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This seems like an odd quote for the day after Labor Day, but it’s one I’ve always believed in. Work can either be a job, a career, or a calling. If we’re diligent and fortunate, it can feel as if you’ve been called by the heavens to answer your vocation. I’ve had three callings in ...
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And, then, I had a Near Death Experience (NDE). I died multiple times after giving a speech in St. Louis due to an allergic reaction to an antibiotic (oh yes,
At 34 years old, I became a partner in a strategy consulting firm that we sold to a fast growing venture capital-funded company. If everything went to plan I could
Retirement is profoundly transitional. It’s a major life event and can be complex, confusing and unsettling. It’s equivalent in life disruption to the teenage journey to adulthood, except on that
I’ve long been enamored with the quote attributed to Gandhi, “Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.” It suggests throwing caution
So, I marched on up to the TED stage last year and gave this talk on an alternative term, the “midlife chrysalis,” a time of metamorphosis and rebirth. It’s only
Merriam-Webster’s word of the year in 2023 was “Authentic” and I think the dark horse candidate for winning their “word of the year” in 2024 might be “Bedwetters.” The Biden
Dear Joe, There comes a time when you have to disrobe your identity and realize the folly of clinging to power and what you know. Who might you be if
Who am I to write a travel blog post today when the famed travel writer and philosopher (and my hero) Pico Iyer starts teaching at MEA Santa Fe tonight? But,
Chip’s Note: I highly recommend you read Parts 1 and 2 before reading today’s guest post. “You look seventeen, what are you doing?!,” my close friend Katherine said the first
Chip's note: If you didn't read Part 1 yesterday, I suggest you read it.I booked two two-hour sessions with Michael on consecutive afternoons. I knew that one day one would
Chip’s Note: I’ve known “Madelyn” for more than a quarter-century and have always appreciated her authenticity. But, with this three-part series of her sexual awakening, she’s taken candor to a
Arriving in Baja with lots of baggage (not the Samsonite kind, the emotional kind), I found myself surrounded by my ilk, two-dozen 60ish professionals with their share of rollaboards (and
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