by Molly Gordon | Mar 2, 2018 | Choice, Emotional intelligence, Flow, Thought, Three Principles, Video, Wisdom
Patience is a byproduct of understanding how the mind works. The mind has an innate capacity for clarity and creativity. That’s our default state but for the moment to moment experience of personal thinking. When that thinking innocently creates an insoluble...
by Molly Gordon | Feb 27, 2018 | Coaching, Emotional intelligence, Three Principles, Wisdom
I spent three days last week in San Francisco exploring and practicing ways to make coaching more effective in the third 7 Paths Forward workshop with David Goldsmith and David Peterson. This work made me more and more convinced that honing skills is helpful, but only...
by Molly Gordon | Jan 13, 2018 | Emotional intelligence, local, Resilience
Resilience: Riding the Roller Coaster of Life with Ease I’m delighted to announce that next month I’m teaching an affordable, local, in-person course in the principles that give rise to resilience in all aspects of life and work. This is not another stress...
by Molly Gordon | Oct 31, 2017 | Emotional intelligence, Resilience, Responsibility, Three Principles, Video, Wisdom
Some years ago I made a horrible mistake. (And yes, I’ve made tons of mistakes since then; this is just the one that comes to mind in the moment.) I was president of a local arts organization, and in that role I was making the rounds of galleries during an Arts...
by Molly Gordon | Oct 13, 2017 | Ambition, Emotional intelligence, Happiness, Productivity, Resilience, Thought, Three Principles, Video, Wisdom
Most of us live in the illusion that it’s difficult to have a quiet mind if you are really busy. We have grown accustomed to the idea that busy-mindedness is a natural consequence of being busy. There is an implicit assumption that some amount of stress,...
by Molly Gordon | Oct 5, 2017 | Ambition, Confidence, Emotional intelligence, Flow, Mindfulness, Productivity, Resilience, Success, Thought, Time, Video
Overwhelm is optional—really If a surfer riding the crest of a wave obsesses about the last six waves or the next six waves, she’s certain to wipe out. Yet human beings do this all the time when we (yes, me too!) innocently generate overwhelm. The illusion of...
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