Paul Millerd — The Pathless Path (EP.112)

After working at McKinsey and getting an MBA from MIT, Paul Millerd was succeeding well on a path that “made sense”. However, things started changing when he had a health crisis, which ended up with him embarking on a pathless path. Since 2017, he’s been tinkering with multiple side-hustles, writing newsletters, creating podcasts, traveling, and helping others join the pathless path.

• Paul’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/p_millerd
• Paul’s newsletter: https://boundless.substack.com/
• ‘The Pathless Path’ book: https://think-boundless.com/the-pathless-path/

Show Notes:

• Having fun paying bills
• Jumping off your fitness landscape
• The first few years of being self-employed
• Connecting with the subconscious self
• Internet as an off-ramp
• How to stir up curiosity
• Lessons from DJing
• The social construct of retirement
• Internet economy requires showing up daily
• Design for liking your life
• Tinkering
• Embracing laziness
• Luxury of doing what you want
• The shift from cynicism to optimism
• Societal progress over the last decades
• What’s next for Paul?

Books Mentioned:

• The Pathless Path; by Paul Millerd
• The Body Keeps The Score; by Bessel van der Kolk