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 | Nov 30, 2017 | Thought, Video, Vision, Wisdom
I’ve posted about wonder as the key that unlocks state of mind and the beautiful distinctions between confusion and wonder as ways of not knowing. In this video I point the the critical difference between wonder as a noun or concept and wondering as a verb or...
by Molly Gordon | Oct 26, 2017 | Choice, Consciousness, Creativity, Freedom, Goal Setting, Happiness, Meaning, Thought, Three Principles, Video
Too often we try to change things by tweaking a problem that we don’t realize we created. We play “What’s wrong with this picture?” when we could simply paint a new picture. Here’s the deal: Every problem we face is constructed of our...
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...
by Molly Gordon | Sep 28, 2017 | Flow, Happiness, Meaning, Resilience, Thought, Video, Wisdom
“Things happen for a reason.” You’ve heard it. I’ve heard it. Maybe you’ve said it; I certainly have. And today I realized that it’s not all that helpful. Maybe things happen for a reason; maybe they don’t. As my mentor George...
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