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This quote brilliantly captures the subtle distinctions between knowing, understanding, and wondering. And in the age of artificial intelligence, it’s more relevant than ever. AI, for all its brilliance, excels at knowledge. It can identify patterns, predict outcomes, and offer mind-bending speed in sorting data. It knows that tomatoes are fruits. It can even tell ...
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Several years ago, I found myself standing at MEA’s Santa Fe ranch campus (before it opened) with Chip Conley and Richard Rohr, wrestling with writer’s block around my next book
July 19, 2025
And I’ll be honest: it feels a little awkward. I’m not ordained. I don’t wear robes. My cathedral is nature, and my sermons often involve neuroscience and soul. But maybe
July 18, 2025
The Enneagram doesn’t box you in; it reveals the box you’ve already put yourself in—and shows you the way out. Unlike other systems that focus on surface traits or behavior,
July 17, 2025
Recently, MEA guest faculty member Karen Skerrett sent some excerpts from a fascinating white paper called “The Science of Wisdom in a Polarized World” that explores how character and wisdom
July 16, 2025
One of my favorite reads of this year, written 30 years ago, was Kathleen Brehony’s “Awakening at Midlife: A Guide to Reviving Your Spirit, Recreating Your Life and Returning to
July 15, 2025
My recent post, Why Retirement Confuses Knowledge Workers, generated a lot of emails and texts to me, almost all of them giving me a high-five. One person said, “To me
July 14, 2025
I am so honored to share my new book with MEA alums, faculty, and friends, many of whom are featured in the book. But before I do, a huge shout
July 13, 2025
For 15 years, I had a front-row seat to leadership at the highest level. I worked side-by-side with Jeff Bezos during Amazon’s most explosive growth years in the early 2000s.
July 12, 2025
Is biohacking the Botox of the soul? It’s easy to make fun of all these wealthy tech dudes who’ve propelled the biohacking craze. Isn’t it interesting that Bryan Johnson, Peter
July 11, 2025
For most of my life, I thought I had a soul—like a treasured possession I carried around inside me, tucked somewhere between my heart and my gut. But what if
July 10, 2025
A recent David Brooks New York Times Op-Ed entitled “Are We Really Willing to Become Dumber?” reminded me about how human wisdom needs to be the balance to our burgeoning
July 9, 2025
Some of you love the beach which is why you may be enjoying our Summer Immersion Series in Baja, a vacation with benefits: immersions in health & fitness, writing, and
July 8, 2025
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