
#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 wedding
The Pathless Path with Paul Millerd
How Did You Think About Money When You Hit Six Figures?
"It's nonsense this idea of like you bring value to a company hopefully and then they pay you for that value," he says. "I've also been like well okay this is like a new opportunity more responsibility it came with more money but the money was never actually the driver because after I hit six figures I was stoked compared to ... my mom even though she was the single provider I think never ended up making six figures ever spent 20 years at IBM and never made it six figures so for me when I hitting six figures and it must have been like 2018 or 2019 I was like holy shit like sorry for swearing."
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