Chip Conley's daily blog:
Thoughts on the art of living
During my life, I’ve been an expert translator of “doing” into “becoming.” Becoming is doing with a purpose and soul, but it’s still a lot of activity. Poet David Whyte, when he was teaching at our MEA Santa Fe campus, said, “The tragedy of the to-do list is it was created by the person you ...
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I had no intention to shift away from what I was doing career-wise (in 2019 I had just celebrated my 20th anniversary as a wealth management advisor for C-suite executives),
November 5, 2021
Thanks for this question. Fortunately, we had Tom Kamber staying here last month at MEA, who has some good advice for us all. Tom is the founder and executive director
November 4, 2021
It didn’t take long until the name Chip Conley started to come up. Luckily, one of the people he famously ‘menterned’ at AirBnB was a friend of mine and we
November 3, 2021
Despite my looming milestone, I continue to feel so young and ‘early’ into my adulthood; there is so much about youth that I still relate to. Yet I stare at
November 2, 2021
I was born and life was simple. I learned and life became more complex. I entered adulthood and life became complicated. I stumbled into elderhood and discovered wisdom. I will
November 1, 2021
What about those who want to learn how to surf? Is there an app for that? Turns out that’s the question Chip Conley, my friend and colleague was interested in
October 30, 2021
I know they sound like the same thing, but there is a subtle difference. So, which quote is more accurate? In other words, chicken or the egg: does purpose or
October 29, 2021
I have researched the many ways that women, in particular, use speech patterns that are diminishing, apologetic, defensive, and unnecessary. Try the following 5 tips and watch your confidence soar.
October 28, 2021
Ironically, it was title VIII of the Civil Rights Act of 1968 (the Fair Housing Act) that prohibited age discrimination in housing. Later, a 1988 amendment to the Act created
October 27, 2021
Richard is convinced that money and soul are united on a deep level. He writes, “There is un río profundo, a river beneath the river. The upper stream has always
October 26, 2021
Like many of us, my body seems to be aging quickly, right as my career is really taking off. I’m not just getting older, I have Parkinson’s disease and there’s
October 25, 2021
Unfortunately, Mike (as he asked me to call him) passed away on Wednesday at the age of 88. I’ll never forget a dozen years ago when I was going through
October 24, 2021
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