For a week at a time, Conley brings groups of fourteen to eighteen to his small oceanside campus in Baja California.[19] With an average age of fifty-three, eight hundred participants to date have come from many walks of life—from steelworkers to doctors to retiring CEOs. What they have in common is a desire to reset their lives in a productive, joyful way in which they can serve others with their ideas and experience. There are four learning steps in becoming a “modern elder”: evolve from a fixed to a growth mindset, learn openness to new things, collaborate with teams, and counsel others.
