In the summer of 2009, my wife and I sat at our kitchen table looking at two kids — ten
Guest Post: The Trip That Made Me a Different Kind of Leader
Bill Gallagher
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Guest Post: Two Poems from Janet Shlaes
Image credit: Darius Bashar on Unsplash Surrender I’ve journeyed through many lives, roles, responsibilities, identities. Some eagerly embraced with joy
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May 30, 2026
The Living Funeral: Hearing the Eulogy Before It’s Too Late
Earlier this year, I wrote a blog post called “The Month I Died.” No, I don’t plan to die any
Chip Conley
May 29, 2026
My 10 Favorite Interview Questions
Many employers resort to the interview process to make a decision about a candidate. This is problematic because unstructured interviews
Chip Conley
May 28, 2026
From Saber to Conocer: What AI Knows – yet Humans Live
Recently, Oren and I went backroad four-wheeling in Baja. Between the topes (speed bumps) and rugged dirt roads, we got
Chip Conley
May 27, 2026
The Surprise of Aging
The moment you realize time is finite, your priorities suddenly become astonishingly clear. At 35, you’ll attend a networking mixer
Chip Conley
May 26, 2026
A Memorial Day Story: Speaking to My Elder Self
Not the polished, wise elder sitting cross-legged on a mountaintop dispensing elegant aphorisms. No. My future self was more rumpled
Chip Conley
May 25, 2026
Guest Post: The End Game
At some point your expiration date will be a matter to consider. You slow down, your body is less compliant
Shulamit Sofia
May 24, 2026
Guest Post: Busing and the American Experiment
“Best practices to educate children is always a hypothesis. In modern education, we consistently experiment on the youth.” Busing refers to
Daniel Landes
May 23, 2026
Guest Post: A Time to Gather: How Ritual Created the World—and How It Can Save Us
Bruce Feiler is a zeitgeist surfer who has a world-class ability to see what topics deserve more attention in the
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Getting Older, Getting Weird
A recent New York Times article on aging and weirdness basically confirms what many of us in midlife already suspected:
Chip Conley
May 21, 2026
How I Learned to Love Fiction at 65
One of the great ironies of aging is that the older we get, the more important it becomes to become
Chip Conley
May 20, 2026
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