How Will You Invest Your Wisdom?

The more complicated the world gets, the more wisdom we need. Knowledge is in your phone. Wisdom is in your

Chip Conley

December 17, 2025

How Will You Invest Your Wisdom?

“Don’t Die” vs. “Do Live”

The “Don’t Die” movement has a certain blunt appeal—optimize everything, control every variable, outrun mortality through metrics. Bryan Johnson is

Chip Conley

December 16, 2025

“Don’t Die” vs. “Do Live”

The Seduction—and Danger—of Shortcuts

When I was in high school, shortcuts showed up as Cliff Notes and Evelyn Wood speed-reading classes—promising smarter, faster versions

Chip Conley

December 15, 2025

The Seduction—and Danger—of Shortcuts

Guest Post: Why a New Morning Routine is the Key to Living Your Best Life

If you’re in the second half of life, you’ve already earned a kind of wisdom that younger versions of you

Hal Elrod

December 14, 2025

Guest Post: Why a New Morning Routine is the Key to Living Your Best Life

Guest Post: A Few Days of Quietude in Baja

How we start the year and what rituals we welcome into our lives can have a profound influence on how

Teddi Dean

December 13, 2025

Guest Post: A Few Days of Quietude in Baja

Making MEA More Accessible: Introducing 3- and 4-Night Workshops in Santa Fe

So we listened. This year, we’re launching a new format at MEA Santa Fe: powerful 3- and 4-night workshops designed

Chip Conley

December 12, 2025

Making MEA More Accessible: Introducing 3- and 4-Night Workshops in Santa Fe

The Case for Ending a Long, Mostly Good Marriage

On November 30, the New York Times offered an Op-Ed from Cathi Hanauer with the title of today’s blog post.

Chip Conley

December 11, 2025

The Case for Ending a Long, Mostly Good Marriage

Wisdom Is Evolution

If I had to distill midlife into a single insight, it’s this: wisdom is simply evolution put to work—the ability

Chip Conley

December 10, 2025

Wisdom Is Evolution

I Talk to Myself… and Apparently That’s Perfectly Normal

A lot. Not just the occasional “Where did I put my keys?” but full-blown commentary on squirrels, grocery store produce,

Chip Conley

December 9, 2025

I Talk to Myself… and Apparently That’s Perfectly Normal

Five of My Favorite “Chip-isms” of the Year

Maybe that’s part of entering life’s wisdom era—you start naming the things you’ve lived enough to recognize. So as the

Chip Conley

December 8, 2025

Five of My Favorite “Chip-isms” of the Year

Guest Post: Riding Into Renewal at 59

My motorcycle sleeps like a horse – standing. Yet I found it laying on the ground, dragged violently in this

Eyal Schwartz

December 7, 2025

Guest Post: Riding Into Renewal at 59

Guest Post: My Growth Mindset Transformation at Microsoft

I danced with the road, meandering on my motorcycle through a forest once consumed by fire. Out of charred remains,

Eyal Schwartz

December 6, 2025

Guest Post: My Growth Mindset Transformation at Microsoft