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The Pathless Path with Paul Millerd cover image

#153 Beyond Mimetic Desires - Luke Burgis on the temptations of conformity, contemplating life in Starbucks, thick desires and thin desires, letting go of control, the importance of play, learning from different work cultures, his stay in Rome and becoming a father

The Pathless Path with Paul Millerd

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The Importance of Asking the Right Questions

Gerard: I think when I left my former path I was just wanted nothing to do with creating a job for myself anything that even reeked of a job but I saw a lot of people around me basically create jobs for themselves. He says there is some merit to going down a more traditional path for a time to learn and then sometimes there's a time for everything like he published with the traditional publisher his first book and I learned a ton. "Now I'm literally in the throes trying to figure out what I'm gonna do next"

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