On the potential for gratitude for the biz side of your work

On the potential for gratitude for the biz side of your work

Two things came together last week to inspire this post: the  death of a friend and the approach of Thanksgiving in the USA. One of the most shocking aspects of my friend’s death was the vacuum left by the sudden absence of his huge enthusiasm for life. Bob had...
Why working on yourself doesn’t work (and the simple thing that does)

Why working on yourself doesn’t work (and the simple thing that does)

Like every human being I’ve ever met, I am sometimes discontented. No big deal. But during a recent spell of gritchiness, I got the idea that I shouldn’t feel that way. Given my deepening understanding of the spiritual principles behind the human...
Trust the Hum

Trust the Hum

Some years back I attended The School for The Work of Byron Katie. When I got home, a therapist friend asked me how I was doing. I told him that mainly I was aware of a hum. It was a good hum. A hum of simple beingness, and I told him that when I was in touch with the...
48 hour pay what you can & the winds of change

48 hour pay what you can & the winds of change

Change is in the wind here at Molly Gordon. You may have noticed a shift in emphasis in my writing as I move away from teaching the tools and techniques of successful self-employment to an exploration of the underlying principles that create our human experience. In a...

Why the past can’t hold you back

A few days back I had a stunning insight while coaching a participant in the Authentic Wealth virtual retreat: I have no history. In a flash I understood that what we believe to be our histories is simply our current thinking about our previous thoughts about people,...
Beyond copywriting: Love letter marketing

Beyond copywriting: Love letter marketing

Last week I held a coaching call for The Goldilocks Strategy for Getting Clients that Fit Just Right, and the topic of copywriting came up. Language is an important piece of the Goldilocks Strategy, and we talked about some of the principles and tools I teach for...