I had a plan, it was set in stone,A steady job, a mortgage loan.But life just laughed and shook its
Is it Time to “Give It a Pivot”?
Chip Conley
March 18, 2025
Dear Leaders, People Don’t Want Equality. They Want Fairness.
We haven’t seen this kind of U.S. economic inequality in the past 100 years. Since 1979, the top 1% of
Chip Conley
March 17, 2025
Social Battery
I was recently teaching a week with poet and author Mark Nepo on friendship. I took pages of notes and
Jeff Hamaoui
March 16, 2025
New Technology is a New Opportunity to Learn
Here I sit, in rural Vermont, at age 58—enjoying the “messy middle” and plotting my next act.At 58, my father
David Weaver Weaver
March 15, 2025
We Wear Too Many Hats in Midlife
MY SOUL HAS A HATI counted my yearsAnd realized that I haveLess time to live by,Than I have lived so
Chip Conley
March 14, 2025
The Wisdom of a 33-Year-Old
Based upon this premise, it means the older you are, the more raw material you have to be wise. But,
Chip Conley
March 13, 2025
When a Ritual Becomes a Routine
As our Baja shaman tells us each week, to an outsider, a ritual may look strange. Why do those Catholics
Chip Conley
March 12, 2025
Are We on the Verge of a Population Collapse?
This belief suggested we might not have enough food to go around and that Mother Earth will be irreparably damaged
Chip Conley
March 11, 2025
Midlife is the Gateway to Generativity
The best lens to use in approaching any decision in your life is to choose based upon whether we want
Chip Conley
March 10, 2025
Reviving Connections: Vinyl Listening Clubs and Rekindling Friendship Dynamics
In our 50s and 60s, many of us find ourselves in a unique phase of life. The demands of raising
Michael Kanazawa
March 9, 2025
What My Older Self Could Teach My Younger Self
On my 63rd birthday, I reflected on three things I wish my older self could have shared with my younger
Brad Brisco
March 8, 2025
The Myth of “Having It All Figured Out”
I sold my company Joie de Vivre in 2010 after two-dozen years of painstakingly growing it into one of the
Chip Conley
March 7, 2025
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