Teachers For direction Look to yourself For purpose, Look to yourself For inspiration, Look to yourself For power, Look to
Two Poems from Jeff
Jeff Hamaoui
March 23, 2025
Deconstructing Donald Trump’s Brain
I believe President Trump suffers from a form of diet-induced brain dysfunction termed Carbohydrate Associated Reversible Brain syndrome or CARB
William Wilson
March 22, 2025
Break Up With Everything You Don’t Need
Michael Franti is an exception to this ageist rule. Last week, his new hit “Break Up With Everything” was the
Chip Conley
March 21, 2025
The 3 Vaults of MEA
Modern society robs us of attention. And, because we’re so distracted, we emulate Charlie Brown listening to his teacher droning
Chip Conley
March 20, 2025
The 4 Tasks of the Modern Elder in Challenging Times
“Incredulous.” I heard that word three times last week when it’s rare to hear it three times in a year.
Chip Conley
March 19, 2025
Is it Time to “Give It a Pivot”?
I had a plan, it was set in stone, A steady job, a mortgage loan. But life just laughed and
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
David Weaver
March 15, 2025
We Wear Too Many Hats in Midlife
MY SOUL HAS A HAT I counted my years And realized that I have Less time to live by, Than
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
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