Chip Conley on The Transforming Power of Wisdom and Mentorship
Beyond the To-Do List - Productivity for Work and Life
Erik Fisher
4.5 • 877 Ratings
🗓️ 24 April 2023
⏱️ 40 minutes
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Summary
This week I was excited to welcome Chip Conley to the show for a great conversation about wisdom and the transforming experience of being a “Modern Elder.” Chip is the CEO and Co-Founder of The Modern Elder Academy, the "world’s first wisdom school" dedicated to reframing aging and helping people navigate the second half of adulthood with a renewed sense of purpose and possibility.
Conley founded and ran the highly successful boutique hotel chain Joie de Vivre for over 20 years before accepting, at age 52, a position as the in-house mentor to Brian Chesky, the youthful co-founder and CEO of Airbnb. At the time, Conley was twice the age of most of the employees at the rapidly-growing company. During his years working there, he discovered how sharing wisdom and swapping ideas with Chesky helped them both to thrive. He honed his own sense of purpose for his second half of life: “To build a community of inspired and empowered midlifers.”
In this chat Chip and I trace his journey and discuss the power of what he calls metabolizing wisdom. We also discuss the need for finding purpose and the fact that people who feel aligned with their sense of purpose tend to live longer, and during those extra years of life they also generally are healthier, feel happier and are less lonely. This is a great conversation for people of all ages and is vital for anyone looking at the second half of adulthood and asking questions about how they can apply their unique skills and life experiences to a more enriching career path or period of mentorship.
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| 1:36.1 | behind the productivity. This week I'm excited to share with you a conversation I had with |
| 1:39.9 | Chip Connolly. Chip coined the term Modern elder and in this conversation we talk about what that |
| 1:46.4 | means we talk about the difference between knowledge and wisdom knowledge being |
| 1:51.6 | the accumulation of facts, or even experiences, but wisdom being the practical |
| 1:57.4 | application of knowledge based on personal experience and distilling information down to what is essential. |
| 2:05.6 | And being an elder, being an elder doesn't mean your elderly. |
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