The Pathless Path with Paul Millerd
The Pathless Path with Paul Millerd

The Pathless Path with Paul Millerd

Paul Millerd

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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.

Recent Episodes

#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
APR 16, 2024
#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

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.

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⌛TIMESTAMPS

  • (00:00) - Intro
  • (00:56) - The scripts that Justin grew up with
  • (09:21) - Attention and social media
  • (11:05) - Liking your job, the interest curve & having goals
  • (15:17) - Justin's burnout, finding a new path & taking ownership of your time
  • (24:52) - Not starting earlier & struggling with a results oriented mindset
  • (31:08) - Creativity, non-monetary success & business as a creative act
  • (37:31) - Being the nr. 1 LinkedIn influencer
  • (41:52) - Income goals on the solo path
  • (46:31) - The Creator MBA & Brennan Dunn
  • (51:31) - Not making the solo career a job & fears around money
  • (57:09) - Avoiding emotions, confidence
  • (01:01:39) - What's Justin excited about
  • (01:03:20) - Closing remarks

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65 MIN
#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
APR 1, 2024
#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

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.

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⌛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
  • (14:23) - "The common reader" & Why we shouldn't dismiss Gladwell
  • (17:41) - Writing
  • (21:25) - His book about the late bloomers
  • (28:10) - Penelope Fitzgerald
  • (33:38) - Is it too easy to share your writing?
  • (36:39) - The importance of finding the others
  • (40:42) - Conversations, talking to yourself and writing
  • (43:14) - Getting disappointed early
  • (47:52) - There is no actual average person, the importance of taking variability into account
  • (52:29) - How writing a book changes people
  • (55:10) - Tyler Cowen and the power of the internet
  • (57:47) - What Samuel Johnson would be working on today?
  • (59:36) - The lessons from Audrey Sutherland
  • (01:04:53) - Closing remarks

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67 MIN
#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
MAR 25, 2024
#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

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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.

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⌛TIMESTAMPS

  • (00:00) - Intro
  • (00:54) - The scripts that Matt grew up with
  • (04:40) - Growing up with the internet
  • (07:42) - Kids and technology, digital and industrial literacy
  • (13:33) - Babysitting, PhD in Philosophy and learning how to teach
  • (17:07) - Getting into Montessori
  • (19:02) - Starting the Guideposts & How to train good teachers
  • (23:50) - The pathological approach to work we learnt and how little children naturally want to help
  • (33:20) - “All work is noble”
  • (41:21) - The role of values in education through history
  • (49:03) - The Montessori system, differences in non-alphabetic writing systems
  • (54:11) - Agency as the aim of education
  • (59:22) - Advice for parents, the pros and cons of college
  • (01:06:02) - Matt’s new book & the hidden bad value system taught in modern schools
  • (01:10:16) - Closing remarks


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74 MIN
#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
MAR 18, 2024
#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

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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.

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⌛TIMESTAMPS

  • (00:00) - Intro
  • (02:14) - The scripts that Steve & Matt grew up with
  • (05:00) - Slowing down, deprogramming and unlearning
  • (11:52) - The cocoon stage
  • (14:05) - Deciding to quit
  • (18:25) - Learning from others on the path and having children
  • (25:18) - Trust
  • (28:29) - Matt's sabbatical, finding good work
  • (34:26) - No jealousy, competitiveness vs enoughness
  • (39:28) - Matt's apprenticeship with Steve
  • (48:37) - Putting yourself in a place where it's easy to help you
  • (52:35) - Downshift & Ambition
  • (01:03:06) - Marriage & Family
  • (01:10:54) - Reframing money, skiing and oatmeal
  • (01:17:15) - Launching decelerator
  • (01:21:26) - Closing remarks


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83 MIN
#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
MAR 12, 2024
#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

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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.

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⌛TIMESTAMPS

  • (00:00) - Intro
  • (01:12) - The scripts that David grew up with
  • (03:26) - David's first steps on the internet
  • (06:13) - Finding an alternative path
  • (11:11) - Advice for young YouTubers
  • (13:17) - Money, motivation, workflows and how they changed over time
  • (18:15) - Imagining life after YouTube, doubts about taking a sabbatical
  • (27:57) - Having a child
  • (31:23) - Taking time off and fans
  • (35:08) - Divisive politics, public recognition and hateful comments
  • (42:20) - Growth ceiling, YouTube colleagues and the lack of clear role models
  • (47:32) - The dynamics of creator economy, YouTube & other creative projects
  • (53:49) - David's inspirations, what does he read
  • (57:47) - Closing remarks


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59 MIN