGE is and gives a quick overview of how it works and how she has been able to help more than 150 people create their own career.  Dr. Ivy even talks about how in our current marketplace there is a significant opportunity to use the BE-EDGE to gain employment during the CoVid-19 CoronaVirus pandemic.  This is an enlightening show and “Craft Your Edge for Today’s Job Market” is a helpful guide.

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