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 | Dec 11, 2011 | Community, Getting clients, Marketing, Money, Self-employment, Selling, Service, Serving others, Small business, Success, Uncategorized
Marketer and blogger Seth Godin defines a tribe as “a group of people connected to one another, connected to a leader, and connected to an idea.” In the case of your tribe of just-right clients, you are the leader, responsible for giving them care and...
by Molly Gordon | Aug 28, 2011 | Authenticity, Creativity, Getting clients, Marketing, Selling, Service, Uncategorized
Sometimes it seems best to stick to the facts when you talk about your work. You need to promote it, but you don’t want to seem sales-y, so you just state the facts on your flier, in your email, or on your Web site. Someone asks about your work, and you keep the...
by Molly Gordon | Sep 23, 2010 | Confidence, Goal Setting, Productivity, Service, Success, Time, Uncategorized
Let’s say you decide to take action on the business side of self-employment. You vow to get out of the under-earning cycle. You invest some time, and probably some money, learning how to do that. But somewhere between learning what you need to do and getting to...
by Molly Gordon | Mar 5, 2010 | Ambition, Community, Confidence, Emotional intelligence, Goal Setting, Life purpose, Self care, Service, Serving others, Success
It’s pretty hard to succeed at self-employment without confidence. But every once in a while, confidence takes a vacation. There are any number of things that can send confidence running for the beach. You could be going along nicely, doing good work and...
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