WhatComesNext.Live: Chip Conley

Rebel Entrepreneur, Author, Founder of Modern Elder Academy

July 14, 2020

Chip has a unique ability to distil complex ideas to powerful and concise insights. I have learned so much from his many books, TED talks and articles then, in recent years, as a friend and guide, particularly through the Modern Elder Academy.

Find out more about Chip Conley at chipconley.com.

Key takeaways:

• The less Meaning we find, the more we feel Suffering, so, in these current times, “make meaning”
• In the pandemic, Chip’s choice has been to ask himself “what am I learning”, so creating meaning.
• We then spoke at length about Wisdom, about “Knowing”, about Intuition.
• Another topic we reflected on was around how, as we get older, perhaps we can choose to invest in what feels deep, meaningful, brings happiness and joy. Chip is writing a white paper around “The Emergence of Long Life Learning”, flipping the language of “life long” to learning centred on a long life.

References included:

• Books by Chip discussed: Wisdom at Work, Peak, Emotional Equations, Rebel Rules
• Despair = Suffering – Meaning is an Emotional Equations derived from Viktor Frankl, author of Man’s Search for Meaning