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The Pathless Path with Paul Millerd"Dirtbag Rich" - Blake Boles & I Talk About Extracting More Freedom From LifeLinks:PodcastBlake BolesDirtbag Rich Site: https://www.blakeboles.com/dbr/Episode DesriptionPaul Millerd is a 39-year-old writer, ex-consultant, and advocate for ditching the default path in favor of what he calls “the pathless path.” (pmillerd.com / @p_millerd)Paul walked away from a promising corporate consulting career—think McKinsey, prestige, and six-figure salaries—to pursue a life of writing, experimenting, and global wandering. He describes how he initially struggled with unlearning his achievement-oriented mindset, why the idea of good work (work that energizes) became his guiding principle, and how his first self-published book, Th...2025-03-171h 05The Pathless Path with Paul MillerdBuilding A Life Around Good Work (Paul Interviewed by Abel James)You can follow Abel's podcast here: Abel James Show
📘 GOOD WORK: LIVE! => Learn More📕 Buy Paul’s Book (50k+ Sold): The Pathless Path😁 Join Hundreds On Unconventional Paths: Pathless Path Community📲Connect + Follow PaulTwitter: @p_millerdInstagram: @pathlesspaulPaul’s Newsletter: Subscribe to Pathless (23k+ People)Paul’s YouTube: Subscribe🙏Further Ways To Support The Podcast:Accounting, Taxes, And Payroll For Your S-Corp (Ideal for $60k+ income): CollectiveLooking for alternatives to traditional health insurance in the US? Check out CrowdhealthI use Transistor to host this podcast. It rocks. Launch Yours HereI record hi...2024-11-061h 35
The Pathless Path with Paul Millerd[Repost] My Nervous System Guru & Friend - Jonny Miller on His Own Pathless Path, Grief, Friendship, David Whyte & MoreEnroll In The 5th Cohort of Nervous System Mastery: You can get $250 OFF using the code PATHLESS => nsmastery.comJonny Miller is a dear friend and I've had the privilege to get to know him closely over the past four years on our own journeys. We've lived in Japan, Indonesia, and Mexico together. When we met we were both single but now are both married in cross-country relationships and have navigated finding work that matters, getting married, and living in foreign countries together.🍿Watch on YouTubeThis conversation was really special.Lin...2024-01-301h 57
The Pathless Path with Paul Millerd#162 Money, Work, Parenting & 1 Month In Taiwan - Angie & Paul on money scripts, cultural differences, being Taiwanese in the US, being American in Taiwan, perceptions of work in their families, life with a newborn, impostor syndrome, remote work and travelAfter a month spent in Taiwan and 6 months into parenthood Angie & Paul share their thoughts and take some deep dives into various other topics.🎥🍿 YOUTUBE: WATCH HERE⌛TIMESTAMPS(00:00) - Podcast intro
(02:55) - How Angie & Paul think about work & money?
(10:50) - Cultural differences, ask vs guess
(15:36) - Defining work, feedback from the family
(23:00) - How are Angie & Paul thinking about having kids?
(29:47) - Angie's relationship with writing
(44:38) - Accepting compliments & the imposter syndrome
(46:55) - Being Taiwanese in the States, being American in Taiwan?
(01:09:18) - Being remote and travelling
(01:14:27) - Closing remarks
📘 GOOD WORK: LIVE...2023-09-181h 18
The Pathless Path with Paul Millerd#161 9 Year Identity Crisis?! - Tom Critchlow on being stuck, indecisiveness, going to wander, taking every 7th week off, strategically dropping the ball, hiring an editor, and fear of finishing his bookTom and Paul talk through Tom's challenges at this inflection point in his indie career, a book he's planning on shipping and how to think through indie consultant identity crises🎥🍿 YOUTUBE: WATCH HERELinks:Tom's Site: https://tomcritchlow.com/Strategic Independent: Book Draft⌛TIMESTAMPS(00:00) - Intro
(00:49) - Guest introduction
(03:13) - Tom's problem — indecisiveness
(07:27) - What does Tom think he should be doing?
(09:50) - Not working, go and wonder, owning time
(14:07) - 7th week off, shaking things up
(18:16) - Strategically dropping the ball
(23:20) - Should Tom hire an editor?
(25:14) - The fear of finishi...2023-08-2349 minThe Pathless Path with Paul Millerd#157 Parenting & Our Future - Paul & Angie Check-In on Five Months of Parenting, Unexpected Happiness, Parenting Scripts, and The Time Bucket Exercise from Die With ZeroI'm trying to convince Angie to do more episodes, so if you like it please let us know by e-mailing both of us here.(00:16) - - Introduction and agenda for the podcast
(03:54) - - Balancing work, fitness, health, and parenthood
(13:54) - - Growth of their child and the emotional journey of parenthood
(15:54) - - Financial situation and the concept of abundance
(26:54) - - Sharing a parenting mistake they made and how they learned from it
(37:56) - - Learning new skills and therapies
(48:55) - - Angie's art business and the importance of a positive mindset
(53:57...2023-07-281h 06
The Bootstrapped Founder226: Paul Millerd — Walking The Pathless PathAre you feeling burnt out or overwhelmed by societal expectations?Today, I’m talking to Paul Millerd, author of “The Pathless Path.” We talk about hustle traps, the stories we tell ourselves about success, and our obsession with productivity. Learn how to connect with yourself, rediscover leisure as a positive force in your life, and find "the others."Discover how to expand your horizons and find your own way in life, all while building and teaching in public.Paul on Twitter: https://twitter.com/p_millerd/The blog post: https://thebootstrappedfounder.com/pa...2023-06-2152 min
The Pathless Path with Paul Millerd#139 Compounding Memes - Trung Phan on his great grandfather, living abroad, the expat community in Asia, writing, working at The Hustle, children and work, balancing his various activities, going solo, and playing the long gameTrung is a writer at Workweek, cofounder of bearly.ai, and co-host of the Not Investment Advice podcast. He is passionate about playing the long game and unleashing the power of compounding.🎥🍿 YOUTUBE: WATCH HERELinks:Twitter: @TrungTPhanWebsite: trungtphan.comBearly.AIPodcast: Not Investment AdviceTrung's writing at Bloomberg and Workweek Trung's Newsletter⌛TIMESTAMPS(02:12) - College and getting up late
(04:44) - Trung's great grandfather - Vietnamese hero
(09:31) - Vietnam, important lessons from living abroad
(22:05) - Writing & productivity
(42:49) - Kids, work & flexibility
(46:43) - Playing the long game
📕Buy Paul’s Book (Published Jan 2022): The Pathless P...2023-03-2752 min
The Pathless Path with Paul Millerd#138 Money & The Creator Economy - Steph Smith on our lack of wisdom about money, reaching "ice cream freedom", The Hustle, balancing employment and side gigs, unconventional paths, opportunities in the creator economy and how not to get disappointed at your weddingSteph Smith is the host of the a16z podcast and is an online creator, former consultant, former digital nomad and all-around badass. We talk about money, work, relationships, and weddings...🎥🍿 YOUTUBE: WATCH HERELinks:Twitter: @stephsmithioSteph's book: doingcontentright.coma16z PodcastThe Sh*t You Don't Learn in School PodcastBlog: stephsmith.io⌛TIMESTAMPS(01:19) - The scripts that Steph grew up with
(03:47) - Perceptions of money over time
(29:15) - Working at The Hustle
(33:57) - A16Z and Beginner's Mindset
(38:04) - Solving the life puzzle with a partner
(46:56) - Scripts around kids
(52:20) - Avoiding...2023-03-201h 12
The Pathless Path with Paul Millerd#137 Life as Conversation - Russ Roberts on his relationship with his father, starting the EconTalk podcast in 2006, Adam Smith, why people want to be "lovely", aiming high, why it's hard to have fun, misunderstandings of the academic world, and moving to Israel in his 60'sRuss is an economist, a research fellow at Stanford University's Hoover Institution and president of Shalem College in Jerusalem. One of pioneers of podcasting, he's been hosting EconTalk since 2006.🎥🍿 YOUTUBE: WATCH HERELinks:Twitter: @EconTalkerEconTalk Website: www.econtalk.orgEconTalk YouTube Channel⌛TIMESTAMPS(03:25) - The influence of Russ' father
(11:13) - What modern economics often fails to observe
(16:15) - Adam Smith and human nature
(27:05) - Starting EconTalk in 2006
(40:42) - Moving to Israel in his 60's
(45:35) - How people misunderstand the Academia
(49:43) - How Russ' approach to his podcast developed over time
(53...2023-03-131h 10
The Pathless Path with Paul Millerd#136 Complexity & Complicatedness - Sam Spurlin on playing hockey, why he quit teaching, studying at Claremont, leaving a PhD program, working pro bono too start his career, complicated vs complex systems, how to deal with ego in organizations, remote work failures, podcasting with his brother, and the importance of a retrospective meetingSam is a partner at The Ready - an organizational design consultancy operating fully remotely. He is also a prolific writer, passionate about personal development, self-managing organizations and adopting a more human, adaptive, and meaningful way of working.🎥🍿 YOUTUBE: WATCH HERELinks:Twitter: @samspurlinInstagram: samspurlinLinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/samspurlinSam's writing: samspurlin.com/writingSam's writing on Medium: samspurlin.medium.comNewsletter: thedeliberate.substack.com/p/landing-page⌛TIMESTAMPS(00:53) - The scripts that Sam grew up with
(10:09) - Teaching and why Sam quit
(17:10) - Claremont and letting go of the PhD
(25:49) - Working pro bono to...2023-03-061h 10
The Pathless Path with Paul Millerd#135 Beyond Comfort - Derek Sivers on why great musicians shake things up, ambition, and moving to a new country as a superpower, lessons from Singapore, and the scripts around having childrenDerek Sivers has been a musician, producer, circus performer, successful entrepreneur, TED speaker, and book publisher. He has lived all around the world and has never let himself be too comfortable - constantly changing and following his inner ambition.🎥🍿 YOUTUBE: WATCH HERELinks:Twitter: @siversWebsite: sive.rsMy Favorite Derek Book: Anything You Want⌛TIMESTAMPS(00:54) - The scripts that Derek grew up with
(05:45) - Comfort as a plateau that needs to be shattered
(11:46) - Travel as a tool to change your life
(17:26) - Beliefs and actions
(22:48) - Learning from other people's approach...2023-02-271h 09
The Pathless Path with Paul Millerd#133 Creation Without The Ego - Isabel Unraveled on writing, "the chronic state of performing", detaching your sense of self from the work, finding the inner child, paying attention to your emotions, trusting your intuition and why people should stop pretendingIsabel is a writer who is very passionate about the creative process. She has some powerful original ideas about the relationship between the artist and their creation, trusting one's intuition, and why people should stop pretending.🎥🍿 YOUTUBE: WATCH HERELinks:Twitter: @isabelunraveledIsabel's Writing: https://mindmine.substack.com⌛TIMESTAMPS(0:11) Introduction (5:41) "The chronic state of performing" (12:00) Missing and rediscovering her passion for writing (34:38) Detaching your sense of self from the work (41:52) The inner child (53:02) Why people should just stop pretending? (1:00:30) How Isabel thinks (or doesn't think) about her futu...2023-02-131h 07
The Pathless Path with Paul Millerd#132 Making Money Simple & Smart - Nick Maggiulli on blogging into a new career, writing for smart people, building relationships in the finance world, the lifestyle creep myth, dying with too much money, and money emotionsNick Maggiulli is a finance data analyst and writer. He is the author of "Just Keep Buying" and has a blog titled "Of Dollars and Data".🎥🍿 YOUTUBE: WATCH HERELinks:Twitter: @dollarsanddataBlog: Of Dollars and DataNick's Book: Just Keep Buying ⌛TIMESTAMPS(0:47) The scripts nick grew up with(5:35) Writing books and blogging(32:44) Building relationships in the NYC finance scene(36:07) Why the writers shouldn't dumb down their books(37:33) Perceptions of money(1:07:26) Closing thoughts📕Buy Paul’s Book: The Pathless Path🤝Join Find The Others: A Community For Peop...2023-02-061h 10
The Pathless Path with Paul Millerd#131 The Art of Sabbaticals - Cécile and Michelle on finding "forgotten hobbies", writing online, improving their relationship with money, abundance mindset and rediscovering joyCécile has had a successful career in consulting, acquiring a senior position in a big company that has taken a leadership role in the energy transition in the UK. Although she was passionate about her job she decided to go on a yearlong sabbatical from work, traveling around the world and writing - creating space for her curiosity & creativity.Michelle has a background in sales but after a couple of years in the business she decided to go on a sabbatical that doesn't seem to have an end. When she isn't busy fending off people who c...2023-01-301h 28
The Pathless Path with Paul Millerd#130 You Have One Life - David Senra on finding his life's work, trial & error, the necessity of talking risks, mortality, balancing his entrepreneurial endeavours and family life and what can be learned from reading hundreds of biographies.David Senra is the creator of Founders Podcast and is obsessed with bringing alive the knowledge of the most driven, curious, courageous, and interesting founders throughout history. He has spent almost all his time reading, re-reading, and recording one of the best podcasts on the planet right now. Links:Follow his podcast: @FoundersPodcastListen: Founders Podcast or Itunes⏳TIMESTAMPS2:58 The scripts David grew up with8:09 Working full time while in high school and during college20:47 Trial and error, finding his life’s work33:24 Why David thinks keeping his podcast behind a paywall was a...2023-01-231h 35
The Pathless Path with Paul Millerd#129 Friendly Ambitious Nerd World-Building - Visakan Veerasamy on Long-Orbit Friendships, Preemptive Defensiveness, "Hot Streaks," Writing A Book, Making $1000 for one copy & Negative CommentsVisakan Veerasamy is an internet creator and writer, he is passionate about the future of the internet, ideas, and how people can be bolder on their creative journeys. His mission is to build the greatest social graph of friendly, ambitious nerds that the world has ever seen.This is our second conversation and dives much more into his current work and how he thinks about the internet. 🎥🍿 YOUTUBE: WATCH HERELinks:Twitter: @visakanvWebsite: visakanv.com Buy Introspect: On Gumroad⌛TIMESTAMPS(0:00) Audio intro(2:27) Long-orbit friendships(7:34) Can rooting fo...2023-01-171h 37
The Pathless Path with Paul Millerd#128 Crafting A Life You Love - Amy Tangerine on working in fashion, carving her own path, starting a business, a third-life crisis, scrapbooking as contemplation and learning from and inspiring her childrenAmy Tangerine is a long-time creator, entrepreneur, and mother. We talk about her path, starting a business that took off, her "third-life" crisis, learning to inject rest into her path, her relationship with her mother, having children, scrapbooking and building a business around work she loves. WATCH On YouTubeFOLLOW AMYHer Website: amytangerine.comTwitter: @amytangerineInstagram: @amytangerineFacebook: @amytangerineTIMESTAMPS0:00 Audio intro0:12 Introduction1:10 The scripts Amy grew up with2:35 Amy's parent's path and the ancestral trauma6:00 How Amy's parents inspired her11:03 Amy's vision of her future after...2023-01-1154 min
The Pathless Path with Paul Millerd#127 The Art of Quitting & Reinvention - Nina Simon on living "off the grid" in an intentional community, taking "turns" in marriage and work, having kids on an unconventional path & leaving her dream job at NASAAt each professional crossroad, Nina Simon has made the choice most likely to disappoint her mother. She left an electrical engineering job at NASA to design spy museum exhibits, said goodbye to a museum directorship to start a global movement for more inclusive cultural organizations, and now has put down her CEO hat to write crime fiction. Her first novel, Mother-Daughter Murder Night, will be published in 2023 by William Morrow. Nina lives off the grid in the Santa Cruz mountains with 20 people, 16 chickens, 2 trampolines, and 1 zipline.We talk about:Leaving her dream jobLiving in an intentional "...2023-01-041h 09
The Pathless Path with Paul Millerd#126 Hearts on Fire - David Perell on curiosity, being a citizen of the internet, taking himself seriously, childhood obsessions, building Write of Passage, ambition, and moneyThis episode was a delight. I've been following David's journey since 2017 and he was one of the fellow internet weirdos I saw on a similar path that didn't quite make sense. I've been inspired by how many people David has helped onboard as "citizens of the internet" through his course Write of Passage. I'm rooting for David and I think you'll want to as well by the end of this episode. We filmed this in David's epic studio - I highly recommend watching this one on YoutubeLinks Mentioned:@david_perell (Twitter)David's course W...2022-12-151h 22
The Pathless Path with Paul Millerd#125 Angie & Paul - We're Having a Kid (and other life updates)Angie and I talked about our journey (mostly hers) over the last two years including her leaving fitness, moving to the US, enrolling in Write of Passage, finding her community, and initial traction as a freelancer.🍿 WATCH ON YOUTUBELinks:Angie's Site: Angie Creates Her Experience in Write of Passage: From Fear To ThrivingAngie's Podcast: Angie Creates (English & Chinese)Timestamps0:00 Introduction0:15 Introduction & Angie's challenge1:06 Angie Challenging Relationship With Fitness6:48 Letting go of Fitness after launching a course10:40 Setting a deadline to quit fitness creator stuff13:35 Moving back to t...2022-12-1356 min
The Pathless Path with Paul Millerd#124 Can You Ever "Make It" While Self-Employed - David Kadavy on Doing Work You Love, Self-Publishing, Traveling & Perspective, Mini-Lives & Living as An ExpatDavid talks about his self-employment journey, discussing topics such as graphics design, studying abroad, work identity and engagement, self-publishing books, and advertising on Amazon. He reflects on his experiences and explains how he shifted from a traditional job to self-employment, including how he experienced a new reality after leaving his job. We talk about how hard it is to ever "make it" on a solo journey and how you are constantly starting from day 1.🍿YOUTUBE: https://youtu.be/mykDRmuDvwI Links Mentioned: Davids SiteTime Management Not Mind ManagementJefferson Letter About TravelOn "Making It and...2022-12-051h 18
The Pathless Path with Paul Millerd#123 McKinsey Partner to Indie Freelancer - Adam Braff on writing online, the gig economy, consulting skills, consultingAdam Braff grew up in a house where writing was always encouraged. His mother published a newsletter, and his father was a data analytics consultant. He started out as a lawyer, but after the dot-com boom led to a surge in demand for consultants, he decided to make the switch. He now runs his own consulting firm and writes regularly on a variety of topics. Braff himself became interested in consulting during the first dot-com boom. He transferred from MIT to Brown in order to study linguistics, and eventually became a strategy consultant at McKinsey.Relevant Links:2022-11-281h 02
The Pathless Path with Paul Millerd#122 Indie Life & The Future of Work - Venkatesh RaoThis episode was a delight. Venkatesh Rao is the creator of Ribbonfarm and has been writing about the internet, technology, and gig life. This conversation focuses on his recently published book, The Art of Gig. If you are thinking about working independently, becoming a freelancer, or are interested in consulting, you should definitely buy his book:The Art of Gig, FoundationsThe Art of Gig, SuperstructuresWATCH ON YOUTUBE: https://youtu.be/KC63HrF8V4EYou can find Venkatesh:on Twitter @vgron RibbonFarm (blog and substack)His consulting website: venkateshrao.comL...2022-11-231h 21
The Pathless Path with Paul Millerd#121 Carving Your Own Path In a "Vibecession" - Kyla Scanlon on leaving her job, writing online, TikToks as Poetry, and The Passion CrisisI believe that Kyla Scanlon is one of the most talented all-around creators. She is transcending the assumptions about what people want, especially with things like short-form videos. Her TikToks are synthesized, thoughtful, and funny, setting a new bar for what people want in an information age.We talked about her journey growing up in Kentucky, writing online, hacking into the finance industry from a non-target school, and ultimately deciding to become self-employed with less than two years of work experience. Someone at her company told her she wouldn't "make it"🍿WATCH ON YOUTUBEKy...2022-11-141h 04
The Pathless Path with Paul Millerd#120 How Do You Buy A Home While Self-Employed? Catherine Cusick on her path, acting, economics of Broadway, longreads, independent book sales, buying a home, digital media & how to navigate hostile US self-employment regulations,The legible story is that Catherine is a writer, producer, and digital media consultant. She helps creative people connect with new audiences, usually writers, usually online. But she hasn't had a W-2 job since 2017. Before that she worked as an actor, worked at a company called Longreads, and then has done a bunch of solopreneur experiments over the past five years.Her recent interest is writing and speaking about how to navigate systems that make self-employment harder in the United States, like housing, healthcare, taxes, and insurance. 🍿WATCH ON YOUTUBELinks:Her How...2022-11-071h 33
The Pathless Path with Paul Millerd#119 Goosebump-inducing Waves of Knowingness - Jonny Miller on grief, friendship, living abroad, founding a company, remote work, Rolf Potts, David Whyte, poetry, and finding work that matters.Enroll In The 5th Cohort of Nervous System Mastery: You can get $250 OFF using the code PATHLESS => nsmastery.comJonny Miller is a dear friend and I've had the privilege to get to know him closely over the past four years on our own journeys. We've lived in Japan, Indonesia, and Mexico together. When we met we were both single but now are both married in cross-country relationships and have navigated finding work that matters, getting married, and living in foreign countries together.🍿Watch on YouTubeThis conversation was really special.Lin...2022-10-281h 57
The Pathless Path with Paul Millerd#118 A Better Future for Healthcare - Andy Schoonover on Crowdfunding for Healthcare, Search Funds, Buying A Company, Work-Life Balance, Bitcoin & Problems With HealthcareAndy Schoonover is the CEO of one of the sponsors of this podcast. After talking with him I actually thought he'd be a great guest on the podcast. He has a fascinating story from going from search-funder post-MBA grad to forming his own healthcare company. Can his company fix healthcare? Can anyone? Time will tell but I'm rooting for him.Join CrowdHealth: You ditched the traditional path… why haven’t you ditched your traditional health insurance Experience the freedom and affordability of cash payments and community-funded healthcare with CrowdHealth. Use promo code “Boundless” during sign-up for a special...2022-10-241h 22
The Pathless Path with Paul Millerd#117 The Truth About Remote Work - Ali Greene on being a remote leader, leaving the default path, stories and taking breaks, living in different countries, & writing a book🍿 Watch on YouTubeAli Green has been a remote worker since 2014. It took her a couple of attempts to fully unpair from the office and even when she had a fully remote job it took her another year to lean into her freedom. Now she's writing a book about what she's learned leading teams, living in different countries, and working remotely.Quitting her job and inventing a "story"Experiences working remotely since 2014Working full-time remotely for Duck Duck GoWhat people get wrong about remote workIndividual preferences & desire for freedomWhy she's writing a bookProductivity & remote workLea...2022-10-171h 12
The Pathless Path with Paul Millerd#116 From The "Holler" to Therapist to Creator Coach - Corey Wilks Psy. D. On Helping People ThriveDr. Corey Wilks is a Licensed Clinical Psychologist and Executive Coach with over 15 years of psychological experience.In 2020, he stopped practicing therapy and ventured into entrepreneurship. Now, he coaches entrepreneurs and creates content to help people be more intentional with how they live, work, and create.His latest project is Intentional Life Design, a 5-week live cohort-based course focused on helping people overcome limiting beliefs, think bigger, and do work that matters.Find More About CoreyWriting on Psychology TodayHis personal website ------------------📕Buy Paul’s Book (Published Jan 2022): The Pa...2022-10-111h 25
The Pathless Path with Paul Millerd#115 Creativity as a Compass - Anne-Laure Le Cunff on Leaving Google, Freelancing, and Combining Creativity & Neuroscience,In this episode, I talk with fellow creator and curious human Anne-Laure Le Cunff. She left her job at Google and embarked on an entrepreneurial journey about one month before I did in April 2017. We compare the lessons we have learned over the past five years as well as talk about:How her mother's experience as an immigrant influenced her work scriptsHer creative interests vs. practical career choicesGetting into google and getting sucked into the tech worldQuitting her job and thinking she needed to found a companyShifting to freelancing and creating space in her lifeCreating and writing online a...2022-10-0356 min
The Pathless Path with Paul Millerd#114 Training Elite Wall Street Traders - Michael Steiner on his time at SIG, using games to train market makers & becoming a high school teacherMike Steiner found himself on Penn’s campus at a young age not really knowing what he was supposed to do next. Thanks to helpful roommates, he started to figure out how to take advantage of the opportunities around him. He started getting more interested in math, statistics, and finance. He eventually ended up interviewing in New York and ending up at the famous training firm Susquehanna Investment Group (SIG). As a part-time trainer at first and then in a more central role, Mike started to experiment with different ways of teaching things like market making, probability, thinking in be...2022-09-261h 11
The Pathless Path with Paul Millerd#113 Beyond Hustle Culture & Helping Creators Make Money - Justin Moore from Creator Wizard on his journey as a Youtuber, creator, brand agency founder, musician, and now Sponsorship CoachToday I’m talking with Justin Moore - he and his wife was what he calls “OG Youtubers.” From creating content to landing sponsorships to building his own agency, he’s seen every angle of the creator economy. a lot over the last ten years. In the past couple of years, he walked away from the agency and has stumbled into a new path, one he’s finding a lot of joy following - helping other creators getting paid as a sponsorship coach.He turned down a buyout offer for his course and newsletter because he enjoys it so much...2022-09-191h 14
The Pathless Path with Paul Millerd#112 The Power of Play In Work & Life - Gary Ware is Leading A Playful RebellionGary Ware is someone that inspires me. I've seen him give two walks, both at the World Domination Summit in 2018 and then in 2022. In each, he stood out for his ability to show up as himself and share playful and powerfully true stories about his journey. I love when I get to meet people like Gary and this interview was no different. You can feel his positive energy flowing through the screen (or earbuds!).🍿🎞️ Watch This Episode on Youtube Links Mentioned:📕Gary's book: Playful RebellionGary's Site: Breakthrough PlayFollow Gary on Twitter: Gwen GordonFreestyle love supreme (Hulu) ...2022-09-1257 min
The Pathless Path with Paul Millerd#111 The Art of Self-Management - Claire Emerson on Quiet Achievers, Her Unconventional Path, Finding Digital Mentors & Overcoming ProcrastinationClaire Emerson is a writer and project consultant who helps business owners execute their best ideas. She is the curator of Flourish newsletter and the creator of Implement My Course — a free 10-day email course on how to apply what you learn without procrastination poisoning your progress. Links Mentioned:Anna Macko - Crypto Queen (@lovingnotworking) • Instagram photos and videosWe Don't Just Teach Content Marketing ... We Built Our Company With It (copyblogger.com)About The Kolbe A™ Index | Instinctive Strengths AssessmentVIA Character Strengths Survey & Character ReportsPamela Wilson: Mid-career Online Business Coach101 Essays That Will Change The Way...2022-09-0651 min
The Pathless Path with Paul Millerd#110 The Very Online Quasi-Wandering Monk - Tasshin Fogleman on Metta, Monasteries, Leisure, Work, Twitter and Finding Work That MattersI spoke with Tasshin Fogelman about his life's work to bring more love into the world, how he navigates life as a modern online monk, what he learned from spending time at the monastic academy, and what he see's as work worth doing.You can learn more about his work here: https://tasshin.com/📕Buy Paul’s Book (Published Jan 2020): The Pathless Path📲Connect + Follow PaulTwitter: @p_millerdPaul’s Newsletter: Subscribe to BoundlessPaul’s YouTube: Subscribe🙏Further Ways To Support The Podcast:I use Transistor to host this podcast. It roc...2022-08-241h 14
The Pathless Path with Paul Millerd#109 Autism at Work, Early Blogging & Unconventional Paths - Tara McMullinTara McMullin is a writer, host of the What Works Podcast, and also cofounder of a podcast production studio. She's been working with small business owners for more than 13 years and has a deep understanding of what makes them tick. She’s recently written about realizing she was autistic and how that has impacted her role in the workplace.🍿 Watch On Youtube🔗 Links:Tara's Site: Explore What WorksTwitter: @taragentileHow learning I’m autistic changed the way I work Finding A Way to Take Up Space A Conceptual Analysis of Autistic Masking: Understanding the Narrative of Stigma and...2022-08-021h 01
The Pathless Path with Paul MillerdThe Nonlinear Life Path: College at 16, Med School in Cuba & Starting Over After Kids - Aida AlstonAida Alston is no stranger to alternatives to the default path. From testing out of high school at 15, to finishing college with no debt, then going to medical school for free in Cuba, Aida has been walking her version of a pathless path for a long time. But she's at a transition point now. She decided not to pursue clinical practice as a physician—again turning away from the default path right in front of her. She's been a full-time stay-at-home mother since then to her two children, raising them bilingually after becoming bilingual in Spanish herself du...2022-07-271h 31
The Pathless Path with Paul MillerdFixing The Healthcare System For Indies x Web3 - John PallerJohn Paller is a Denver-based entrepreneur and the Founder of Opolis, a Digital Employment Cooperative for independent workers. He is also the founder of ETH Denver, the world’s largest Web3 and Ethereum festival. Prior to discovering Ethereum in 2015, John spent more than 15 years in talent acquisition, HR Technology, and employment systems, building multiple successful enterprises. John brings a breadth of experience in fundraising, investor relations, community outreach and crypto economies, guiding his vision of democratizing employment and growing decentralized communities. In 2014, John was awarded “40 Under 40” by the Denver Business Journal for his contribution to shaping the future...2022-07-1952 min
The Pathless Path with Paul MillerdHow To Set Goals & Do Things That Matter - Malcolm OceanMalcolm ocean is a fellow wanderer of the pathless path and as is such - is hard to describe. He runs a software company, Complice which helps people turn big goals into day-to-day actions. More broadly from my vantage point, Malcolm appears to be one of the most deeply curious humans alive about how we make things happen at the individual and group levels.Follow Malcolm:WebsiteTwitter @Malcolm_OceanSign Up For Complice and get one bonus weekCrowdHealth: You ditched the traditional path… why haven’t you ditched your traditional health insurance Experience the free...2022-07-121h 37
The Pathless Path with Paul MillerdLessons From Homeschooling, Skipping College & Carving Her Own Path - Hannah FrankmanHannah is awesome and you should listen to this podcast. She grew up homeschooled, is an endlessly curious person, has a deep sense of agency, and is a pro at carving her own path. She's done a ton of things including writing, coaching, and working at startups and has created jobs for herself, negotiated working remotely (before it was cool), and has done a ton of other things. She recently founded Rebel Educator which is a media brand that aims to share more about homeschooling and alternative education with a broader audience online.Follow Hannah:@HannahFrankman / Twi...2022-06-281h 20
The Pathless Path with Paul MillerdWhat Do Digital Nomads Tell Us About The Future? - Lauren Razavi (Executive Director, Plumia)Lauren and I first talked when I was locked down in Taiwan in 2021. It was amazing to connect with another nomad and writer after weeks of not seeing people. I was also a bit stuck in my book writing process and she gave me a ton of helpful hints to take my book to the next level.
I was excited to interview Lauren because she just finished her own book, Global Natives about her own experience as a nomad (since 2013!) and also the past, present, and future of the movement. I think she is one of the mos...2022-06-221h 09
The Pathless Path with Paul MillerdGrowing up in Hawaii, Corporate Detours & The Future of Audio - Sky KingThis episode is with Sky King, the founder of Modern Stoa, a podcast advertising company for podcasters. His path is fascinating - he grew up in Hawaii, rarely wore shoes, was heavily influenced by Asian culture, had a father who was retired, and somehow ended up in a massive corporation right after college. In 2016. he became fascinated by how the media was shaping the 2016 US election and decided it was time to act. From a cold email to Ryan Holiday to helping build Aubrey Marcus' podcast, Sky was on his way. His long-term vision is to build an alternative to t...2022-06-141h 08
The Pathless Path with Paul MillerdThe Arc of The Practical Creator - Lawrence YeoBeing an undeclared major till his senior year of college, Lawrence didn’t really know what he wanted to do. After looking up which jobs make the most money, he decided to declare as an economics major, leading him to explore Investment Banking. While he didn’t end up working in investment banking, he was still pulled by the power of prestige, something he says “is a drug, and is most potent” when you are young and looking at schools. Over a number of years and experiments with music and creating and writing, he slowly started to figure out a better...2022-06-071h 06
The Pathless Path with Paul MillerdThe Money Path or The Life Path? - Tim MalnickTim Malnick has always lived between the two worlds of business and creative/activist circles. In his twenties, he stumbled into a creative group of young people, of which “none of them following the obvious path.” This gave him a lot of confidence that different kinds of paths were possible and enabled him to offer a diversity of perspectives that he was able to bring to many different environments.
One of the things he spends a lot of time on now is helping people transcend their relationship with money. He runs The Money Workshop with people helping them ex...2022-03-291h 08
The Pathless Path with Paul MillerdMusic, Entrepreneurship & Embracing Non-Work - Paul CanettiPaul Canetti is a professor at Columbia Business School and sits on the Strategic Advisory Board of Riverside Acceleration Capital. We explore his initial passion for music growing up, how he became an accidental founder, and how he's exploring his relationship with work after exiting his startup.
He was named one of Inc.'s “30 Under 30” and has founded multiple software businesses including MAZ and ClickEasy (originally Bounce House), both of which were acquired in 2021. He is an angel investor, startup advisor, and the author of an upcoming book about the business implications of augmented reality.
He...2022-03-2158 min
The Pathless Path with Paul MillerdThe Magic of Writing with Sasha ChapinI talked with writer and writing coach Sasha Chapin about the role of writing in our lives, how we think about writing, and how he specifically helped with my process in the book.
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The Pathless Path with Paul MillerdKhe Hy - Tales From The Pathless PathJoin Khe's Supercharge Your Productivity course: https://10k.radreads.co/join-syp11/yzrsv (affiliate)Get access to Khe's $10k training which will help you wander towards the pathless path: https://radreads.co/millerdFrom a live event where Paul & Khe talk about their shared journeys of self-employment, creating online & more
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The Pathless Path with Paul MillerdAli Abdaal on Identity, Prestige, Creativity & Meaning and Deciding To Leave MedicineI had a conversation with Ali Abdaal about his year away from medicine, how he grapples with his identity, the challenges of veering off the course of traditional metrics of success, enjoying the journey, and the challenges he faces.More from Ali here: https://aliabdaal.com/---------Subscribe to Paul's Weekly Newsletter: http://boundless.substack.com
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The Pathless Path with Paul MillerdThe Self-Employment Meta-Game (Dan Vassallo)I had a delightful conversation with Daniel Vassallo a self-employed creator for the last three years who seems to have gone through many of the same "a-has" as I have. He walked away from Amazon despite making an absurd salary of $500,000 a year. We talk about why he made that leap, why he would never go back and some of the unexpected lessons and insights he's learned from becoming self-employed.
You can learn more about Dan at his site => Dan Vassallo
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The Pathless Path with Paul MillerdPacky McCormick - Bringing Fun To Newsletters Since 2019Packy says that his differentiation "is that I’m going to be having more fun than most people”
I've been a big fan of the energy he's brought to his writing over the past couple of years. But he didn't set out to have a popular newsletter. His real plan was to launch an in-person community.
We chat about how the pandemic helped him figure out why that wasn't a good idea and how he's thinking about his solopreneur journey,
The reason I asked him on the podcast is to talk about his recent...2020-12-0444 min
The Pathless Path with Paul MillerdThe Possibilities Of Life Beyond Work with Oshan JarowOshan sums up his worldview as:
"We’re all going to die, but in the meantime, the world is far more mysterious, wonderful, and stimulating than human consciousness plagued by economic precarity can experience.”
We explore that possibilities might emerge if we can imagine a life beyond work.
Be brave and join us on this episode?
Oshan's Work: Musing Mind
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Our full conversation, including Q&A can be found here: YouTube Link
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📘 GOOD WORK: LIVE! => Learn More📕 Buy Paul’s Book (50k+ Sold): The Pathless...2020-09-0127 minThe Pathless Path with Paul MillerdWill Bachman: Building an Independent Consulting Practice With a 5-Decade Success MindsetWill Bachman is the creator of a community-first talent platform for management consultants, Umbrex and hosts a podcast for independent consultants called Unleashed. We talk about the recent course he created called the Guide To Setting Up Your Consulting Practice course ($100 off with the code: boundless), which is a product of his 12 years as an independent consultant and his work helping hundreds (perhaps thousands) become thriving solo consultants. We talk about
How he thought about independent consulting in 2008 versus now in 2020
How his talent platform, Umbrex, was born and how it has remained community focused
What led him to...2020-05-2856 minThe Pathless Path with Paul MillerdReflection with Andrew Taggart on Work & LifeA conversation and reflection with Andrew Taggart on total work, the role of the human amid our current crisis and an exploration of philosophical questions
For more on Andrew: His Website
Music: Deliberate Thought by Kevin MacLeod
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The short-term mindset companies should take in the next few weeks (hint: don't overdo the tools right now)
What the broader opportunity is for remote work over the next 10 years
The role of trust in remote work and w...2020-03-1852 min
The Pathless Path with Paul MillerdImagining A New American Dream (Diania Merriam, Econome Conference)In 2015, Diania Merriam discovered the Mr. Money Mustache blog about financial independence and reading it was like a refreshing punch in the face. At the time, she was living in NYC and $30k in debt. She got out of that debt in 11 months and started saving 60% of her income. This newfound grip on her finances gave her a huge boost of confidence to pursue goals that previously felt out of reach. In 2017, she moved to Cincinnati after negotiating a remote working arrangement with her employer.
She then took a 2 month unpaid sabbatical to walk the Camino de Sa...2020-01-0857 min
The Pathless Path with Paul MillerdA Remote Company With 40 Vacation Days?! (Amir Salihefendić, CEO Doist)Amir Salihefendić is the Founder and CEO of Doist, a fully distributed, remote company that creates productivity tools (Todoist & Twist). We dive into his story of moving from Bosnia to Denmark as a child and how he started Doist while in college. He’s built a growing technology company in a fully remote setting, often experimenting with different ways of working and sharing the thinking behind the decisions as he goes on the doist blog as a major supporter of the remote work movement.
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Like the podcast? Show some love on twitter or become a pat...2019-12-1047 minThe Pathless Path with Paul MillerdThe Lazy Person's Guide To Freedom, Generosity & Creative Work (Moataz Ahmed)Moataz Ahmed otherwise known as “motizzy” is a graphic designer, consultant and hand lettering artist. He recently published Part 1 of his book titled, “Lazy Person’s Guide to Freedom” and we talked about his journey and book in this conversation.
We also talk about:
How we naturally started freelancing by helping people
His embrace of the “gift mindset”
How he improved his will-power and motivation
How he thinks about freedom and justice
How freedom should also be about speaking out for other people’s freedom
Learning new languages and the benefit of cross-cultural insight for design work
You can...2019-12-0252 minThe Pathless Path with Paul MillerdTwitter Friends & Threads, Self-Employment & Curiosity (Visakan Veerasamy)I connected with Visa on twitter, where he’s made many friends over the past several years. I wanted to interview Visa to talk about his leap to self-employment over the past couple of years, but we talked about so much more. We talk about:
What the word “nourish” means to him
His evolution on procrastination and getting started
How to find like-hearted humans on twitter
The “asshole problem”
The curious humans of twitter
How he creates his own work
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Hear about Alex's own sabbatical, how he changed his relationship to rest and what he's learning now.
Read more about Alex and get a copy of his book here
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This one features Rohith Amruthur, creator of the Lost Geographer, which you can learn more about here. If you have any suggestions or want to come on the podcast, shoot me an e-mail.
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I created this as part of my curious exploration of making sense of what it takes to reinvent in the modern world.
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We talk about his journey, how he started writing, the professor that changed his life in college and how his father has influenced his approach to work & life. He also shares how he thinks about "a lake" as a metaphor for life and how he stays in touch with friends in a vulnerable way.
We talk abo...2019-09-041h 06The Pathless Path with Paul MillerdCoworking That Works & The 10k Independents Project - Alex Hillman, Indy Hall" coworking at its best isn’t an occupancy based business at all. If the only time your members can get value from their membership is when they’re in the room, you’re limiting the potential of your community "
Alex Hillman runs one of the longest running co-working spaces in the world - Indy Hall - in Philadelphia. He thinks the word "coworking" has lost some of its meaning and that many companies are running "spreadsheet businesses" rather than cultivating community.
"That level of dependence on a single employer is brittle at best and dangerous at worst...2019-08-211h 03The Pathless Path with Paul MillerdShould Everyone Have A Coach? (Ben Brooks, Founder of Pilot)Years ago, Ben wrote that his personal mission statement was “to help people reach their full potential” and our conversation touches on this theme in many different ways. Ben is a former car rental pro turned consultant turned HR executive. His work in HR landed him on the cover of Human Resource Executive but instead of staying on the path to CEO he decided to carve his own path.
Our conversation touches on a number of issues including coaching, entrepreneurship, how his relationship with work has evolves, management versus leadership and what he wants written on his tombst...2019-06-191h 04The Pathless Path with Paul MillerdWhat living on a boat for 18 months can teach you about work & life (John Zeratsky)John Zeratsky was a designer in the tech industry has worked with hundreds of startups in his time at Google Ventures. He’s also obsessed with redesigning time and thinking about what matters in life. Earlier this year he just got back from 18 months living on his boat "Pineapple" with his wife sailing around Central America, which he wrote about in an article titled “What quitting my job to sail around central america taught me about fulfillment.”
In this conversation we talk about:
Growing up in a small lake community
His love of sailing growing up
Why him a...2019-06-121h 06The Pathless Path with Paul MillerdHannah Wei on her nomadic life, Muay Thai fights, Tinder experiments & communityHannah Wei has been living as a digital nomad for the last four years traveling across the US, Canada and Southeast Asia. When she is not working as a product consultant, she trains in Muay Thai, photographs people, and collaborates on local initiatives.
In our conversation we touch on many things, including:
Her upbringing in China and move to the US
Her creative inspirations as a child and how that evolved as she got older
Her experiment to code a bot to swipe on Tinder and tell people’s stories
What she has learned from Muay Thai...2019-06-0548 minThe Pathless Path with Paul MillerdMicroadventures, Long-term Travel & Busking Through Europe (Alastair HumphreysI talked to Alastair Humphreys after he had returned the previous night from a micro-adventure. It wasn't a four year biking trip or a challenging long walk across the desert (he's done that though!), but instead a short overnight camping trip with himself to re-connect with nature and his adventurous spirit. He helps others think about how they can design similar micro-adventures to find joy in the "5 to 9" rather than doing everything in service of the 9 to 5.
Links Mentioned:
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His new book: My Midsummer Morning: Rediscovering How to Li...2019-05-2241 minThe Pathless Path with Paul MillerdDreaming, starting a tribe & living on an island with three kids (Ben Keene)After attending a few corporate recruiting sessions, he didn't take for granted that his path was to enter the corporate world. Twenty years later, he is still carving his own path and has recently returned from Koh Lanta, where he lived with his three children in Thailand for the last six months.
We Talked About
Ben starting a "tribe" in Fiji
Early internet adventures
His experiences coaching people with career transition
The decision to move to Thailand with his three kids for six months
Using "no code" tools to start things like Rebel Book Club
How to...2019-05-151h 00The Pathless Path with Paul MillerdHeather McGowan on learning, adapting & identity in the future of workHeather McGowan is the most thoughtful writer and speaker I follow on the future of work. She is able to connect the dots between work, culture, society and identity in a way that has captured the attention of many individuals, companies and universities around the world.
Heather’s career is also a perfect example of the type of path and work that was not possible in the past. Reflecting on her path she admits “this field just sort of emerged.” As her career has shifted more towards speaking, she has been able to design her life around learning...2019-05-0850 minThe Pathless Path with Paul MillerdBuilding A Company And Life Filled With Joy (Rich Sheridan, CEO)Rich fell in love with coding as a child but lost that passion when coding just turned into a job in the late 1990s. As he looked around and saw everyone overwhelmed in his industry, he decided to take a different path. He co-founded of Menlo Innovations in 2001 with a personal mission to end human suffering in the workplace. He is also the author of two books Joy, Inc. and Chief Joy Officer.
Hear about his company has achieved gender diversity in the workforce, introduced pay transparency, embraces pair-working methods across all functions and other transformative principles.
2019-05-011h 06The Pathless Path with Paul MillerdA Mission-Driven Life & Career (Jerel Bonner)Jerel calls himself one of the original "job-hoppers." While he never found a great fit in the corporate world, in the 1980s, he was inspired by Steven Covey to develop a "personal mission statement." He used this to shape his decisions in life.
In the early 2000's he decided to shake it up and headed to China for what turned into a 14 year journey of learning and adventure.
To learn more about Jerel click here.
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Craig is also the creator of the Morning effect, something he ended up being passionate about after going from someone that hated mornings to a morning advocate over the past 7 years. He defines the morning effect as:
"the principle that what you choose to do in the morning can have an amazing impact on other p...2019-04-1754 minThe Pathless Path with Paul MillerdBeyond Average: Co-Creating A Life & Company (Tanya Zhang & Wesley Kang, NimbleMade.com)Wesley Kang and Tanya Zhang are the co-founders of Nimble Made, an e-commerce clothing brand that makes “actually slim” dress shirts.
Before taking the leap to work full-time on their business, they worked in the corporate world in New York City. As first generation Asian-Americans, they had achieved “success” - good jobs, good salary. They were on their way. However, deep down both wanted something a little more. Some of Tanya’s challenges working as a freelance graphic designer on the side convinced them they should try to think a little deeper about building a brand and a business, in...2019-04-1055 minThe Pathless Path with Paul MillerdLessons from 13 years of entrepreneurship & living nomadically (Chris Kirkland)Chris Kirkland is a bootstrapped entrepreneur who has been living nomadically since 2006 and is the founder of several web businesses including artweb.com and tokyocheapo.com.
We talk about how he has experimented with money, creativity, health and his lifestyle over the past 13 years. His nomadic journey started when he took a trip to Japan and after two days decided "fuck it," I'm going to stay a bit longer.
We talk about his journey, entrepreneurship and his life experiments
Why entrepreneurs are really risk averse
His learnings from living nomadically and stoic exercises of li...2019-04-0352 minThe Pathless Path with Paul MillerdCreating Art Filled With Magic (Martha Balaile)Martha Balaile is a fantasy illustrator living in Cape Town, South Africa originally from Tanzania. Her mission is to figure out how magic, mythology and fantasy can have an impact on real life. She’s also the wonderful creator of the new cover art for this podcast.
Martha aspired to create “art that is filled with subtle lessons on living a magical and adventurous life.” Two of the lessons she has found:
Go with the flow
Be aware of fear
We explore these a bit and she shares some examples from fantasy that have inspired her. Check...2019-03-2730 minThe Pathless Path with Paul MillerdReimagine Work & A Short Update From PaulA quick little update from Taipei.
A couple links from the podcast:
Revisiting Keynes Prediction for a Post-Work 2030 in “Economic Possibilities for Our Grandchildren”
Luke Kanies Podcast Interview
Curiosity Conversation With Paul
Would love any feedback - e-mail Paul.
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Instead of following any sort of traditional path, she headed East to Japan where she came to teach English. She loved her experience there and now reflects on the immense value of learning how to teach and coach others helped her in the following years.
Instead of heading back to Canada, she headed to London where she had a successful career and journey as an ac...2019-03-1347 minThe Pathless Path with Paul MillerdBuilding & Investing In Calm Companies (Tyler Tringas)Tyler Tringas is an entrepreneur and traveler. He's started two companies (one worked!) and now is founding Earnest Capital where he wants to help companies avoid going into $50,000 of credit card debt (like he did) to start technology companies. We talk about how this type of investing vehicle can help transcend some of the pressures to "scale at all costs" in ways that may not be suitable for most companies.
Topics
Digital nomads
Starting a company
Bootstrapping
How to sell a company
The four-hour workweek
Calm companies
Flaws with the VC model
Taking leaps
Transitions
Meaningful wo...2019-02-131h 00The Pathless Path with Paul MillerdPaul on success, storytelling, learning & experiments (UX Gorilla Interview)I joined the amazing Jagriti Pande for a fun conversation around a number of different topics. You can subscribe to her master series on UX designers and other creatives here.
Her amazing editing, way-too-kind-intro and fun clip at the beginning were such an amazing gift.
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📘 GOOD WORK: LIVE! => Learn More📕 Buy Paul’s Book (50k+ Sold): The Pathless Path😁 Join Hundreds On Unconventional Paths: Pathless Path Community📲Connect + Follow PaulTwitter: @p_millerdInstagram: @pathlesspaulPaul’s Newsletter: Subscribe to Pathless (23k+ People)Paul’s You...2019-02-0845 minThe Pathless Path with Paul MillerdLaunching Uncommonly: One Year Later (Chris Donohoe)"I didn't think I'd be turning down work and choosing not to grow"I spoke with Chris Donohoe one year ago about his just-announced launch of his consulting firm, Uncommonly. He's more committed to carving his own path than ever and we walk through some of the lessons learned, pivots and his long-term strategy. Chris breaks down what he's learned over the past year, how he has started coaching people one-on-one and how he is thinking about structuring his time and day.Topics Discussed:Selling time versus projectsWorking a max 40-hour workweekTaking a coaching...2019-01-3033 minThe Pathless Path with Paul MillerdMini Episode: Five Things Before You Leap: Lessons From The Self-EmployedIn this short episode, I talk about the five lessons I've found that help people make the leap to self-employment:Find a friend taking a different pathRe-define your relationship with moneyBuild up your "eff you" fundTeach others somethingFind a way to make money other than full-time incomeFull Article | This episode is also a YouTube videoFor More With Boundless:Consider supporting the podcast on PatreonJoin 110+ People Carving Their Own Paths In The Slack CommunitySet Up A Curiosity Conversation With PaulJoin The Free 3-Week Self-Employment ChallengeSign up For The Strategy Toolkit - Le...2018-12-2107 minThe Pathless Path with Paul MillerdWhy every company should adopt the 4-day workweek (Tash Walker)Tash Walker is the founder of a firm and spends her Fridays making marmalade.Before instituting a four-day workweek at her firm, The Mix, she barely had time for her relationships. She decided to start doing research about different ways of working. There had to be a better way than the default options of "Summer Fridays" and "flexible work," that never seem to make less anxiety or stress-ridden.In her research, she discovered many examples of Swedish companies embracing 4-day workweeks and also found that when they instituted it, they often helped improve productivity. After brin...2018-12-0545 min
The Pathless Path with Paul MillerdThe Humans Behind The Gig Economy (Sarah Kessler, Quartz)Amid all the buzzwords and reports on the future of work, I find Sarah Kessler's stories about the gig economy to be the most insightful and the most human. Her stories and her book, Gigged, give an accurate picture of some of the upsides of the gig economy, but also some of the downsides. She shares stories of people that are sleeping in their office making five cents per task on Amazon's Mechanical Turk to creative freelancers who can make six-figure salaries working from anywhere. She also shares the story of companies that see limits to the gig ec...2018-11-2836 minThe Pathless Path with Paul MillerdScrew The Cubicle (Lydia Lee)Lydia Lee was a self-described "multi-potentialite" growing up and loves to experiment and play games growing up. You can probably draw a straight line from her hosting television shows for the stuffed animals in her room to her current YouTube channel Screw The Cubicle TV. However, life is never that simple.Lydia is based in Bali where she is the Founder and Corporate Escape Coach of Screw The Cubicle, a movement to inspire people to break free from the shackles of conventional work.From building businesses to forging freelance careers, she’s helped hundreds of tale...2018-11-141h 03The Pathless Path with Paul MillerdHow A Remote Company Enables Freedom, Trust & Digital Dance Parties (Wade Foster, CEO of Zapier.com)Wade Foster was graduating during the worst recession in the past 100 years and traditional employers were simply not hiring anyone. He reached out to a local software company in Missouri and talked them into hiring him to work on marketing. The experience "opened his eyes" to the digital world and the enormous opportunities that were beginning to emerge. He also tapped into a "thirst for developing new skills" that pushed him to learn how to code.The idea for Zapier emerged from some work Wade was doing with his friend Brian to connect different apps on the int...2018-11-0749 minThe Pathless Path with Paul Millerd"My Name Is Nemo and I Don't Do Small Talk"Nemo Ashong's bold vision is "a truly inclusive and empowered world" He helps people to be fully expressed and to be more authentic, be more unique and be more powerful.This conversation brought out some vulnerability in both of us and we barely scratched the surface around some tough topics like diversity, & inclusion. I live for this type of tough conversation and appreciate that podcasts give the kind of space to explore topics with nuance. I'm not sure we ended up with any clear answers, but I think had the type of conversation filled with respect and cur...2018-10-3151 minThe Pathless Path with Paul MillerdErvin Ling On Escaping The Corporate World At 30 To Travel The WorldErvin Ling followed the default path as an actuary, passing test after test. After passing all the tests, he found himself working harder than he was ever working. As he stared at the television and saw his friends on TV during a weekend trip to the Final Four, he realized he didn't want to keep doing this. He declared (after a few drinks, nonetheless) to his friends, "If UConn wins the national championship, I'm going to quit my job."As any good number-driven actuary would, he didn't quit his job immediately. He took about 18 months...2018-10-2440 minThe Pathless Path with Paul MillerdPodcast Update, Digital Course Experiment & Moving To AsiaPaul provides a summer update:Shifting the podcast from making sense of the future of work => "The Human Side Of The Future Of Work"Early lessons from the digital course experiment, Solopreneur ShiftI'm moving to Asia...Boundless LinksMy article on beanie babies and doing things that don't make sense = > yes, pleaseCheck out the latest tools, including the Freelance Target Income CalculatorWant an e-mail of 5 good reads every Sunday? Subscribe to #boundlessreads**This podcast is supported via micro-donations. Consider supporting the 10+ other patrons on Patreon**
📘 GOOD WORK: LIVE! => Learn More2018-08-0810 minThe Pathless Path with Paul MillerdStephen Warley on the biggest shift since the industrial revolution (Episode 19)Stephen has been self-employed for more than 18 years. At first, it was by accident. He referred to himself as a “reluctant freelancer.” We talk about how that mindset evolved into one where he now sees self-employment as THE option for today’s world. He is the founder of Life Skills That Matter, a platform, and community to help people to build the real skills they need to build a life they are proud of.There are many future of work “thought leaders” but that title would sell Stephen too short. He has been in the weeds experimenting in his own life...2018-05-2345 minThe Pathless Path with Paul MillerdNita Baum on how to "be free" and self-employed (Episode 18)Nita Baum is a rock star self-employed freelancer. She has been working on her own for over a decade and now splits her time across many domains, describing herself as an "entrepreneur, co-creator, facilitator, mentor-coach, and community-builder." A lot of her current work focuses on supporting and working with people who are carving their own paths as freelancers, which evolved from her helping hundreds of people informally over the year. In 2013, she turned this into a business, launching b*free in 2013 as a platform "by freelancers for freelancers" to help people with the transition to self-employment as the future of w...2018-05-091h 05
The Pathless Path with Paul MillerdBoundless/Unleashed: Paul on the future of work, freelancing and his media diet (Episode 17)This was an interview of Paul on the Unleashed podcast hosted by Will Bachman, who is the founder of Umbrex, a platform for independent consultants.Will's podcast interviews many freelancers who are working independently and I can't recommend it enough. Check out the unleashed Podcast => Subscribe Today------Weekly #BoundlessReads Newsletter - 5 Things Every Week: Subscribe NowBook Recommendations Mentioned:Designing Your Life, BurnettHow Will You Measure Your Life, ChristensenTuesday's With Morrie, AlbomLast Lecture, PauschSurvival In Auschwitz, LeviThe Righteous Mind, Why Good People Disagree On Politics...2018-05-0241 minThe Pathless Path with Paul MillerdDamien Peters on blogging, wealth, and building a remote business from Spain (Episode 16)Damien Peters is a self-described "personal finance nerd" - which explains how he ended up founding WealthNoir.com, a platform to preach and teach about the importance of financial freedom and generational wealth to Black millennial professionals. He started blogging over ten years ago and has recently focused more on writing as he increases his focus on building Wealth Noir. Damien is also a big fan of travel and recently made the decision to move out of San Francisco and move with his family and son to Spain, where he will focus on building his company remotely. We talk abo...2018-04-2552 minThe Pathless Path with Paul MillerdConnor Gillivan on entrepreneurship, selling on Amazon and working with freelancers (Episode 15)Connor's path as an entrepreneur began when he was in college via an AIM chat with a classmate in one of his classes. What started as a textbook e-commerce business led him to build a sizeable business selling things on Amazon.com. Through his work on that, he ended up working with many freelancers across the globe on a variety of different projects. Realizing that he had developed skills in recruiting and working effectively with freelancers led him to start FreeUp.com. where he vets the best freelancers in the world and helps companies tap into this global talent poo...2018-04-1842 minThe Pathless Path with Paul Millerd#10 Paul Millerd on Finding Work That Matters To YouThis is a copy of the interview I did with Stephen Warley on the Life Skills That Matter Podcast. Stephen is a bit of a role model for me. We have similar missions and ways of seeing the world. He interviewed me on Facebook live and I thought we had an interesting discussion on doing things that matter, defining priorities and how to figure out the answer "what do you want to do?" (which I think is an absurdly bad question!)Show Notes: Life Skills That Matter (Episode 174)Podcast Information: #BoundlessPodSupport: Support...2018-03-0745 minThe Pathless Path with Paul Millerd#7 Cody Royle on The Talent & Performance Secrets of The Sports WorldGrowing up all Cody thought about was sports. He saw his path as becoming a professional Aussie Rules Football player. However, after competing at the highest level of the sport, he quickly saw felt his “talent just fell away” at the age of 18. He struggled to live in the moment and stewed on the fact that everyone around him seemed much more talented. While this period would help him realize that he was better suited as a coach than a player, it took him a few years to make that realization.Show NotesSupport the Podc...2018-02-1454 minThe Pathless Path with Paul Millerd#5 Super Bowl Minisode - Cody Royle on The Patriots and what business can learn from sportsIn this episode Cody Royle and I discuss what sets high performing NFL organizations like the Patriots and the Giants (and others apart from the rest). Cody is the author of Where Other’s Wont: Taking People Innovation from the Locker Room into the Boardroom. His book is available here: http://amzn.to/2E5R88kCONTEST DETAILS: I am giving away two of Cody's books for free. Just retweet this episode with the hashtag #boundlesspod or send a screenshot of you subscribed to the podcast to paul@think-boundless.comLinks:* www.boundlesspod.com* www.whereotherswont.comSupport the podcast & join the co...2018-02-0419 minThe Pathless Path with Paul Millerd#3 David Vaucher on Ending His Career to Start His LifeDavid was born abroad then moved to the US at a young age, all while being raised to believe that the path to success rests solely on going to school and getting a “safe” job with a big company. For the last 11 years he did just that, and by traditional measures of success, it looked like things were going well. Unfortunately, starting on Day 1 of his first job, he could never shake one, recurring feeling: “I really, really, really don’t like this”.In December 2017, after a lot of saving and planning, he worked up the courage to quit his job, b...2018-01-2543 minThe Pathless Path with Paul Millerd#1 - Why do I care about the future of work?Paul talks about why he is passionate about the future of work and shares some of his personal journey
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