Chip Conley
62 Bits of Advice I Wish I’d Learned Earlier (Part 1)
My friend Kevin Kelly’s blog post on 103 Bits of Advice went viral, so I figured I’d do a deep dive into my own list—62 bits of advice I wish I’d learned earlier (Part 1). It also reminds me of Baz Lurhmann’s “Everybody’s free to wear sunscreen.” Here’s the first half:
Meeting Matthieu and Mark.
The young mind is exceedingly focused but doesn’t often see the collateral benefits and costs of the decisions they’re considering. The older mind has developed the pattern recognition to imagine the less obvious tradeoffs that come with key life decisions.
How Cool Are You?
My co-founder Christine Sperber is effortlessly cool. Commonly branded a “lovely badass” during our end-of-the-week workshop appreciation ceremonies, Christine has the street cred of being a former professional snowboarder turned Baja hospitality guru. She’s MEA’s Chief Experience Officer. Yes, there was a reason I hired her to throw my week-long 55th birthday party in El Pescadero in 2015.
Could You Imitate Brené Brown This Summer?
“Space: the final frontier. These are the voyages of the starship Enterprise. Its five-year mission: to explore strange new worlds. To seek out new life and new civilizations. To boldly go where no man has gone before!”- Preamble Star Trek TV
“No One Ever Became Wise by Chance.”
These words tumbled out of the Stoic philosopher Seneca’s mouth more than 2,000 years ago. Today, they’re an important reminder that pursuing wisdom is a choice, and it’s often the result of a skinned knee or a bruised ego. In other words, our current difficulties create our future discernment.
Ready For Your Great Midlife Unravel?
Brené Brown wrote a blog post four years ago about "The Midlife Unraveling." She wrote:
Midlife is Like Learning Stick Shift on a Hill in the Rain.
When I was in San Francisco for our recent MEA alum reunion, I recalled a college memory of me trying to drive a stick shift on Russian Hill with my freaked-out girlfriend by my side. We had come up from Palo Alto for a weekend and borrowed a friend's car—manual transmission and all.
Counting What Counts.
How many sunsets will you see in the rest of your life? How many weddings will you attend? How many times will you go on a picnic?
Ikigai: The Secret to a Long, Happy Life.
"Imagine a sign far off in the future with a number on it that represents the age of your death. Every year you live, you advance closer to the sign. When you reach the sign, you die."
5 Signs Your EQ is Improving With Age.
UC Berkeley psychologist Robert Levenson is one of many academics who has demonstrated that while IQ stays relatively stable during one's adulthood, EQ rises with time.
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