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Why I Started the Modern Elder Academy


November 26, 2019
Even today, more than a year after our public launch, people still ask me about my motivation for starting the Modern Elder Academy. It’s a question I never get tired of answering. On the contrary, my answers seem to empower my mission more than ever. Below is a short 3-minute video that...

highlights a few of the reasons I started this crazy journey (complete with Baja birds in the background) and here are the five lessons we learned from our first year. Enjoy.

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