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Don’t Prove Yourself, Improve Yourself

Chip Conley, Modern Elder Academy

Combining Stanford psychology professor Carol Dweck’s concept of a “growth mindset” and psychologist Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi’s ideas about “flow,” Airbnb strategic advisor and Modern Elder Academy founder Chip Conley explains that sustainable growth involves an even balance of challenging yourself and playing to your skills.