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Paul Millerd — The Pathless Path (EP.112)

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The Kind of Suffering That Destroys People

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When i was a kid, people just get so tired of me. I love to figure things out and like to figure out the easiest to do something. Writing my book, on the outside looking in, looks like, oh my goffs, that look so painful or hard. But at no point did i ever like, want o run away or escape it. And i think that's what i always keep coming back to, is if you Ou can't stand doing work you don't want to be doing, the path forward is to embrace that,. Like laziness, as you might call it, and find the work that matters to you, that will get done no matter what

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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