E55. Getting off the “Hedonic Treadmill” - with Chip Conley, Hospitality Entrepreneur & New York Times Bestselling Author
- Author
- Ashanti Branch - Taking Off The Mask
- Published
- Tue 21 Sep 2021
- Episode Link
- https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/branch-speaks/episodes/E55--Getting-off-the-Hedonic-Treadmill---with-Chip-Conley--Hospitality-Entrepreneur--New-York-Times-Bestselling-Author-e17m2as
“For me, being more vulnerable made me more of a visionary. I really do believe that. It allowed me to move beyond the past and to see the future.” - Chip Conley
Ever Forward Club’s Ashanti Branch is joined by Chip Conley. Chip is a man that has disrupted the hospitality industry twice in his lifetime - once as the founder of Joie de Vivre Hospitality, and again as a key strategic advisor during Airbnb’s rise. What does it take to build two industry-transforming businesses, all while being a New York Times Bestselling Author? While taking off his mask with Ashanti, Chip explores how he has found peace and balance by getting off the “hedonic treadmill.”
(0:55) Ashanti’s introduction
(5:42) Chip introduces himself, his background, and his career. Then, Ashanti shares some “emotional equations” he has learned from Chip, for example, despair = suffering - meaning.
(10:50) Ashanti shares the front of his mask - dedicated, serious, persistent - and he shares how this mask plays a role in his work.
(14:15) Chip shares the front of his mask - wise, curious, playful - and he explains how being a “curious white boy” led to harvesting wisdom through weekly journaling.
(17:35) Ashanti shares the back of his mask - fear, not enough, midlife “WTF” - and he looks back on how he searched for a father figure while growing up.
(21:10) Chip shares the back of his mask - intensely competitive, restless, horny monk - and he explores how his consciousness has evolved over time, and what it is like to get off the “hedonic treadmill”.
(29:50) Ashanti and Chip go deeper into the challenges of harnessing competitiveness and passion so that they remain at sustainable, healthy levels.
(36:20) Then, Chip and Ashanti discuss the pros and cons of distilling emotions down to equations. They also extend the metaphor and think about how emotions accumulate over time in a “vault”.
(42:40) Chip shares why it was important to “be the other”.
(47:00) Chip shares how you can get in touch with him.
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Connect with Chip Conley:
Website: chipconley.com
Website: modernelderacademy.com
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/chipconleysf
Twitter: twitter.com/ChipConley
Instagram: instagram.com/chipconley
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Connect with Ashanti Branch:
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LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/ashantibranch
Website: branchspeaks.com
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