The Pathless Path with Paul Millerd
231 episodes - English - Latest episode: 21 days ago - ★★★★★ - 30 ratingsThe 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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Geography & Culture Side Hustle Experiments w/ Rohith
October 17, 2019 11:00 - 21 minutes - 19.8 MBI'm experimenting with some shorter episodes where I explore side hustles and creative experiments with people taking action on experiments they are excited about. This one features Rohith Amruthur, creator of the Lost Geographer, which you can learn more about here. If you have any suggestions or want to come on the podcast, shoot me an e-mail. If you'd like to support this podcast you can do so here.
The Phases & Emotional Journey Of Making A Work Shift (Stephen Warley)
September 19, 2019 13:28 - 49 minutes - 45.2 MBI had a 2nd conversation with Stephen about the phases and emotional experiences of what a shift looks like. He's coached hundreds of people so has a good understanding of what people typically face. I created this as part of my curious exploration of making sense of what it takes to reinvent in the modern world. If you want to support the podcast, you can go here. 📕Buy Paul’s Book (50k+ Sold): The Pathless Path 😁 Join Hundreds On Unconventional Paths: Pathless Path Community 📲...
Good Writing & Doing Work That Matters (Andy Sparks, CEO Holloway)
September 04, 2019 09:43 - 1 hour - 61.1 MBAndy Sparks founded a company called Holloway, which is trying to solve the problem of sharing knowledge online. He shared how his startup is trying to combine beauty, writing & deep knowledge to complex topics like Venture Capital and Hiring. We talk about his journey, how he started writing, the professor that changed his life in college and how his father has influenced his approach to work & life. He also shares how he thinks about "a lake" as a metaphor for life and how he...
Coworking That Works & The 10k Independents Project - Alex Hillman, Indy Hall
August 21, 2019 09:39 - 1 hour - 58.6 MB" coworking at its best isn’t an occupancy based business at all. If the only time your members can get value from their membership is when they’re in the room, you’re limiting the potential of your community " Alex Hillman runs one of the longest running co-working spaces in the world - Indy Hall - in Philadelphia. He thinks the word "coworking" has lost some of its meaning and that many companies are running "spreadsheet businesses" rather than cultivating community. "That leve...
Should Everyone Have A Coach? (Ben Brooks, Founder of Pilot)
June 19, 2019 11:00 - 1 hour - 59.3 MBYears ago, Ben wrote that his personal mission statement was “to help people reach their full potential” and our conversation touches on this theme in many different ways. Ben is a former car rental pro turned consultant turned HR executive. His work in HR landed him on the cover of Human Resource Executive but instead of staying on the path to CEO he decided to carve his own path. Our conversation touches on a number of issues including coaching, entrepreneurship, how his relati...
What living on a boat for 18 months can teach you about work & life (John Zeratsky)
June 12, 2019 14:49 - 1 hour - 60.7 MBJohn 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...
Hannah Wei on her nomadic life, Muay Thai fights, Tinder experiments & community
June 05, 2019 11:00 - 49 minutes - 45 MBHannah Wei has been living as a digital nomad for the last four years traveling across the US, Canada and Southeast Asia. When she is not working as a product consultant, she trains in Muay Thai, photographs people, and collaborates on local initiatives. In our conversation we touch on many things, including: Her upbringing in China and move to the US Her creative inspirations as a child and how that evolved as she got older Her experiment to code a bot to swipe on Tinder and...
Microadventures, Long-term Travel & Busking Through Europe (Alastair Humphreys
May 22, 2019 09:00 - 42 minutes - 38.5 MBI talked to Alastair Humphreys after he had returned the previous night from a micro-adventure. It wasn't a four year biking trip or a challenging long walk across the desert (he's done that though!), but instead a short overnight camping trip with himself to re-connect with nature and his adventurous spirit. He helps others think about how they can design similar micro-adventures to find joy in the "5 to 9" rather than doing everything in service of the 9 to 5. Links Mentioned: ...
Dreaming, starting a tribe & living on an island with three kids (Ben Keene)
May 15, 2019 10:00 - 1 hour - 55.5 MBAfter 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 ...
Heather McGowan on learning, adapting & identity in the future of work
May 08, 2019 10:00 - 50 minutes - 46.3 MBHeather McGowan is the most thoughtful writer and speaker I follow on the future of work. She is able to connect the dots between work, culture, society and identity in a way that has captured the attention of many individuals, companies and universities around the world. Heather’s career is also a perfect example of the type of path and work that was not possible in the past. Reflecting on her path she admits “this field just sort of emerged.” As her career has shifted more tow...
Building A Company And Life Filled With Joy (Rich Sheridan, CEO)
May 01, 2019 10:35 - 1 hour - 61.4 MBRich fell in love with coding as a child but lost that passion when coding just turned into a job in the late 1990s. As he looked around and saw everyone overwhelmed in his industry, he decided to take a different path. He co-founded of Menlo Innovations in 2001 with a personal mission to end human suffering in the workplace. He is also the author of two books Joy, Inc. and Chief Joy Officer. Hear about his company has achieved gender diversity in the workforce, introduced pay ...
A Mission-Driven Life & Career (Jerel Bonner)
April 24, 2019 10:52 - 47 minutes - 43.4 MBJerel calls himself one of the original "job-hoppers." While he never found a great fit in the corporate world, in the 1980s, he was inspired by Steven Covey to develop a "personal mission statement." He used this to shape his decisions in life. In the early 2000's he decided to shake it up and headed to China for what turned into a 14 year journey of learning and adventure. To learn more about Jerel click here. ---------- Boundless => Reimagine Work 📕Buy Paul’s Book (50k+ So...
How To Fill Your Morning With Purpose & Joy (Craig Kulyk)
April 17, 2019 11:00 - 54 minutes - 50.3 MBI met Craig at a conference called The World Domination Summit and when he introduced himself he gave me a pack of tea with his business card on it. Everything he does is like this - packed with thoughtfulness and humor. Craig is also the creator of the Morning effect, something he ended up being passionate about after going from someone that hated mornings to a morning advocate over the past 7 years. He defines the morning effect as: "the principle that what you choose to do in ...
Beyond Average: Co-Creating A Life & Company (Tanya Zhang & Wesley Kang, NimbleMade.com)
April 10, 2019 10:00 - 55 minutes - 50.9 MBWesley Kang and Tanya Zhang are the co-founders of Nimble Made, an e-commerce clothing brand that makes “actually slim” dress shirts. Before taking the leap to work full-time on their business, they worked in the corporate world in New York City. As first generation Asian-Americans, they had achieved “success” - good jobs, good salary. They were on their way. However, deep down both wanted something a little more. Some of Tanya’s challenges working as a freelance graphic desig...
Lessons from 13 years of entrepreneurship & living nomadically (Chris Kirkland)
April 03, 2019 10:00 - 52 minutes - 48.2 MBChris Kirkland is a bootstrapped entrepreneur who has been living nomadically since 2006 and is the founder of several web businesses including artweb.com and tokyocheapo.com. We talk about how he has experimented with money, creativity, health and his lifestyle over the past 13 years. His nomadic journey started when he took a trip to Japan and after two days decided "fuck it," I'm going to stay a bit longer. We talk about his journey, entrepreneurship and his life experiments ...
Creating Art Filled With Magic (Martha Balaile)
March 27, 2019 10:00 - 30 minutes - 27.7 MBMartha Balaile is a fantasy illustrator living in Cape Town, South Africa originally from Tanzania. Her mission is to figure out how magic, mythology and fantasy can have an impact on real life. She’s also the wonderful creator of the new cover art for this podcast. Martha aspired to create “art that is filled with subtle lessons on living a magical and adventurous life.” Two of the lessons she has found: Go with the flow Be aware of fear We explore these a bit and she shar...
Reimagine Work & A Short Update From Paul
March 20, 2019 10:17 - 21 minutes - 19.5 MBA quick little update from Taipei. A couple links from the podcast: Revisiting Keynes Prediction for a Post-Work 2030 in “Economic Possibilities for Our Grandchildren” Luke Kanies Podcast Interview Curiosity Conversation With Paul Would love any feedback - e-mail Paul. 📕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 You...
From the basketball court to the yoga mat via the corporate world (Gabi Macra)
March 13, 2019 10:51 - 48 minutes - 44 MBGabi Macra was a top Canadian basketball player that never really thought about the "life after basketball" before dealing with a major injury towards the end of her college career. Instead of following any sort of traditional path, she headed East to Japan where she came to teach English. She loved her experience there and now reflects on the immense value of learning how to teach and coach others helped her in the following years. Instead of heading back to Canada, she headed ...
Learning To Quit & Life Reinvention (Christine Bader)
March 06, 2019 10:04 - 46 minutes - 42.2 MBChristine 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...
Building & Investing In Calm Companies (Tyler Tringas)
February 13, 2019 13:28 - 1 hour - 55.9 MBTyler Tringas is an entrepreneur and traveler. He's started two companies (one worked!) and now is founding Earnest Capital where he wants to help companies avoid going into $50,000 of credit card debt (like he did) to start technology companies. We talk about how this type of investing vehicle can help transcend some of the pressures to "scale at all costs" in ways that may not be suitable for most companies. Topics Digital nomads Starting a company Bootstrapping How to sell...
Paul on success, storytelling, learning & experiments (UX Gorilla Interview)
February 08, 2019 03:14 - 45 minutes - 105 MBI joined the amazing Jagriti Pande for a fun conversation around a number of different topics. You can subscribe to her master series on UX designers and other creatives here. Her amazing editing, way-too-kind-intro and fun clip at the beginning were such an amazing gift. Let me know what you think! 📕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: Subs...
Launching Uncommonly: One Year Later (Chris Donohoe)
January 30, 2019 11:56 - 33 minutes - 30.4 MB"I didn't think I'd be turning down work and choosing not to grow" I spoke with Chris Donohoe one year ago about his just-announced launch of his consulting firm, Uncommonly. He's more committed to carving his own path than ever and we walk through some of the lessons learned, pivots and his long-term strategy. Chris breaks down what he's learned over the past year, how he has started coaching people one-on-one and how he is thinking about structuring his time and day. Topics Disc...
Guest Episode: Joe Dumars x Adam Grant x Cody Royle
January 23, 2019 10:00 - 1 hour - 62.6 MBThis episode is a special treat from friends of Boundless, Cody Royle, who came on the podcast last year to talk about what the business world can learn from sports. I wanted to share a special episode from his podcast that was just launched featuring the NBA great Joe Dumars and workforce research great Adam Grant. I thought the three of them had a special conversation. If you want to subscribe to Where Others Won't do so here: Itunes Overcast Website 📕Buy Paul’s Book (50k+ So...
Learning, Self-Employment & Making Business More Human (Mike Tannenbaum)
January 16, 2019 11:29 - 49 minutes - 45.6 MBMike was always a self-driven creator, developing TI-83 apps for his classmates to keep track of their grades from an early age. He spent a lot of time "head in in the clouds, making things." It is no surprise then, that he eventually found that self-employment was the right fit after several years of trying to make it work in the corporate world. Mike and I dive into his path in which he slowly made sense of the fact that it was time to take the leap to self-employment. As he was ...
10 Career Myths We Should Stop Believing (Jeff Hittner)
January 09, 2019 13:17 - 1 hour - 69.2 MBJeff Hittner of Your Project X and Paul talk about their favorite 10 career myths. They dive deep into the beliefs and mindsets that drive these beliefs while making an argument for people to reflect at a deeper level to shift past the default to contemplate a wide range of options Readable Version: Top 10 Myths Myth #1 - "Once I land my dream job / make $X a year, I'll be happy" (2:35) Myth #2 - "I need to find my passion" (7:15) Myth #3 - "I should never take a pay cut" (14:15...
Mini Episode: Five Things Before You Leap: Lessons From The Self-Employed
December 21, 2018 10:51 - 8 minutes - 8.06 MBIn this short episode, I talk about the five lessons I've found that help people make the leap to self-employment: Find a friend taking a different path Re-define your relationship with money Build up your "eff you" fund Teach others something Find a way to make money other than full-time income Full Article | This episode is also a YouTube video For More With Boundless: Consider supporting the podcast on Patreon Join 110+ People Carving Their Own Paths In The Slack Communi...
Bryan Victor's Education: wedding planning, year-long travel & building a visual animation studio
December 12, 2018 11:00 - 51 minutes - 46.7 MBBryan Victor has never taken a traditional path but he doesn’t know any other way. Perhaps that is why he started his own podcast in Singapore, Misfits, which interviews unconventional Singaporeans. At 20, he saved up $10,000 while he was serving required military time and decided he would travel the world for a year. During the trip, he realized this was all the “schooling” he needed (see 10 things I learned). After learning how he could live simply on very little money, he knew t...
Why every company should adopt the 4-day workweek (Tash Walker)
December 05, 2018 11:03 - 46 minutes - 42.1 MBTash 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...
The Real (Human) Gig Economy
November 28, 2018 14:53 - 35 minutes - 32.2 MBAmid all the buzzwords and reports on the future of work, I find Sarah Kessler's stories about the gig economy to be the most insightful and the most human. Her stories and her book, Gigged, give an accurate picture of some of the upsides of the gig economy, but also some of the downsides. She shares stories of people that are sleeping in their office making five cents per task on Amazon's Mechanical Turk to creative freelancers who can make six-figure salaries working from anywhere. She...
The Humans Behind The Gig Economy (Sarah Kessler, Quartz)
November 28, 2018 14:53 - 36 minutes - 33.9 MBAmid all the buzzwords and reports on the future of work, I find Sarah Kessler's stories about the gig economy to be the most insightful and the most human. Her stories and her book, Gigged, give an accurate picture of some of the upsides of the gig economy, but also some of the downsides. She shares stories of people that are sleeping in their office making five cents per task on Amazon's Mechanical Turk to creative freelancers who can make six-figure salaries working from anywh...
Screw The Cubicle
November 14, 2018 17:44 - 1 hour - 56.3 MBLydia Lee was a self-described "multi-potentialite" growing up and loves to experiment and play games growing up. You can probably draw a straight line from her hosting television shows for the stuffed animals in her room to her current YouTube channel Screw The Cubicle TV. However, life is never that simple. Lydia is based in Bali where she is the Founder and Corporate Escape Coach of Screw The Cubicle, a movement to inspire people to break free from the shackles of conventional work. Fro...
Screw The Cubicle (Lydia Lee)
November 14, 2018 17:44 - 1 hour - 58 MBLydia Lee was a self-described "multi-potentialite" growing up and loves to experiment and play games growing up. You can probably draw a straight line from her hosting television shows for the stuffed animals in her room to her current YouTube channel Screw The Cubicle TV. However, life is never that simple. Lydia is based in Bali where she is the Founder and Corporate Escape Coach of Screw The Cubicle, a movement to inspire people to break free from the shackles of conventional w...
How A Remote Company Enables Freedom, Trust & Digital Dance Parties (Wade Foster, CEO of Zapier.com)
November 07, 2018 11:00 - 49 minutes - 39.5 MBWade Foster was graduating during the worst recession in the past 100 years and traditional employers were simply not hiring anyone. He reached out to a local software company in Missouri and talked them into hiring him to work on marketing. The experience "opened his eyes" to the digital world and the enormous opportunities that were beginning to emerge. He also tapped into a "thirst for developing new skills" that pushed him to learn how to code. The idea for Zapier emerged from ...
"My Name Is Nemo and I Don't Do Small Talk"
October 31, 2018 06:31 - 51 minutes - 47.6 MBNemo Ashong's bold vision is "a truly inclusive and empowered world" He helps people to be fully expressed and to be more authentic, be more unique and be more powerful. This conversation brought out some vulnerability in both of us and we barely scratched the surface around some tough topics like diversity, & inclusion. I live for this type of tough conversation and appreciate that podcasts give the kind of space to explore topics with nuance. I'm not sure we ended up with any cle...
Ervin Ling On Escaping The Corporate World At 30 To Travel The World
October 24, 2018 10:00 - 40 minutes - 37.3 MBErvin Ling followed the default path as an actuary, passing test after test. After passing all the tests, he found himself working harder than he was ever working. As he stared at the television and saw his friends on TV during a weekend trip to the Final Four, he realized he didn't want to keep doing this. He declared (after a few drinks, nonetheless) to his friends, "If UConn wins the national championship, I'm going to quit my job." As any good number-driven actuary would, he didn't qui...
Ted Bauer: The Absurdity Of The Corporate World & Real Future Of Work
October 17, 2018 09:29 - 36 minutes - 29.5 MBTed Bauer is a freelance writer and content strategist who writes prolifically about the future of work. In this episode, he talks about some of his experiences in the corporate world. He shares a story of how he broke the record for the number of story ideas when he first joined ESPN which both captures his frustrations with the corporate world and also illuminates his process of how he generates new ideas for his writing. We talk a bit about technology and his view is that people...
Shayne Spencer on the dumb idea project and how failing econ helped him start his firm
October 10, 2018 10:00 - 43 minutes - 40 MBWhile Shayne has built a successful marketing consulting firm, there was no "plan" to do this. His first exposure to marketing was out of necessity - his professor let students boost their low economics grades by joining the marketing group he ran. Shayne quickly applied the lessons to his DJ gigs on the side in college and became more interested in how to build real relationships with people through incredible experiences. He brings this same passion to his work today. Shayne has had many...
YuTing Chiu on cultural sound differences, building instruments & creative expression
October 03, 2018 09:00 - 37 minutes - 34.2 MBThe 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): Collective Looking for alternatives to traditional health insurance in the US? Check out Crowdhealth I use Transistor to host this podcast. It rocks. Launch Yours Here I reco...
Jacqueline Jensen on sabbaticals, rethinking work and building a "calm company"
September 26, 2018 09:00 - 44 minutes - 41 MBJacqueline 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...
Dr. Laura Gallaher on using humor at work, leadership at NASA after crisis, and building a business traveling the world
September 19, 2018 09:00 - 1 hour - 59.4 MBDr. Laura Gallaher joins me from Serbia, where she is part of Remote Year, a community that travels to twelve locations within a year with a cohort of people working remotely. Laura is an organizational psychologist who studied humor and communication in the workplace and notably completed a dissertation with "that's what she said" in the title (office fans, anyone?). With a title like that it was probably clear that Academia would be too limiting for her. We talk a bit about humor...
Andrew Taggart, Practical Philosopher, on how "total work" is taking over our lives
September 12, 2018 09:00 - 1 hour - 63.6 MBAndrew 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 wri...
Podcast Update, Digital Course Experiment & Moving To Asia
August 08, 2018 10:10 - 10 minutes - 10.1 MBPaul provides a summer update: Shifting the podcast from making sense of the future of work => "The Human Side Of The Future Of Work" Early lessons from the digital course experiment, Solopreneur Shift I'm moving to Asia... Boundless Links My article on beanie babies and doing things that don't make sense = > yes, please Check out the latest tools, including the Freelance Target Income Calculator Want an e-mail of 5 good reads every Sunday? Subscribe to #boundlessreads **Thi...
Tony Triumph on growing up entrepreneurial, moving to NYC with $300 and building incredible relationships
July 18, 2018 13:37 - 57 minutes - 52.7 MBTony grew up around entrepreneurs but did not use the label at the time. At age 19, he was going to college in Maryland and felt the pull to something bigger. He decided to move to New York City with $300 to his name and started modeling to pay the bills. He got a lot of pushback from the people in his life about the move but knew he had to take the leap. Despite many setbacks and almost running out of many several times, he kept his head down and stayed in the city, saying to him...
Rohan Rajiv on learning through 3500+ daily blog posts, writing and parenting
June 20, 2018 15:41 - 44 minutes - 40.9 MBThe 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): Collective Looking for alternatives to traditional health insurance in the US? Check out Crowdhealth I use Transistor to host this podcast. It rocks. Launch Yours Here I reco...
Reflections: One year of freelancing, experiments & other people's reactions
June 13, 2018 19:28 - 20 minutes - 18.3 MBIn this short "reflection" episode, I check in on where my head is at one year into my freelance journey and share some of the opportunities I have had, how I have changed my mindset over the last year and how people have reacted to me carving a different path in the world. Some things mentioned in the show: Links: Awakening - Quitting The Default Path Questioning Work 📕Buy Paul’s Book (50k+ Sold): The Pathless Path 😁 Join Hundreds On Unconventional Paths: Pathless Path Communi...
Luke Kanies on his journey from commune to CEO and why people hate working for big companies
June 06, 2018 14:21 - 48 minutes - 44.1 MBLuke grew up on a commune and then ended up as a co-founder and CEO of a startup that raised $87 million. He talks about his unique path and how that shaped his thoughts about building an organization. He raises the central tension of organizations in a free market economy - the fact that our corporations are run more like authoritarian states with centrally planned economies than free-markets. We talk about lessons he learned as he built his company and his perspective that he shar...
Candace Cabrera Moore, fearless yoga entrepreneur on building a global business, brand and community
May 30, 2018 10:00 - 52 minutes - 48.1 MBCandace was first inspired by her mother who always looked for solutions to problems rather than admitting defeat so always had an entrepreneurial spirit. She had also been practicing yoga for several years (also with her mother) before deciding to invest more time and signing up for a Yoga workshop in Thailand while recovering from a challenging case of lyme disease. This leap of faith led to her thinking about yoga more seriously and starting to experiment with different projects such as ...
Stephen Warley on the biggest shift since the industrial revolution (Episode 19)
May 23, 2018 11:00 - 45 minutes - 41.5 MBStephen has been self-employed for more than 18 years. At first, it was by accident. He referred to himself as a “reluctant freelancer.” We talk about how that mindset evolved into one where he now sees self-employment as THE option for today’s world. He is the founder of Life Skills That Matter, a platform, and community to help people to build the real skills they need to build a life they are proud of. There are many future of work “thought leaders” but that title would sell Ste...
Nita Baum on how to "be free" and self-employed (Episode 18)
May 09, 2018 18:52 - 1 hour - 60 MBNita Baum is a rock star self-employed freelancer. She has been working on her own for over a decade and now splits her time across many domains, describing herself as an "entrepreneur, co-creator, facilitator, mentor-coach, and community-builder." A lot of her current work focuses on supporting and working with people who are carving their own paths as freelancers, which evolved from her helping hundreds of people informally over the year. In 2013, she turned this into a business, ...
Boundless/Unleashed: Paul on the future of work, freelancing and his media diet (Episode 17)
May 02, 2018 11:00 - 41 minutes - 38.1 MBThis was an interview of Paul on the Unleashed podcast hosted by Will Bachman, who is the founder of Umbrex, a platform for independent consultants. Will's podcast interviews many freelancers who are working independently and I can't recommend it enough. Check out the unleashed Podcast => Subscribe Today ------ Weekly #BoundlessReads Newsletter - 5 Things Every Week: Subscribe Now Book Recommendations Mentioned: Designing Your Life, Burnett How Will You Measure Your Life, Chri...