Why planning might not be a good idea (How peering into the future quashed true love)

Why planning might not be a good idea (How peering into the future quashed true love)

When I was a senior in high school my true love was a sophomore in college. That was back in the day when long distance calls were expensive, and we wrote piles of earnest letters full of angst and idealism. One day I received a letter that signaled the beginning of...
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 moods don’t have to mess up your business

Why moods don’t have to mess up your business

Some years back I experienced epic premenstrual syndrome. Not only was I frequently sad, I was angry as hell. Some days it was all I could do to be even marginally civil. Shoot, many days I couldn’t even manage that. By the time I got my period, I was mentally...
Sally and the invisible visible mess

Sally and the invisible visible mess

On Saturday I swept the deck. Yesterday I swept the carport. Today I swept the front porch. That may not impress you, but it made an impression on me, and it got me to thinking about invisible visible messes. One kind of invisible visible mess is the mess that accrues...