I’VE UNDERTAKEN MANY businesses in my life. In college, I sold calf-nursing bottles full of booze at football games. In my 20s, I launched a boutique hotel company, Joie de Vivre, and in my late 50s, I started the first midlife wisdom school, the Modern Elder Academy. Along the way, I’ve mentored the young founders of Airbnb as their “modern elder” and advised entrepreneurs aged 20 to 80.
Because of this, I can confidently say that you can be a
