Why Retirement Confuses Knowledge Workers

But for today’s knowledge workers—people who lead with their minds and not their muscles—retirement is no longer a clear-cut concept. Instead, it’s a foggy future with no obvious on-ramp or

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Chip Conley

June 18, 2025

I Just Realized I’m a Cartographer

While they rarely traveled, their work guided entire fleets and shaped worldviews. During Christopher Columbus’ time, barely 10% of the world had been charted and a new generation of ships

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Chip Conley

June 17, 2025

70 is the new 53

But, a new Goldman Sachs report gives some intellectual heft to this premise. According to a recent comprehensive study, a person who was 70 in 2022 had the same cognitive

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Chip Conley

June 16, 2025

Growing Down

Last week, I had a dream. I stood in a wide-open field with my smartphone in hand, but only one app worked—the map app. A single red “X” marked the

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Steven Morris

June 15, 2025

What’s the Purpose of Purpose?

Releasing the pressure of having a purpose. What Is the Purpose of Purpose? The definition of purpose is “the reason something exists.” It’s a word that’s been used a lot

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Andrea Deskin

June 14, 2025

The Gift from the Sea

Since “The Gift from the Sea” is really about Lindbergh’s musings on midlife and beyond, it’s a perfect coaching companion for a trip to Baja. Here’s an excerpt about how

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Chip Conley

June 13, 2025

“My Husband is ‘Going Andro’ on me!”

But, I heard this term last week from an MEA alum referring to her spouse who was in the midst of andropause, the male complement to menopause. So, let’s unpack

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Chip Conley

June 12, 2025

Go Make a Mistake and Be a Disappointment

Let’s flip the script. When I left the hotel business to become a “modern elder,” I was terrified. First of all, I disappointed a lot of people who didn’t want

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Chip Conley

June 11, 2025

Why the World Needs to Invest in Wisdom

I was recently reading Nicolas Michaelsen’s Substack article entitled, “Towards a Systemic Investing Approach for Wisdom Infrastructure,” and I was intrigued by its premise: What if we invested in wisdom

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Chip Conley

June 10, 2025

The Ultimate Metric as we Age is not Productivity, it’s Presence

Interviewing an interviewer in front of 400 people isn’t easy, but I experienced that honor last Thursday at our Wise & Wild day-long event in LA with Rich Roll. Becoming

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Chip Conley

June 9, 2025

The Realization That Changes Everything  

At some point, many of us come to a reluctant but honest realization: The way we’ve been working is no longer sustainable. It often sounds like this: “I didn’t plan

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Andrea Jones

June 8, 2025

One Big Rinse

I like aging. There’s great freedom in getting older. Believe me, I have plenty to fret about, but I know the difference between what I can and cannot control, and

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Nancy Scannell

June 7, 2025