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The Pathless Path with Paul Millerd

231 episodes - English - Latest episode: 3 days ago - ★★★★★ - 30 ratings

The Pathless Path is hosted by Paul Millerd - a writer, creator, and consultant. He has conversations with freelancers, self-employed entrepreneurs, creators, and vagabonds who share their perspectives on their relationship with work, burnout, bootstrapping, indie hacking, remote work, reinvention, creativity, sabbaticals, leisure, self-employment, unconventional living, and digital nomadism. Past guests include Ali Abdaal, Khe Hy, Ben Hunt, Wade Foster, Dan Vassallo, Kris Abdelmessih, Steph Smith, Amir Salihefendić, Alex Pang, Visakan Veerasamy, and more.

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Agency Is A Skill — Cate Hall on leaving law for poker, developing agency, deterministic vs probabilistic economy, risk, burnout, asking dumb questions, defining ambition, seeking real feedback, and the surface area of luck

May 29, 2024 13:48 - 1 hour - 57.2 MB

Cate seemed to be fully entrenched on the default path — she had graduated from Yale and became the Supreme Court advocate on her way to becoming a partner in her law firm. But she didn't want to live the lives of the people around her. She pivoted hard, you could almost hear car brakes squeaking as she made the turn, and over a year she became the number one female poker player in the world. She later started art and perfume companies and led operations at Avlea — a pandemic medici...

#174 Agency Is A Skill — Cate Hall on leaving law for poker, developing agency, deterministic vs probabilistic economy, risk, burnout, asking dumb questions, defining ambition, seeking real feedback, and the surface area of luck

May 29, 2024 13:48 - 1 hour - 57.2 MB

Cate seemed to be fully entrenched on the default path — she had graduated from Yale and became the Supreme Court advocate on her way to becoming a partner in her law firm. But she didn't want to live the lives of the people around her. She pivoted hard, you could almost hear car brakes squeaking as she made the turn, and over a year she became the number one female poker player in the world. She later started art and perfume companies and led operations at Avlea — a pandemic medici...

1 Year Dad Reflections - Conversation with Sky King & Nat Eliason

May 13, 2024 06:00 - 1 hour - 79.6 MB

This is from Sky King's podcast: https://skmp.supercast.com/ Guest info: Nat: https://www.nateliason.com/ Nat also has an amazing book coming out which I highly recommend, "Crypto Confidential": https://amzn.to/44BJ74I 📕Buy Paul’s Book (50k+ Sold): The Pathless Path 😁 Join Hundreds On Unconventional Paths: Pathless Path Community 📲Connect + Follow Paul Twitter: @p_millerd Paul’s Newsletter: Subscribe to Pathless Paul’s YouTube: Subscribe 🙏Further Ways To Support The Podcast:...

#173 Solopreneurship After Burnout — Justin Welsh on burnout, taking ownership of his time, struggling with a results oriented mindset, non-monetary success, becoming a top LinkedIn influencer, income goals, The Creator MBA, dealing with fears around money

April 16, 2024 14:42 - 1 hour - 61.4 MB

Justin is a former startup executive who helped build two startups past valuations of $1B, teams of 150+ people, and raise over $300M in venture capital. Now he’s building his one-person knowledge business toward $5M in annual profit. 🎥🍿 YOUTUBE: WATCH HERE Links: Personal website  LinkedIn X (Twitter): @thejustinwelsh The Creator MBA The Saturday Solopreneur ⌛TIMESTAMPS (00:00) - Intro (01:56) - The scripts that Justin grew up with (10:21) - Attention and social media (...

Success In The Second Half Of Life — Henry Oliver on John Stuart Mill, Samuel Johnson, Penelope Fitzgerald, why we shouldn't dismiss Gladwell, writing, late bloomers, the importance of finding the others, Tyler Cowen's help and the lessons from Audrey Sutherland

April 01, 2024 21:33 - 1 hour - 61.7 MB

Henry is a writer, speaker and brand consultant. He joins the podcast to discuss his upcoming book — Second Act — in which he analysises the phenomenon of late bloomers and what we can learn from them. 🎥🍿 YOUTUBE: WATCH HERE Links: Personal website Substack: The Common Reader X (Twitter): @HenryEOliver Second Act ⌛TIMESTAMPS (00:00) - Intro (00:11) - Guest introduction (00:57) - The scripts that Henry grew up with (05:10) - John Stuart Mill (07:41) - Samuel Johnson (14:...

#172 Success In The Second Half Of Life — Henry Oliver on John Stuart Mill, Samuel Johnson, Penelope Fitzgerald, why we shouldn't dismiss Gladwell, writing, late bloomers, the importance of finding the others, Tyler Cowen's help and the lessons from Audrey Sutherland

April 01, 2024 21:33 - 1 hour - 63.3 MB

Henry is a writer, speaker and brand consultant. He joins the podcast to discuss his upcoming book — Second Act — in which he analysises the phenomenon of late bloomers and what we can learn from them. 🎥🍿 YOUTUBE: WATCH HERE Links: Personal website Substack: The Common Reader X (Twitter): @HenryEOliver Second Act ⌛TIMESTAMPS (00:00) - Intro (01:11) - Guest introduction (01:57) - The scripts that Henry grew up with (06:10) - John Stuart Mill (08:41) - Samuel Johnson (15:...

"All Work Is Noble," Montessori, and Kids & Work — Matt Bateman on starting growing up with the internet, digital and industrial literacy, studying philosophy and learning how to teach, starting the Guidepost school network, how to train teachers, how children learn and work, values in education, agency, and writing his new book

March 25, 2024 19:25 - 1 hour - 68.3 MB

Want To Become A Better Writer? Join Write of Passage's Upcoming Cohort Matt Bateman has a PhD in philosophy. He has abandoned the academic career, to pursue education in the Montessori system. A dad of three, he is passionate about educating children. Having worked a lot with training the teachers in the Montessori approach, he has now taken a step back to focus on writing his book. 🎥🍿 YOUTUBE: WATCH HERE Links: Matt's Twitter — @mbateman montessorium.com  guidepost ⌛TIMESTA...

#171 "All Work Is Noble," Montessori, and Kids & Work — Matt Bateman on starting growing up with the internet, digital and industrial literacy, studying philosophy and learning how to teach, starting the Guidepost school network, how to train teachers, how children learn and work, values in education, agency, and writing his new book

March 25, 2024 19:25 - 1 hour - 69.2 MB

Matt Bateman has a PhD in philosophy. He has abandoned the academic career, to pursue education in the Montessori system. A dad of three, he is passionate about educating children. Having worked a lot with training the teachers in the Montessori approach, he has now taken a step back to focus on writing his book. 🎥🍿 YOUTUBE: WATCH HERE Links: Matt's Twitter — @mbateman montessorium.com  guidepost ⌛TIMESTAMPS (00:00) - Intro (01:54) - The scripts that Matt grew up with (05:4...

#170 Apprenticeships, Sabbaticals & "Good Work" — Steve Schlafman & Matt Yao on slowing down, deprogramming, unlearning, learning from others, deciding to quit, going on a sabbatical, not being jealous anymore, competitiveness and enoughness, finding good work, ambition, the apprenticeship, Downshift, decelerator, marriage, family and reframing money

March 18, 2024 19:09 - 1 hour - 77.4 MB

Steve is a professional coach and the founder of Downshift — the world's first decelerator. He has left a career in venture, but he remains ambitious, it's just that his ambition is now to have a good, multidimentional life, where he can be a good dad for his kids. Matt has left a traditional path early on to write, travel and discover his own path. When he met Steve, he offered him to become his apprentice and joined Downshift. 🎥🍿 YOUTUBE: WATCH HERE Links: Downshift Steve's we...

Apprenticeships, Sabbaticals & "Good Work" — Steve Schlafman & Matt Yao on slowing down, deprogramming, unlearning, learning from others, deciding to quit, going on a sabbatical, not being jealous anymore, competitiveness and enoughness, finding good work, ambition, the apprenticeship, Downshift, decelerator, marriage, family and reframing money

March 18, 2024 19:09 - 1 hour - 76.5 MB

Want To Become A Better Writer? Join Write of Passage's Upcoming Cohort Steve is a professional coach and the founder of Downshift — the world's first decelerator. He has left a career in venture, but he remains ambitious, it's just that his ambition is now to have a good, multidimentional life, where he can be a good dad for his kids. Matt has left a traditional path early on to write, travel and discover his own path. When he met Steve, he offered him to become his apprentice and...

#169 "2M Subscribers, I love what I do, should I take a break?" — David Pakman on finding good work early, , how money and motivation changed over time, finding a balance in content creation, life after YouTube, his doubts about taking a sabbatical, having a daughter, dealing with public recognition and hateful comments, the lack of role models

March 12, 2024 14:32 - 1 hour - 55.3 MB

David Pakman is a political commentator and the host of The David Pakman Show. He joins the podcast to explore a possible paradigm shift in the way he approaches his work and life after the birth of his daughter. 🎥🍿 YOUTUBE: WATCH HERE Links: The David Pakman Show X (Twitter): @dpakman YouTube: David Pakman Show Instagram: david.pakman ⌛TIMESTAMPS (00:00) - Intro (02:12) - The scripts that David grew up with (04:26) - David's first steps on the internet (07:13) - Finding ...

"2M Subscribers, I love what I do, should I take a break?" — David Pakman on finding good work early, , how money and motivation changed over time, finding a balance in content creation, life after YouTube, his doubts about taking a sabbatical, having a daughter, dealing with public recognition and hateful comments, the lack of role models

March 12, 2024 14:32 - 59 minutes - 54.4 MB

Want To Become A Better Writer? Join Write of Passage's Upcoming Cohort David Pakman is a political commentator and the host of The David Pakman Show. He joins the podcast to explore a possible paradigm shift in the way he approaches his work and life after the birth of his daughter. 🎥🍿 YOUTUBE: WATCH HERE Links: The David Pakman Show X (Twitter): @dpakman YouTube: David Pakman Show Instagram: david.pakman ⌛TIMESTAMPS (00:00) - Intro (01:12) - The scripts that David grew u...

Building With "margin for life" — Justin Jackson on lessons from running a skate shop, optimizing for profit, running a "calm company," co-founding Transistor, having kids early, designing margins and how money actually does make him happy

February 27, 2024 15:28 - 1 hour - 66.7 MB

Want To Become A Better Writer? Join Write of Passage's "Test Drive" Workshop Justin is the co-founder of Transistor, a podcast hosting platform on which The Pathless Path podcast is hosted. Justin is passionate about designing his company so that all the team benefits. He achieves that by making sure that there is always a financial margin as well as a "margin for our emotional health, margin for our physical health, margin for life." 🎥🍿 YOUTUBE: WATCH HERE Links: Personal webs...

#168 Building With "margin for life" — Justin Jackson on lessons from running a skate shop, optimizing for profit, running a "calm company," co-founding Transistor, having kids early, designing margins and how money actually does make him happy

February 27, 2024 15:28 - 1 hour - 67.5 MB

Justin is the co-founder of Transistor, a podcast hosting platform on which The Pathless Path podcast is hosted. Justin is passionate about designing his company so that all the team benefits. He achieves that by making sure that there is always a financial margin as well as a "margin for our emotional health, margin for our physical health, margin for life." 🎥🍿 YOUTUBE: WATCH HERE Links: Personal website X (Twitter): @mijustin Justin's podcast Transistor ⌛TIMESTAMPS (00:11)...

#167 Wandering in the Wilderness — Dom Francks on confronting fragility, his love of nature, the disconnect from nature, working as a software engineer, viewing yourself as a piece of poetry, how we're always embedded in nature and being guided by intuition

February 20, 2024 04:28 - 1 hour - 63.9 MB

Dom is the lead guide at the VIVIFY Regerative Leadership Program. He helps leaders develop by taking them on an 8-day backpacking expedition in the Sierra mountains. Dom is passionate about preserving the natural world, staying connected to it and practicing aliveness. 🎥🍿 YOUTUBE: WATCH HERE Links: Personal website VIVIFY (Get $500 off if you mention this podcast) Substack ⌛TIMESTAMPS (00:00) - Intro (02:18) - The scripts Dom grew up with (07:40) - Dom's grandfather, a WW2...

#166 Breaking Free of the Rules — Rick Lewis on being a child actor, dropping out of college, being a professional juggler, street performing and a clowning, the corporate world as an outsider, breaking rules, parenting and how to reinvent yourself

February 13, 2024 02:11 - 1 hour - 73 MB

Rick Lewis could be succinctly described as "a speaker, author & professional consultant", but such technical labelling wouldn't paint a fair picture of who he really is. He describes what he's doing as "intelligent misbehavior". He's public appearances have a much deeper goal than just pure entertainment. Rick is passionate about discovering and breaking the hidden rules that rule our behavior and stifle our growth as people. 🎥🍿 YOUTUBE: WATCH HERE Links: Personal website Pivot...

#165 Gardening in the Digital Ecosystem — Kevin Espiritu on his fascination with the early Internet, how Poker broke his brain on money, starting his YouTube channel, Epic Gardening, taking a long term perspective, how to structure a video, transforming his YouTube channel, introducing new people to his audience, the probabilistic mindset and what he learnt from poker that helps him in his life

February 05, 2024 12:54 - 1 hour - 67.5 MB

Kevin is the man behind the Epic Gardening channel. Although he had not read the Pathless Path at the time of the recording of this episode, he seems to be living it with every breath he takes. The only constant thing in his life seems to be that is constatly reinventing himself. From professional poker, gaming, web design, indie consulting, blogging to running a huge YouTube channel about gardening with almost 3 mil. subscribers, we meet at his next crossroads, after he's decided t...

Gardening in the Digital Ecosystem — Kevin Espiritu on his fascination with the early Internet, how Poker broke his brain on money, starting his YouTube channel, Epic Gardening, taking a long term perspective, how to structure a video, transforming his YouTube channel, introducing new people to his audience, the probabilistic mindset and what he learnt from poker that helps him in his life

February 05, 2024 12:54 - 1 hour - 66.7 MB

Want To Become A Better Writer? Join Write of Passage's "How To Build Influence Online" Workshop Kevin is the man behind the Epic Gardening channel. Although he had not read the Pathless Path at the time of the recording of this episode, he seems to be living it with every breath he takes. The only constant thing in his life seems to be that is constatly reinventing himself. From professional poker, gaming, web design, indie consulting, blogging to running a huge YouTube channel ab...

[Repost] My Nervous System Guru & Friend - Jonny Miller on His Own Pathless Path, Grief, Friendship, David Whyte & More

January 30, 2024 02:15 - 1 hour - 108 MB

Enroll In The 5th Cohort of Nervous System Mastery: You can get $250 OFF using the code PATHLESS => nsmastery.com Jonny Miller is a dear friend and I've had the privilege to get to know him closely over the past four years on our own journeys. We've lived in Japan, Indonesia, and Mexico together. When we met we were both single but now are both married in cross-country relationships and have navigated finding work that matters, getting married, and living in foreign countries toget...

#164 Transformation For High Achievers — Joe Hudson on growing up with an alcoholic father, living around the world, transformation and self-discovery, becoming comfortable with yourself, emotional fluidity, expressing emotions, and the art of parenting

December 11, 2023 22:12 - 1 hour - 67.6 MB

Joe is an executive coach and the founder of the Art of Accomplishment. Having worked as a venture capitalist, a consultant and an international banker, Joe discovered meditation on a trip to Asia and has practiced it since for over 25 years since then. Meditating as well as a deep study of various spiritual, psychological and neurological traditions allowed him develop his unique ability to help others with personal transformation. 🎥🍿 YOUTUBE: WATCH HERE Links: Art of Accomplish...

[Replay] Reinventing After Quitting A Top Job At Amazon - Christine Bader

November 27, 2023 11:14 - 46 minutes - 42.2 MB

Christine Bader is currently living in Bali, Indonesia, where she is spending time focused on her family and self.  She is the author of The Evolution of a Corporate Idealist: When Girl Meets Oil and the former head of CSR for Amazon before leaving in 2017, a journey she details in an amazing essay titled “The year I learned to quit.”   She talks about leaving the corporate world and shifting her focus from building a career to building a life. Topics Discussed: Corporate social ...

[Replay] Taking a "structured sabbatical" & Calm Companies - Jacqueline Jensen

November 20, 2023 16:16 - 44 minutes - 41 MB

Jacqueline Jensen has been a digital nomad for 3.5 years, living and working globally. It might surprise you to find out then, that she's written a book called "Travel Isn't The Answer." While counter-intuitive, she argues for a return to awe and wonder with what is already around us. She talks about different moments of wonder she has experienced (including a breathtaking view in Montenegro) and different techniques for how people can "Live With a Sense of Curiosity, Passion, and A...

[Replay] Starting a "tribe" and living on an island with three kids - Ben Keene

November 13, 2023 11:13 - 59 minutes - 54.4 MB

After attending a few corporate recruiting sessions, he didn't take for granted that his path was to enter the corporate world.  Twenty years later, he is still carving his own path and has recently returned from Koh Lanta, where he lived with his three children in Thailand for the last six months.  We Talked About Ben starting a "tribe" in Fiji Early internet adventures His experiences coaching people with career transition The decision to move to Thailand with his three kids ...

[Replay] How "total work" took over the world - Andrew Taggart

November 06, 2023 13:19 - 1 hour - 62.5 MB

Andrew is a Practical Philosopher who believes that "there may be no greater vexation in our time than the question of how to make a living in a manner that accords with leading a good life." We dive deep into the questions of "what is the good life?" and what he means by "sustaining life." He also shares his perspective on the concept of "Total Work," a phrase first put forth in 1947 by the German Philosopher Josef Pieper, and shares how that phrase became central to his current wr...

[Replay] We Adopted a 4-Day Workweek - Tash Walker

October 30, 2023 11:15 - 44 minutes - 41.1 MB

Tash Walker is the founder of a firm and spends her Fridays making marmalade. Before instituting a four-day workweek at her firm, The Mix, she barely had time for her relationships. She decided to start doing research about different ways of working. There had to be a better way than the default options of "Summer Fridays" and "flexible work," that never seem to make less anxiety or stress-ridden. In her research, she discovered many examples of Swedish companies embracing 4-day w...

[Replay] Living On A Boat for 1.5 Years - John Zeratsky

October 23, 2023 11:12 - 1 hour - 59.6 MB

John Zeratsky was a designer in the tech industry has worked with hundreds of startups in his time at Google Ventures.  He’s also obsessed with redesigning time and thinking about what matters in life.  Earlier this year he just got back from 18 months living on his boat "Pineapple" with his wife sailing around Central America, which he wrote about in an article titled “What quitting my job to sail around central america taught me about fulfillment.” In this conversation we talk a...

[Replay] Packy McCormick on Injecting Fun To Newsletters

October 16, 2023 14:34 - 43 minutes - 35.5 MB

Packy says that his differentiation "is that I’m going to be having more fun than most people” I've been a big fan of the energy he's brought to his writing over the past couple of years. But he didn't set out to have a popular newsletter.  His real plan was to launch an in-person community.   We chat about how the pandemic helped him figure out why that wasn't a good idea and how he's thinking about his solopreneur journey. The reason I asked him on the podcast is to talk about ...

#163 Luck Maximization — Jovian Gautama on being Indonesian in Taiwan, learning English from MTV and Reddit, graduating from a tourism high school, selling steel, podcasting, learning "tech" online, becoming the CEO of Castro

October 12, 2023 15:19 - 1 hour - 80.1 MB

Jovian is an Indonesian living in Taiwan, who is deeply immersed in the American pop culture through the power of the internet. His background in tourism helps him with problem solving and talking too people, he has learnt English from watching MTV, got one of his first jobs because he was browsing Reddit and he is now the CEO of Castro, the podcast app. Jovian is a magnet for opportunities, which apparently come to him simply because he just assumes that people are nice. 🎥🍿 YOUTUB...

#162 Money, Work, Parenting & 1 Month In Taiwan - Angie & Paul on money scripts, cultural differences, being Taiwanese in the US, being American in Taiwan, perceptions of work in their families, life with a newborn, impostor syndrome, remote work and travel

September 18, 2023 12:53 - 1 hour - 71.9 MB

After a month spent in Taiwan and 6 months into parenthood Angie & Paul share their thoughts and take some deep dives into various other topics. 🎥🍿 YOUTUBE: WATCH HERE ⌛TIMESTAMPS (00:00) - Podcast intro (03:17) - How Angie & Paul think about work & money? (11:12) - Cultural differences, ask vs guess (15:58) - Defining work, feedback from the family (23:22) - How are Angie & Paul thinking about having kids? (30:09) - Angie's relationship with writing (45:00) - Ac...

Money, Work, Parenting & 1 Month In Taiwan - Angie & Paul on money scripts, cultural differences, being Taiwanese in the US, being American in Taiwan, perceptions of work in their families, life with a newborn, impostor syndrome, remote work and travel

September 18, 2023 12:53 - 1 hour - 71.1 MB

After a month spent in Taiwan and 6 months into parenthood Angie & Paul share their thoughts and take some deep dives into various other topics. 🎥🍿 YOUTUBE: WATCH HERE ⌛TIMESTAMPS (00:00) - Podcast intro (02:17) - How Angie & Paul think about work & money? (10:12) - Cultural differences, ask vs guess (14:58) - Defining work, feedback from the family (22:22) - How are Angie & Paul thinking about having kids? (29:09) - Angie's relationship with writing (44:53) - Ac...

#161 9 Year Identity Crisis?! - Tom Critchlow on being stuck, indecisiveness, going to wander, taking every 7th week off, strategically dropping the ball, hiring an editor, and fear of finishing his book

August 23, 2023 12:11 - 49 minutes - 45.2 MB

Tom and Paul talk through Tom's challenges at this inflection point in his indie career, a book he's planning on shipping and how to think through indie consultant identity crises 🎥🍿 YOUTUBE: WATCH HERE Links: Tom's Site: https://tomcritchlow.com/ Strategic Independent: Book Draft ⌛TIMESTAMPS (00:00) - Intro (01:11) - Guest introduction (03:35) - Tom's problem — indecisiveness (07:49) - What does Tom think he should be doing? (10:12) - Not working, go and w...

#160 - Why Manifesting Works — Erin Doppelt on how living in Israel and India changed her life, "snapshot manifestation", why women should work aligned with their menstrual cycle, entrepreneurship as freedom for women, pregnancy, and her new book

August 14, 2023 14:52 - 1 hour - 64.4 MB

Erin is a spiritual psychology and meditation teacher, with a background in clinical psychology. She believes in experiencing rather than explaining and because of that she has been drawn to travel to places like India and Israel, which have helped her connect to her roots and to what matters. Erin is passionate about discovering her true self, meditation, snapshot manifestation, and taking aligned action. She is finishing up a new book and is about to have her first child —  a new ...

#159 Living Intentionally After "Enough" - Bilal Zaidi on leaving Google, emigrating to the US, video games, the intensity of New York, writing poetry and spoken word, travel vs vacations, and money and creativity

August 10, 2023 07:57 - 1 hour - 122 MB

Bilal was born in London to a family of Pakistani descent. A curious kid, with an interest in computers, he developed a successful website with over 500 000 readers in his teens. He ended up working at Google in the US. After a while Bilal has left the company to carve his own path. He has founded Creator Lab and discovered a passion for spoken word poetry, which enables him to better connect with his family 🎥🍿 YOUTUBE: WATCH HERE Links: X (Twitter) — @bzaidi Creator Lab Website...

#158 From Rugby to TikTok Influencer — Ben Mercer on navigating the transitional periods in his life, being a professional athlete with an English literature degree, the diversity of the rugby world, various motivations in sports, his passion for rugby, his love of reading and writing, self-publishing and becoming a Tik Tok creator

July 31, 2023 13:40 - 1 hour - 67.1 MB

Ben was a professional rugby player with an English literature degree — something not unheard of in the diverse rugby world, but also certainly not usual. After retiring from the sport, he was confronted with the task of redesigning his life. Although it was initially tough, he took the slow approach of focusing on the things he enjoys doing, which proved very beneficial in the long term. Ben has self-published 3 books so far, he is freelancing, running courses and he recently becam...

#157 Parenting & Our Future - Paul & Angie Check-In on Five Months of Parenting, Unexpected Happiness, Parenting Scripts, and The Time Bucket Exercise from Die With Zero

July 28, 2023 13:40 - 1 hour - 90.9 MB

I'm trying to convince Angie to do more episodes, so if you like it please let us know by e-mailing both of us here. (00:16) - - Introduction and agenda for the podcast (04:16) - - Balancing work, fitness, health, and parenthood (14:16) - - Growth of their child and the emotional journey of parenthood (16:16) - - Financial situation and the concept of abundance (27:16) - - Sharing a parenting mistake they made and how they learned from it (38:18) - - Learning new skills and th...

#156 Saying "no" to something good — Jenny Blake on the inner CFO, spending every penny just to try, working at Google, running towards something vs. running away, creating assets for yourself, making yourself discoverable, and seeking advice from "friendtors"

July 24, 2023 12:00 - 1 hour - 57.6 MB

Jenny is an author, international speaker, career and business strategist and executive coach. She has worked in a start up during her college years and then she worked at Google. At some point she decided to follow her passions and left her job. She has already written three books, she runs a business on intuition and she continues discovering her own path. 🎥🍿 YOUTUBE: WATCH HERE Links: itsfreetime.com pivotmethod.com book royalty calculator Jenny's Books:  Life After Colleg...

#155 Homeschooling = Future of Education? - Hannah Frankman (Repost)

July 17, 2023 13:00 - 1 hour - 110 MB

Hannah is awesome and you should listen to this podcast.  She grew up homeschooled, is an endlessly curious person, has a deep sense of agency, and is a pro at carving her own path.  She's done a ton of things including writing, coaching, and working at startups and has created jobs for herself, negotiated working remotely (before it was cool), and has done a ton of other things.  She recently founded Rebel Educator which is a media brand that aims to share more about homeschooling ...

#154 Learning to "Lean Out" - Dr. Dawn Baker's Journey from Medicine to 'Leaning Out', Embracing Unconventional Paths, Living Off-Grid, and Homeschooling

July 11, 2023 02:13 - 1 hour - 59.8 MB

Dawn has a medical degree but she didn't pursue a traditional career as a doctor. She lives off grid with her husband and her homeschooled daughter. Dawn is passionate about finding a work-life balance and she wrote a book for professional women seeking to do so. 🎥🍿 YOUTUBE: WATCH HERE Links: Book: Lean Out Twitter: @DLBakerMD  practicebalance.com Instagram: practicebalance ⌛TIMESTAMPS (00:00) - Intro (02:05) - The scripts Dawn grew up with (03:49) - Medicine, engineeri...

#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

July 03, 2023 14:37 - 1 hour - 73.6 MB

Luke has a background on Wall Street and has founded 3 companies in Silicon Valley. He describes his adult life as a constant state of uncertainty. At some point, he took a classics course, which he completed in a 24-hour Starbucks in a couple of months while living in Las Vegas. This led to him to contemplate deeper questions, leaving "entrepreneur Luke" behind and spending 3 years in Rome. Luke is now a Professor at the Ciocca Center for Principled Entrepreneurship and has written...

#152 The Creator Therapist - Melvin Varghese on Emigrating to Texas, his work as a clinical psychologist, starting a podcast, the birth of his daughter, re-evaluating life and money and detaching identity from work

June 26, 2023 13:50 - 1 hour - 64.8 MB

Melvin has a PhD in psychology but to call him just "a psychologist" would be trying to fit him in too small of a box. He has left a successful clinical career to build his online "healthy business"  – he is the person behind "Selling the Couch" podcast, he does sessions with entrepreneurs and he runs an online course where he helps therapists to move their business online. Everything he does is designed to allow him to be fully present as a father and a husband because, "What's the...

#151 Culture Without Culture War - Anna Gát on growing up in Hungary, emigrating at the age of 30, staying curious as we age, Interintellect, building a startup, bad advice and trusting your gut, her article in 2018, culture without culture war, creating your own gatekeepers, and success in the UK vs US

June 19, 2023 12:00 - 1 hour - 67.5 MB

Anna is the founder and CEO of Interintellect - a global community of thinkers. She grew up in Hungary and emigrated to London at the age of 30 and later to the US where she built her startup. She is passionate about staying curious as we age. While for some their late 20's are the end, she has chosen to treat it as the beginning. 🎥🍿 YOUTUBE: WATCH HERE Links: Interintellect Twitter: @TheAnnaGat Instagram: annagat_ Anna's Personal Website Writing ⌛TIMESTAMPS (00:00) - Intro...

#150 - Why I Turned Down a $200k Book Deal (Solo Episode)

June 13, 2023 23:43 - 24 minutes - 34.2 MB

This is a solo episode of my podcast, inspired by Jenny Blake. I will do more of these if people like them.  Let me know! For Video: YouTube 📕Buy Paul’s Book (50k+ Sold): The Pathless Path 😁 Join Hundreds On Unconventional Paths: Pathless Path Community 📲Connect + Follow Paul Twitter: @p_millerd Paul’s Newsletter: Subscribe to Pathless Paul’s YouTube: Subscribe 🙏Further Ways To Support The Podcast: Accounting, Taxes, And Payroll For Your S-Corp (Ideal for $60k+ income): Coll...

#149 "I will sell out Madison Square Garden" - Danny Miranda on starting a blog at 14, following your intuition, discipline, meditation, his podcast, retreats, masculinity, compassion, "The True Path", thinking big, and trusting The Universe

June 12, 2023 12:00 - 1 hour - 77.9 MB

Danny Mirands is the host of The Danny Miranda Podcast. He's been hanging out on the internet since he was 14. We talk about his journey, almost getting sidetracked by the default path in college, and then betting on himself with his podcast. Danny is a friend, and he inspired me by how true he is to his own path, his ability to dream big in creative ways and spread love in the world.  🎥🍿 YOUTUBE: WATCH HERE Links: The Danny Miranda Podcast Twitter: @heydannymiranda  Instagram:...

#148 Embracing Post-Traumatic Growth - Jessica Depatie on her Korean background, shadow work, producing a documentary - "Dark Night of Our Soul", expanding your perspective through travel, what does it mean to rest, defining growth, the hero's journey, and memes

June 05, 2023 13:00 - 1 hour - 60.3 MB

Jessica is a producer and a podcaster. She is passionate about shadow work and is currently working on her documentary on post traumatic growth - "Dark Night of Our Soul". 🎥🍿 YOUTUBE: WATCH HERE Links: Link to Support The Movie - Dark Night of Our Soul Jessica on IMDb Instagram - jessicadepatie_ Hollywood Con Queen Podcast Bill Plotkin’s Journey of Soul Initiation @wordsarevibrations meme account ⌛TIMESTAMPS (00:00) - Intro (01:11) - Introduction (02:19) - The script...

#147 You Can Love Cooking Too - Myles Snider on intuitive cooking, living in Argentina, working in Tulum, food industry scripts, health myths, the beauty of "slow cooking"

May 29, 2023 16:46 - 1 hour - 73.2 MB

Myles is a chef and a farmer's market enthusiast. He studied economics and was pursuing many other interests like filmmaking on the side. During his stay in Argentina, he realized that he wanted to follow his true passion - cooking. Although he hasn't gone to a fancy cooking school, he managed to get a position working under a former Michelin star chef in Tulum and now he's sharing his love for cooking on the Internet, making it approachable for other people. 🎥🍿 YOUTUBE: WATCH HERE...

#146 Separating Work & Identity - Simone Stolzoff on the myth of a "Dream Job," last-minute around the world trip, journalism, work, identity, writing his book, knowing when to quit, and the dangers of turning passion into a livelihood

May 22, 2023 16:04 - 1 hour - 61.9 MB

Simone Stolzoff has worn many hats. He's worked as a writer, designer, and now, Author. He grew up with "four parents", each having a unique influence on him,  He grew up being told he could do whatever he wanted but realized there were assumptions behind that. Over the last couple of years, he's contemplated how we can design a life not centered around work (which obviously interests me as well) and has come to some interesting conclusions. 🎥🍿 YOUTUBE: WATCH HERE 📕Buy Simone's Bo...

#145 Capitalist by Day, Spiritual by Night - Alex Hardy on achievement, Wall Street, tech startups, exiting his company, pride & suffering, his sabbatical, suppressing his curiosity and rediscovering his passions

May 15, 2023 12:40 - 1 hour - 85.7 MB

Alex was crushing it early in his career, ending up on Wall Street after getting a combined JD/MBA.  But after a few years, he went looking for his next mountain, aiming his ambition at the tech sector. He ended up co-founding LiveOak, a company he eventually sold in 2020. After that, he struggled to determine what was next and finally decided to walk away from more than a million dollars. Now he's embracing non-doing, reconnecting with his passions, and figuring out what's next. ...

#144 The Creator Pivot - Khe Hy on laying people off, collapsing course demand, seasons of creativity, having zero change in net worth in eight years, competitiveness, investing, coaching, and marriage on the pathless path

May 08, 2023 12:00 - 1 hour - 66.6 MB

In 2015 Khe left a Wall Street carrier to pursue his own path of "uncomfortable introspection", reevaluating his life. This is a constant process - Khe is always being emergent to himself. Now he finds himself at a crossroads - after a great initial success in 2020, he recently had to scale down his cohort-based course. Although laying people off was tough, Khe welcomes the change as entering a new season of creativity. 🎥🍿 YOUTUBE: WATCH HERE Links: Twitter: @khemaridh radreads....

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