Preparing for Midlife by Discovering Purpose
Featuring
Chip Conley
Founder & CEO, MEA
Oct 5, 2023
12:00 pm PT
For many of us, the question of what comes next in our careers is often not far from our minds—the next job or title change, the next business venture—and, eventually, we start asking ourselves what we will do after our careers. Chip Conley, a leading hospitality entrepreneur and New York Times bestselling author, believes we should never stop asking what’s next.
A storied career that has included being one of the first boutique hoteliers and a mentor, or modern elder, to the founders of AirBnB, led Chip to what he calls the “Baja aha” moment. While sitting on a beach in Mexico, he was struck with the realization that maybe he and his peers struggled to navigate midlife because they did not have the proper guidance. This set Chip on a mission to help those transitioning into “second adulthood” to channel their wisdom to discover their purpose that will guide them through their next stage of life.
In this Virtual Gathering, Chip will join Cheryl Rosner, Conscious Capitalism, Inc. Board Chair, for a rich conversation about how he founded what The New York Times calls “the world’s first midlife wisdom school,” MEA (Modern Elder Academy), the questions you should ask to discover your second-phase-of-life purpose, why intergenerational, community-focused connections are key—even in the corporate world, and why Chip believes that life truly gets better with age.