Psychology

The Fifth Column & The Hungry Ghost

Mariko O. Gordon, CFA
2 min readOct 7, 2021
Utagawa Kunisada, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

The two biggest foes of self-acceptance are The 5th Column and The Hungry Ghost. The Fifth Column is the saboteur within. The Hungry Ghost makes us feel that we’re “never enough”.

Developing self-acceptance doesn’t mean it’s OK to not have a conscience or goals. The right dose of perceiving ourselves as “having done a bad thing” or “not doing enough” is key…

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Mariko O. Gordon, CFA

Built $2.5B money mgmt biz from scratch. Coaching badass women to build & love their businesses, manage their finances, and make sure the thrill is never gone.