What Promises Can You Make to Yourself?

Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening (Robert Frost) Whose woods these are I think I know.   His house is

Chip Conley

April 22, 2026

What Promises Can You Make to Yourself?

Purpose Can Be a Simple Happiness Hack

The Washington Post recently reported the results from a six-year study out of Cornell that adds compelling evidence to the

Chip Conley

November 6, 2025

Purpose Can Be a Simple Happiness Hack

Rearview Mirror Revelations

At age 80, I still ask myself “Who do I want to be when I grow old?” I have enjoyed

Richard Leider

September 14, 2025

Rearview Mirror Revelations

My Pleasurable, Purposeful Passion Project

When I was a kid, I wrote movie reviews of everything from “The Wizard of Oz” to “The Exorcist.” While

Chip Conley

September 2, 2025

My Pleasurable, Purposeful Passion Project

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

Andrea Deskin

June 14, 2025

What’s the Purpose of Purpose?

Your 4 Pathways to Purpose (and My Newest Passion)

Something that EXCITES you: passion is a great fuel for purpose Something that AGITATES you: Reed Hastings started Netflix because

Chip Conley

May 9, 2025

Your 4 Pathways to Purpose (and My Newest Passion)

Are You Having a Near-Life Experience?

I see them everywhere: people standing in elevators, at bus stops, in line at grocery stores—their eyes fixated on their

Karen Salmansohn

April 20, 2025

Are You Having a Near-Life Experience?

Searching and Then

In grade school, he was told, “You need to have a purpose.” So, he looked for it behind the swings

Mark Nepo

December 25, 2024

Searching and Then

Your Extraordinary Why.

Much of the work of the second half of life is to discover why we are here. Who am I?

Denny Meadows

September 2, 2024

Your Extraordinary Why.

Perpetual Purpose

At nearly-87, Dad decided to take one of our “Cultivating Purpose” workshops with our MEA co-founder Jeff Hamaoui and master

Chip Conley

August 12, 2024

Perpetual Purpose

Breathing in Your Purpose.

I did all the things they said to do. I went to Harvard for college because it was a world-renowned

Zee Clarke

May 25, 2024

Breathing in Your Purpose.