Wisdom at Work with Chip Conley

The Unmistakable Creative Podcast

Srinivas Rao

Society & Culture

4.8 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 29 October 2018

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

In this episode of Unmistakable Creative, we delve into the wisdom-filled world of Chip Conley, a renowned hotelier, hospitality entrepreneur, author, and speaker. Chip Conley, known for his innovative approach to creating psychological safety and fostering collaboration in the workplace, shares his insights and experiences that have shaped his successful career.

Throughout the conversation, Conley addresses a myriad of intriguing questions, each leading to more profound and enlightening answers. He discusses the practical advantages of implicit trade agreements and the effective use of personality assessment tools in the workplace. Moreover, he shares his personal journey of dealing with despair, finding genuine happiness, and the importance of lifelong learning.

Chip Conley, the author of "Wisdom@Work: The Making of a Modern Elder," provides invaluable advice for those in the second half of their working career. His book serves as a guide to becoming indispensable and writing the next chapter of your life. To learn more about Chip Conley and his work, visit ChipConley.com.

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0:00.0	But what I did at the end of every week was I would write down my lessons for the week
0:06.4	What did I learn this week and ended up creating a an emotional equation and I wrote a book called Emotional Equations.
0:13.7	It was New York Times Best Seller seven years ago and
0:16.7	that emotional equation that first one was despair equals suffering minus meaning which is a very heady deep concept,
0:26.2	which is despair equals suffering minus meaning.
0:28.9	Suffering is a constant life,
0:30.8	if you're of Buddhist philosophy, but the truth is suffering is always present if you want to find it.
0:36.3	But despair and meaning are variables and so the way the math works is if it's 7 equals 10 minus 3, which is the math equation,
0:48.1	but despair equals suffering minus meaning.
0:50.4	So despair is at 7, suffering is ten, meaning three. If you can actually take your
0:56.2	three for meaning up to four, your despair goes down from seven to six. So one of the key messages for me was, okay, how am I finding meaning in my life?
1:09.7	And often the way I found meaning in my life was actually cultivating my learning and when I
1:15.0	cultivated my learning I was able to actually cultivate my wisdom and that to me for
1:21.1	anybody who wants to at at a young age,
1:23.6	become wise faster, learn how to make sense
1:30.6	and meaning out of the experiences you've had so that they become markers in your brain
1:36.2	and in your heart and your gut that you can use later.
1:39.2	I'm Sreeni Rao and this is the unmistakable Creative Podcast where you get a window
1:47.8	into the stories and insights of the most innovative and creative minds who've
1:51.3	started movements, built thriving businesses, written
1:54.3	best-selling books, and created insanely interesting art.
1:57.2	For more, check out our 500 episode archive at unmistakable Creative.com.
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