by Molly Gordon | May 27, 2013 | Authenticity, Confidence, Emotional intelligence, Getting clients, Meaning, Mindfulness, Money, Pricing, Self-employment, Selling, Small business, Success, The Work, Uncategorized
It’s one of those beautiful situations in which you’re in a great conversation about your work. Everything is going so well. Until the talk turns to money. Suddenly you’re out of synch and that wonderful connection you had is broken. What happened?...
by Molly Gordon | Feb 5, 2012 | Ambition, Confidence, Emotional intelligence, Getting clients, Meaning, Self-employment, Spirit, Success, Uncategorized
Self-doubt is especially frustrating—and embarrassing—when you have a high degree of self-awareness. It seems to fly in the face of all the work you’ve done on yourself. But self-doubt can actually be a grace note, an ornament to your business identity....
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 | Jul 2, 2011 | Ambition, Confidence, Productivity, Spirit, Success, Time
Some time between two and four years old, children begin to develop self-sufficiency. You know it’s happening when you hear cries of, “I can do it myself,” often accompanied by tears of frustration. Next thing you know, you have a tantrum on your...
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