A few days after our first conversation, Mark Molony got back in touch with a simple message: “I’ve had some more thoughts.”

So we reconvened to continue exploring a deceptively simple question: What is experience?

What followed opened up a deeper conversation about wisdom, memory, beginner’s mind, and why some of the most experienced people are also the most willing to say: “I don’t know.”

We explore why experience may have a use-by date, how painful experiences shape us, and why the most useful response in uncertain situations may be: “I don’t know. Let’s experiment.”

If you’ve built a career on your experience, this conversation offers a thoughtful question: Which parts of your experience are still serving you… and which may no longer apply?