by Molly Gordon | Sep 17, 2012 | Ambition, Authenticity, Creativity, Meaning, Mindfulness, Money, Personal, Productivity, Resources, Self care, Self-employment, Success, Time, Vision, Wealth
I’ve been noticing lately a tendency to attach to the drama of Miles’s accident. It’s as though I’m not satisfied that the Universe has sufficiently acknowledged the unfairness of it all. It’s like part of me is holding out for a bigger...
by Molly Gordon | Sep 3, 2012 | Ambition, Confidence, Creativity, Emotional intelligence, Life purpose, Meaning, Personal, Self care, Self-employment, Small business, Success, Time
Have you ever felt frantic while suspecting that on some level you were complicit in your discomfort? I felt this way today as I became increasingly pressured and anxious about getting things done. All week I had been moving things that I couldn’t finish from...
by Molly Gordon | Jul 2, 2012 | Ambition, Creativity, Life purpose, Meaning, Self care, Service, Spirit, Success, Uncategorized, Vision
Last week I wrote about the importance of not-knowing, of hanging out in the mysterious and disorienting space between the person you have been and the person you are becoming. At times like that it’s essential to wake up to purpose, and I don’t mean the kind of life...
by Molly Gordon | Jun 18, 2012 | Ambition, Meaning, Service, Spirit, Success, Time
“We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be.” Kurt Vonnegut A few days ago I wrote a sticky note and put it on the kitchen counter. It said: “Harvest greens.” This morning I was on the verge of putting it...
by Molly Gordon | Feb 8, 2012 | Ambition, Getting clients, Marketing, Money, Selling, Success, Uncategorized
When you work for yourself, trustworthiness is your most important asset. In good times and bad, clients and customers patronize those they trust and avoid those they don’t. I’m betting that makes sense to you. But are you as understanding and patient with...
by Molly Gordon | Feb 5, 2012 | Ambition, Confidence, Emotional intelligence, Getting clients, Meaning, Self-employment, Spirit, Success, Uncategorized
Self-doubt is especially frustrating—and embarrassing—when you have a high degree of self-awareness. It seems to fly in the face of all the work you’ve done on yourself. But self-doubt can actually be a grace note, an ornament to your business identity....
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