March 20, 2024

526: Learning to Love Midlife with Chip Conley

38 minutes

Do you ever find yourself thinking that your best years have passed you by? It’s a common reflection that many people have as they get older. However, this mindset can lead many people to lose sight of the positive aspects of life and to experience joy and fulfillment.

I’m very excited to share this conversation with Chip Conley. Chip is a bestselling author, entrepreneur, Co-Founder, and CEO of The Modern Elder Academy. His new book, Learning to Love Midlife, helps people understand the upside of aging instead of only focusing on the negatives. In this episode, Chip shares the 12 reasons why life gets richer, deeper, and infinitely more fulfilling as we age.

Chip unpacks those reasons one by one, and you’ll see how they’re not just ideas but practical, actionable paths. You’ll learn how to navigate midlife transitions, find and refine your purpose with each passing year, and see aging not as a decline but as a profound opportunity to create the life you want and make the years that lie ahead your best ones yet.

KEY TAKEAWAYS

How our brains get surprisingly better with age
Mindset is everything when it comes to aging gracefully
Expectations minus reality = Disappointment
How coming to terms with our mortality pushes us to be present
Wisdom isn’t a given with age
Purpose is something you do, and something you live
The purpose of life is to find your gift. The work of life is to develop it

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