Midlife is a transformational period.

Sometimes it requires us to get knocked up the side of the head with something that's unfortunate. bad circumstances. In my case, having friends commit

suicide, having a partner leave me, having my foster son wrongfully going to prison,

running out of cash in my company. It all happened at the same time. There are times I think in midlife when there's so much happening at once that it forces you to get on your knees and say, okay, I surrender. The way I've been doing things isn't working I need help with doing it a new way

Hey friends welcome back to the Light Watkins Show. I'm Light Watkins and I interview ordinary folks just like you and me who've taken extraordinary leaps of faith in the direction of their

path, their purpose, or what they've identified as their mission in life and in

doing so they've been able to positively impact and inspire the lives of many other people

who've either heard about their story or who've witnessed them in action or people who've directly

benefited from their work.

And today I'm back in conversation with Mr. Chip Connolly,

who's one of my favorite humans on the planet.

For those of you who may remember,

he was on the podcast back in episode 125.

For those of you who don't remember,

Chip was the guy who took that leap of faith

in acquiring the Citi Hotel in San Francisco

and ended up turning it into this beautiful boutique

hotel called the Phoenix which ended up being frequented by several famous

rock and roll musicians and his portfolio of hotels expanded over the next several years to

over 50 properties. He also had this mentorship with Southwest Airlines founder Herb Keller Hur.

And in that episode he talked about all of the ways to create a fruitful, meaningful, productive mentor, mentee relationship

from both sides.

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