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Do I Love or Hate the Fire Horse?

In the Chinese zodiac, the Horse represents movement, freedom, intensity, independence, passion, and volatility. Add the fire element and everything gets amplified: emotion, speed, disruption, transformation. Fire Horse years are

Chip Conley

May 19, 2026

The Gray Zone

Not the triumphant “I beat cancer!” bell, which I’ve now rung in both 2024 and 2026. Not the cinematic, slow-motion hospital hallway bell where everyone claps like you just won

Chip Conley

May 18, 2026

Guest Post: What Men Get Wrong About Listening

Recently I was in a discussion with a group of guys and the subject of how we listen to others came up. We talked about our own habits when it

Bob Cavnar

May 17, 2026

Guest Post: How Synthetic Storytelling Erodes Trust—and How You Can Rebuild It

I am witnessing a “productivity versus trust” tension trap playing out daily across boardrooms and bedrooms. Managing it effectively will protect your impact and energy during major transitions. First, a

Lisa Nirell

May 16, 2026

Guest Post: Your 60s Are Your Bonus Years. Do Sixty.

The future has arrived. Stop preparing for it and start living it. I’m writing this on my 67th birthday, and something is very clear to me: my 60s are shaping

Steve Yastrow

May 15, 2026

Guest Post: Opsicocious – Late Blooming Courage

One evening at “formal hall” at the University of Cambridge’s Homerton College, we witnessed the unexpected: a barn owl named ‘Minnie’ gliding silently through the Great Hall, then perching on

Rocky Blumhagen

May 14, 2026

Guest Post: What to Do When Nothing’s Wrong (But It Doesn’t Feel Right)

There’s an old story I first heard from the mythologist Michael Meade, one that begins in a place many people recognize. In the early years of the world—“back in the

Scott Bryson

May 13, 2026

Guest Post: Gratitude and Resilience: How to Stay Steady Through Life’s Tough Seasons

By midlife, most of us have learned something important: pushing harder doesn’t always help. We’ve powered through enough seasons to know that ‘toughing it out’ has limits. Life gets more

Moshe Engelberg

May 12, 2026

Guest Post: The Gifts We Don’t Plan For

My cohort at MEA chose to call themselves: The Coddiewomplers. Chip shared its definition in one of his recent posts — to travel in a purposeful manner toward a vague

Hal Brody

May 11, 2026

Guest Post: Confronting our own Finitude (Part 2)

Why This Matters for Leaders I am writing and sharing my thoughts here for one reason, that I recognise now that the awareness Heidegger has brought to me around my

Tom McCallum

May 10, 2026

Guest Post: Confronting our own Finitude (Part 1)

Authentic purpose-led leadership is only fully available to a leader brave enough to confront their own finitude. This statement is the “executive summary” of this “long read” over the next

Tom McCallum

May 9, 2026

Holy Urgency

Not loud— but faithful. A metronome beneath the ribs since my mother’s breath went quiet and mine learned its own uncertainty. I used to move with ambition. Now I move

Chip Conley

May 8, 2026

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Do I Love or Hate the Fire Horse?

The Gray Zone

Guest Post: What Men Get Wrong About Listening

Guest Post: How Synthetic Storytelling Erodes Trust—and How You Can Rebuild It

Guest Post: Your 60s Are Your Bonus Years. Do Sixty.

Guest Post: Opsicocious – Late Blooming Courage

Guest Post: What to Do When Nothing’s Wrong (But It Doesn’t Feel Right)

Guest Post: Gratitude and Resilience: How to Stay Steady Through Life’s Tough Seasons

Guest Post: The Gifts We Don’t Plan For

Guest Post: Confronting our own Finitude (Part 2)

Guest Post: Confronting our own Finitude (Part 1)

Holy Urgency

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