3min chapter

The Pathless Path with Paul Millerd cover image

#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 meeting

The Pathless Path with Paul Millerd

CHAPTER

Are You Trying to Get Good at One Thing?

I think I've enjoyed working on my own because I am evil to balance all the things. There are people that are just so obsessed with crushing it and getting enormous wealth in short amounts of time. It's always them who are like, you need to focus,. You need to work on one thing. But over and over again, I'm just doing a bunch of random stuff. We see somebody like, wow, they're writing a lot, but they're often doing other things. They might be working on other things that we might not label as work.

00:00

Get the Snipd
podcast app

Unlock the knowledge in podcasts with the podcast player of the future.
App store bannerPlay store banner

AI-powered
podcast player

Listen to all your favourite podcasts with AI-powered features

Discover
highlights

Listen to the best highlights from the podcasts you love and dive into the full episode

Save any
moment

Hear something you like? Tap your headphones to save it with AI-generated key takeaways

Share
& Export

Send highlights to Twitter, WhatsApp or export them to Notion, Readwise & more

AI-powered
podcast player

Listen to all your favourite podcasts with AI-powered features

Discover
highlights

Listen to the best highlights from the podcasts you love and dive into the full episode