"The Pathless Path" podcast episode features Paul Millerd, a writer, creator, and consultant. The episode explores topics such as recreating one's life and career, finding fulfillment in work, embracing uncertainty, following energy over money, and the transformative experience of writing a book. It offers insights and advice for those seeking to live a life that aligns with their values and brings meaning.

Paul Millerd, author of The Pathless Path, shares his journey from corporate cog to free-spirited writer. He emphasizes writing for a specific audience, finding joy in exploring ideas, and the power of self-discovery through writing. He discusses the balance between raw storytelling and appealing to readers, the impact of unconventional paths on creativity, and the significance of finding a personal core idea in writing.

Paul Millerd, author and host of The Pathless Path Podcast, shares insights on redefining success, finding fulfillment, and taking unconventional career paths. He discusses the default path, signs of being stuck, and how to embrace the pathless path. He advocates for three-month sabbaticals and offers tips on overcoming fear. The podcast explores creating space in life, financial support options, and the importance of reframing. It also tackles the challenges of unenjoyable jobs, constant reinvention, and pursuing unconventional paths in career and life.

Do you live to work? Or work to live? Everything in our lives centers on work. Whether its our inability to disconnect or the endless pursuit of promotions and bonuses. But does it have to be that way? Learn more about Paul: The Pathless Path (Book) The Pathless Path (Podcast) Connect with Paul on Twitter Subscribe to Paul's Newsletter References from the show: If work dominated your every moment would life be worth living by Andrew Taggart Do things that don't scale by Paul Graham Linchpin by Seth Godin The Good Enough Job by Simo Stolzoff How to pick your career by Tim Urban Join an upcoming group coaching cohort: Are you looking to ask deep, introspective and provocative questions about your own life (with Khe and likeminded peers) Apply today THE MOST UNIQUE PRODUCTIVITY COURSE ON THE INTERNET Supercharge your Productivity is the only course that connects the pursuit of productivity to life’s larger questions so you can design a system that works for you. Enroll Now BECOME A RADREADER: 📩 Join 46,000+ ambitious professionals for our weekly essays on productivity, money and career. 🐦 Twitter 🎥 TikTok 📸 Instagram 💼 LinkedIn 🌍 The Blog ABOUT RADREADS RadReads is an online education business that helps ambitious professionals lead more productive, examined and joyful lives. RadReads provides guides, coaching, and trainings to more than 45,000 high-performers to help them gain back free time, scale their impact, and make their little dent in the universe. ABOUT KHE HY Khe Hy is the founder of RadReads and father of two. Khe spent 15 years working on Wall Street and was one of the youngest Managing Directors at BlackRock. He's been called Oprah for Millennials by CNN and the Wall Street Guru by Bloomberg and his work has been featured in the Wall Street Journal, TedX, Business Insider, Barrons, Time Magazine and Quartz.

Paul Millerd, a career alignment specialist, discusses the importance of aligning one's career with personal values. He explores self-realization, interrogating societal expectations, and connecting work with deepest passions. The podcast also touches on trade-offs in life, fear and uncertainty on a pathless path, and making changes vs accepting situations.

This episode of Bookworm is sponsored by: Headspace: Meditation and sleep made simple. Get access to all of Headspace free for 30 days. Today’s author shares a personal journey that led him to leave a prestigious consulting firm and find his own pathless path. Join Joe & Mike as they consider what it really means to live the good life. Links Support the Show Disneyland Field Guide Yes Day | IMDb Bookworm 168: 12 Rules for Life The Pathless Path by Paul Millerd This Book Made Me Quit My Job | Ali Abdaal Bookworm #167: Master Your Motivation Bookworm #124: Liminal Thinking Fear Setting | Ted Talk Put Your Ass Where Your Heart Wants to Be by Steven Pressfield The Almanack of Naval Ravikant The Gap and The Gain by Benjamin Hardy and Dan Sullivan Tribe of Mentors by Tim Ferriss Bookworm sweatshirt Bookworm YouTube channel Join the Club Recommend a Book Book List Leave a Review Mike's Rating: 5.0Cory's Rating: 4.0

Paul Millerd, author of "Good Work" and "The Pathless Path," shares his journey from a high-stakes consulting career to a more meaningful, creative life. He discusses the concept of an 'Identity Earthquake' when prioritizing personal fulfillment over societal expectations. The conversation covers redefining success and authenticity in work, the impact of remote work on personal growth, and the emotional relationship with money. Millerd encourages embracing uncertainty and aligning your career with your values for a more joyous life.

Paul and I first met 3 years ago at an event in Portland—he had recently left his job in corporate consulting and we bonded over how lost we'd both felt at times.Later that week I gave him a copy of 'The Three Marriages' a book by David Whyte where he talks about the Pathless Path that is required for anyone looking to do or create something original.Fast-forward to today and Paul has just published his first book — Called the Pathless Path — which is his roadmap of sorts for those of us who might have had the boldness to quit the default path & taking an experiment-based approach to figure out how to live well.Some of the themes we dive into are:🤔  How he has been exploring the magic of non-doing❓  Some of the most powerful questions he uses during curiosity conversations with others who are looking to take the leap.🎢  How to navigate the painful reality that family + friends might not understand his decisions to walk away from a successful career.📚  Some of the things he believes hold most people back from living more intentionally & the big breakthrough moment he experienced in the midst of writing his book.***This episode is also sponsored by Nervous System Mastery, a 5-week Bootcamp led by Jonny Miller—applications for the Spring Cohort will be opening up soon so if you're curious to nerd out on research-backed protocols for emotional self-regulation + resilience you can find more details at nsmastery.com***🔗   Links📚  Get your copy of The Pathless Path🖥️   Subscribe to Paul's excellent newsletter and listen to his podcast.🐦  Connect with Paul and say hi on Twitter

In this episode, we discuss our friend Paul Millerd’s new book The Pathless Path, which is all about reimagining our relationship with Work and Careers. Enjoy xxLeave us a ReviewIf you enjoy listening to the podcast, we'd love for you to leave us a review on iTunes / Apple Podcasts. Here's a link that works even if you're not on an iPhone :) Send us an Audio MessageWe really want to include more listener comments and questions in our episodes. If you've got any thoughts on this episode, or if you've got a conundrum or question you'd like us to discuss, send an audio file / voice note to hi@notoverthinking.com. For any non-audio comments, drop us a tweet or DM on Twitter - https://twitter.com/noverthinkingSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Paul Millerd is an independent writer, creator, and consultant.  He has been self-employed for almost five years after spending many years working in consulting.  He recently published a book, The Pathless Path, about his experiments with designing life and improving his relationship with work.Paul joins Chris Sparks to ask the dangerous question: What if we threw out the default scripts of success and carved our own path? How would our relationship with work transform? This is a conversation about living in alignment with our values and doing meaningful work towards a meaningful life.For the video recording, resources mentioned, and conversation transcript, visit https://forcingfunction.com/podcast/paul-millerd