7 Things I learned in Adult Summer Camp |

This summer, while my daughter and other kids went to summer camp, I spent a weekend at what you might call an adult summer camp … at Sara Blakely and Jesse Itzler’s house.

No, it wasn’t all running around throwing water balloons in our Spanx (Sara is the founder of Spanx). The idea was “Live Life for a Living,” and it was a chance for the grown-ups, so use to worrying about our kids’ development and happiness, to take time out to network, learn and escape from our everyday lives to the idyllic setting of Candlewood Lake in Connecticut.

The “campers” were a diverse group of 50 business professionals from all over the world –from authors to zoologists. There were daily seminars on a variety of topics from entrepreneurship and mental toughness to time management and happiness; relaxation and rejuvenation activities, including morning yoga, hikes, massages and cold plunges; plus waterskiing, cliff jumping, boating and some late night entertainment by Def Jef and Arrested Development.