A year ago, long-time San Franciscan and hospitality entrepreneur Chip Conley received a shocking diagnosis. While in New York for business, the Joie de Vivre Hospitality founder and Airbnb Strategic Advisor for Hospitality and Leadership learned that he had intermediate-stage prostate cancer.
“I wasn’t prepared for it,” says Conley. “And so when I heard about it on the phone while sitting in the gutter in Soho outside of a big dinner I was supposed to be at, it hit me like a ton of bricks.”
“What I ended up doing is doing my Google search – and that led me down so many rabbit holes,” he adds. Looking back, Chip says resources such as support groups or informational websites ultimately helped him digest his diagnosis and properly plan next steps.
As an advocate for ‘mindful aging,’ Chip has often spoken about the journey of tackling his diagnosis and further discovering…
