MODERN ELDER

What It Really Means to be a Modern Elder. - MEAx Australia

The term ‘Modern elder’ was coined by MEA founder Chip Conley while he was mentoring the founders of what at the time was a small tech start-up called Airbnb. At age 52, Chip was twice the age of the average Airbnb employee and was lacking the digital literacy of his 20-something colleagues. But what Chip quickly discovered was, that while he’d been hired as a sage and mentor, he was also in many ways a student and intern. His colleagues began calling him the “modern elder” because he was as curious as he was wise. He married wisdom and experience with curiosity, a beginner’s mind, and a willingness to evolve… and so was born the term “Modern Elder."   Chip explains, “Elderly refers solely to years lived on the planet, while ‘elder’ refers to what we do with those years. 

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www  😁 WIELD WISDOM WELL ! 
Grow WHOLE not Grow OLD !
KNOWLEDGE SPEAKS BUT WISDOM LISTENS
Chip Conely's website 
Wisdom Well (modernelderacademy.com)

• Knowledge is at our fingertips in this modern technological google-age , but WISDOM is not.   Hence the need to swap from being a knowledge worker ( no biggie anymore sorry Peter Drucker ) to a Wisdom worker.  
• Industrial age =  Youth , Labour , Retirement (Pensions , Safety net ) 
• Technological age = Adolescence , Adulthood , Contribution ,  Regeneration , Value addition  
• By choice or necessity people are going to work longer .   While they live longer ,  the power might be moving earlier (younger CEO's ? ) 
• MID LIFE - a CHRYSALIS not a CRISIS .  We go into the cocoon of MIDDLESCENCE and emerge a wise colorful happy butterfly !    
• Eldership not Elderly  - You are as much an elder as you are in intern.  
• Relevance more than Reverence ,  Attuning more than Attaining.  
• Do not make it a MIDLIFE MARATHON with a lot of baggage, keep it light. 
• Mindset editing - What are you ready to burn and dissolve ? 
• Mining your Mastery - learning what you have to offer to a younger person 
• Cultivate Community - create rituals and legacies , have fun ! Celebrate your empty nest ! 
• Life is no longer a one-tank journey , as it used to be.   Feel free to take two or more pit stops along the way , fuel up , rest and revive.   Life transitions are like doorways , with simple rituals the symbolic keys that let you in

 

• Enjoy also long-life-learning.html - more gems from Chip Conely

THE U-CURVE OF HAPPINESS !
DIP AT 50 , THEN RISE EXPONENTIALLY EACH DECADE AFTER ! 😏

Chip Conley - Wikipedia 
Born October  31, 1960 (age 62)
Orange, California, U.S.
Alma mater  Stanford University[1]
Occupation(s)Author, Founder of Joie de Vivre Hospitality, Modern Elder Academy and Fest300,[2] Former Airbnb Head of Global Hospitality & Strategy,[3] Former Everfest Chief Strategy Officer[4]
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​Chip Conely's website 
Wisdom Well (modernelderacademy.com)
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