by Molly Gordon | Aug 19, 2013 | Ambition, Authenticity, Community, Confidence, Life purpose, Marketing, Mindfulness, Money, Resources, Small business, Success, The Work, Uncategorized, Wealth
A few weeks ago one of the participants in the Profit Alchemy course shared this quote from William Morris: If you want a golden rule that will fit everybody, this is it: Have nothing in your houses that you do not know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful....
by Molly Gordon | Jul 2, 2013 | Ambition, Emotional intelligence, Life purpose, Meaning, Mindfulness, Money, Spirit, Success, Uncategorized, Vision, Wealth
I’m writing this from a light and airy second story apartment overlooking Puget Sound. It’s a few minutes before 6:00am, and I was awakened a short time ago by the raucous calls of shorebirds wheeling through the air above the beach. It’s the sixth...
by Molly Gordon | Jun 24, 2013 | Authenticity, Community, Emotional intelligence, Meaning, Mindfulness, Money, Spirit, Success, Uncategorized, Wealth
A while back I was driving past a large-ish park in Seattle when I glimpsed a Washington State Ferry amid the trees at the entrance. I looked again, and the flash of green and orange, which I had taken for the characteristic stripes on many ferries, resolved into the...
by Molly Gordon | Jun 3, 2013 | Emotional intelligence, Mindfulness, Money, Small business, Spirit, Success, Uncategorized, Vision, Wealth
This is a revised version of a post I wrote last year. It’s updated to reflect the evolution of my understanding of what’s going on when we experience scarcity and what we can do about it. Once upon a time there were three little pigs. When they turned 18,...
by Molly Gordon | May 6, 2013 | Goal Setting, Meaning, Mindfulness, Money, Productivity, Self care, Self-employment, Serving others, Small business, Success, Uncategorized, Wealth
When you work for yourself because you love what you do, your muse—your source of inspiration—matters. It connects you with a value, principle, or ideal that is bigger than you are. That lights you up and infuses your work with meaning. But it takes more than serving...
Recent Comments