The Pathless Path with Paul Millerd

#124 Can You Ever "Make It" While Self-Employed - David Kadavy on Doing Work You Love, Self-Publishing, Traveling & Perspective, Mini-Lives & Living as An Expat

Dec 5, 2022

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Is There a Path to Success?

02:55

The Biggest Mistake I've Made With Amazon Advertising

02:34

Studying Abroad in College

03:30

Introduction

2min

How Did You Grow Up With the Story of Your Creative Career?

2min

How to Start a Snow Removal Business?

2min

Graphic Design - I Wish This Would Turn You Back Never to Be Here Again

4min

Studying Abroad in College

3min

I Hate Vacations, Right?

3min

I Don't Like Travel, but I Love It

4min

What Was the First Moment in Your Cubicle 2004 in Nebraska?

4min

How Do You Write a Blog?

3min

10.

Can You Come Talk to Me?

2min

11.

How Did the First Months Feel for You?

3min

12.

Is There a Path to Success?

3min

13.

Is There a Difference Between a Job and a Full Time Job?

2min

14.

Podcast About Love Your Work

5min

15.

Are You Burning With Curiosity?

5min

16.

What Is It Like to Be a Writer?

2min

17.

The Land Grab Is Over, Is It?

4min

18.

Shipping

4min

19.

The Pursuit of Money Is an Experience That Is Not Valuable

2min

20.

Self-Publishing - Are You Eager to Continue?

2min

21.

Self Publishing

2min

22.

How Do You Write a Book?

4min

23.

Self-Published Authors - What's Year Two?

2min

24.

The Biggest Mistake I've Made With Amazon Advertising

3min

25.

Do You Have a Barville Strategy?

3min

26.

The Pathless Path

2min

David talks about his self-employment journey, discussing topics such as graphics design, studying abroad, work identity and engagement, self-publishing books, and advertising on Amazon. He reflects on his experiences and explains how he shifted from a traditional job to self-employment, including how he experienced a new reality after leaving his job.

We talk about how hard it is to ever "make it" on a solo journey and how you are constantly starting from day 1.

🍿YOUTUBE: https://youtu.be/mykDRmuDvwI

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1:37 What are the scripts David grew up with?
8:51 The impact of studying abroad
12:21 Living in different places while hating vacations
20:18 The moment David realized this is not how his life is supposed to be
28:38 How did David feel at the beginning of his self-employment?
34:42 Work identity and engagement
41:53 Burning with curiosity and not having a choice but to follow it
48:37 Is the self-employed path easier than it was before?
49:35 "To be me for a living"
57:03 Doing things for the sake of it
1:00:36 Self-publishing books

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