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Paul Millerd — The Pathless Path (EP.112)

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Are You Going to Be Pangros Even About the Whole Thing?

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I went on this ship from cynicism to optimism. I'm just so passionate about finding people and helping people seein that this is possible in the world. When i was born, basically it was illegal for a personal collard to marry a white person in half the states. Their marriage was illegal in half of the states in the united states. How crazy is that? Crazy. My wife's tienese. Ito pors me to your dead. This is also what i'm trying to show too. Like i've said this already, i think this state of being engaged with your life is possible. Many people have reached it throughout history. They're all screaming from the roof tops

After working at McKinsey and getting an MBA from MIT, Paul Millerd was succeeding well on a path that “made sense”. However, things started changing when he had a health crisis, which ended up with him embarking on a pathless path. Since 2017, he’s been tinkering with multiple side-hustles, writing newsletters, creating podcasts, traveling, and helping others join the pathless path.

Paul’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/p_millerd
Paul’s newsletter: https://boundless.substack.com/
‘The Pathless Path’ book: https://think-boundless.com/the-pathless-path/

Show Notes:

Having fun paying bills
Jumping off your fitness landscape
The first few years of being self-employed
Connecting with the subconscious self
Internet as an off-ramp
How to stir up curiosity
Lessons from DJing
The social construct of retirement
Internet economy requires showing up daily
Design for liking your life
Tinkering
Embracing laziness
Luxury of doing what you want
The shift from cynicism to optimism
Societal progress over the last decades
What’s next for Paul?

Books Mentioned:

The Pathless Path; by Paul Millerd
The Body Keeps The Score; by Bessel van der Kolk

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