“I wish I could slow AI development, but I can’t,” admitted the CEO of one of the world’s leading AI
Discovering What Really Matters in an Age of Distraction
Soren Gordhamer
May 24, 2025
Why Didn’t You Major in Art or Literature in College? Now, Here’s Your Chance
And, then, in midlife, I stumbled upon Dante’s “Divine Comedy,” written 800 years ago as an early precursor to MEA’s
Chip Conley
May 23, 2025
The 4 Essential Reasons to Take a Sabbatical
DJ DiDonna who teaches at Harvard and Annette Mason. Someone in the MEA community recently asked me how she should
Chip Conley
May 22, 2025
The 24 Sentences That Define “The Midlife Manifesto”
Midlife isn’t a crisis—it’s a chrysalis. It’s the most transformative time of your life, a marathon that spans decades, from
Chip Conley
May 21, 2025
What are Your Pillars for a Healthy Life?
I was fortunate enough to give the opening keynote for Stanford’s Lifestyle Medicine “Healthy Aging” conference earlier this month. Lifestyle
Chip Conley
May 20, 2025
10 Questions to Ask Your Parents While You Still Can
This TIME magazine article with today’s title caught my eye last week given that I’m spending more and more time
Chip Conley
May 19, 2025
Guest Post: How Humans Thrive
The US just fell out of the top 20 countries for happiness in research by Oxford University. Why aren’t we
Paul J. Zak
May 18, 2025
The Timeless Gift of Mindfulness: A Path to Longevity
I’m excited to be co-leading a silent meditation retreat, Landscapes of Silence, August 25-30 on MEA’s Rising Circle Ranch with
Teddi Dean
May 17, 2025
How Do You Curate a Well-Lived Life?
KOINOPHOBIA: the fear that you’ve lived an ordinary life While you’re in it, life seems epic. Fiery, tenuous, and unpredictable.
Chip Conley
May 16, 2025
Is There a Word to Describe the Transcendent Moments of Life?
AMBEDO: A Momentary Trance of Emotional Clarity Sometimes when you’re alone and everything is quiet, you feel a certain placeless
Chip Conley
May 15, 2025
Are You Scared of Eye Contact?
OPIA: the ambiguous intensity of eye contact So much can be said in a glance. You feel such ambiguous intensity,
Chip Conley
May 14, 2025
Do You Fear That You Can’t Change?
I continue this week’s exploration of made-up works in The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows that deserve to be popularized. ALAZIA:
Chip Conley
May 13, 2025
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