How to promote your work: Stick your head in the sand or dance on the beach?

How to promote your work: Stick your head in the sand or dance on the beach?

If you are reading this, you’ve probably thought a fair amount about how to promote your work. My guess is that some of that thinking has been fraught with feelings ranging from queasiness to outright disgust. As if that weren’t uncomfortable enough, you...
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...
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...
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...
A game you can’t lose: beyond the victim-creator dichotomy

A game you can’t lose: beyond the victim-creator dichotomy

It happens to all of us. Once in a while we get down. Thoughts that circumstances are going against us occur, and we believe them. Before long, we feel like victims of other people or of circumstances. And as if that weren’t enough, we often add insult to...