The Pathless Path with Paul Millerd

Paul Millerd · English · 203 episodes

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TopicsFamily & parenting 21 Education 14 Psychology & relationships 12 Technology & AI 10 China & Asia 9

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, Russ Roberts, Kevin Kelly, Khe Hy, David Senra, Derek Sivers, Joe Hudson, Luke Burgis, Ben Hunt, Dan Vassallo, Steph Smith, Alex Pang, Visakan Veerasamy, Michael Ashcroft, Kyla Scalon, Trung Phan, Justin Welch, and more.

Relaunching my audiobook + publishing deal with Authors Equity

5 days ago22 min
Angie Finished Her Memoir! - Angie and Paul on the creative process, parenting, travel, writing, life challenges, and books

25 Feb1h 25m
Michael Ashcroft on Getting Lost and The Joys of Dad Life

31 Dec 20251h 10m
What's After BigLaw & Consulting? - Allie Canton & Paul Millerd On Reinvention, Parenting on The Pathless Path & as Parent

20 Nov 202558 min
Commit A Career Ending Move - Steven Foster on Permissionless Paychecks, Communal Living & Battling Life's Challenges While Pathless

13 Nov 20251h 05m
The Yoga Of Work - Andrew Taggart

8 Sep 20251h 36m
AMA Episode 200 - I answer questions on parenting, courage, being a prophet, taking risks, and money

4 Sep 202528 min
How To Retire Well: Dennis Owen on Moving Abroad, Building Community, Volunteering, Adapting to New Cultures, Creating Routine, Consulting After Retirement, Managing Money Mindset Shifts, Staying Current with Technology, Health Habits, Navigating Expat Li

25 Aug 20251h 01m
Worldschooling 2.0: Rekha Magon on Location-Independent Schooling, co-founding Boundless Life, Lessons during bed rest, rethinking family in a digital age, travel, freedom, and raising global citizens

5 Aug 20251h 04m
The Inner Game of Work: Pranab Sachi on Codependent Origination, Rob Burbea, Quake Books, Attentional Co-Piloting, Michael Taft, and "Non-Success"

28 Jul 20251h 20m
How much money do you need to quit? I debate with Nick Maggiulli (and rabbit holes: wealth > income, why COAST FIRE rocks, and more...)

21 Jul 20251h 18m
Following Your Inner Compass - Lawrence Yeo on his creative journey, sharing ideas, self-publishing, and playing the long game

8 Jul 20251h 10m
Hustle & Flow - Jack Moses on dropping out of school, hustle culture, spiritual paths, finding flow, and travel as transformation

1 Jul 20251h 14m
Paul Q&A Episode - Moving to Asia, Parenting, Preparing for Kids, Pathless Hardcover Art Edition

30 May 202526 min
Becoming A Writer - Nat Eliason on his upcoming fiction release, traditional publishing vs. self-publishing, AI tools, tinkering, readers, launch plans

14 May 20251h 15m
"Dirtbag Rich" - Blake Boles & I Talk About Extracting More Freedom From Life

17 Mar 20251h 04m
Matt Yao Interviews Me

5 Dec 202450 min
Building A Life Around Good Work (Paul Interviewed by Abel James)

6 Nov 20241h 34m
Good Work is Live! (Audiobook preview)

11 Oct 20246 min
#175 20 Families as a "Traveling Village - Nikolaj Astrup on his experiment living in Thailand, Vietnam, and Japan with 20 families from around the world

26 Jun 202442 min
#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

29 May 20241h 01m
1 Year Dad Reflections - Conversation with Sky King & Nat Eliason

13 May 20241h 23m
#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

16 Apr 20241h 05m
#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

1 Apr 20241h 07m
#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

25 Mar 20241h 14m
#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

18 Mar 20241h 23m
#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

12 Mar 202459 min
#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

27 Feb 20241h 12m
#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

20 Feb 20241h 08m
#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

13 Feb 20241h 18m
#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

5 Feb 20241h 12m
[Repost] My Nervous System Guru & Friend - Jonny Miller on His Own Pathless Path, Grief, Friendship, David Whyte & More

30 Jan 20241h 56m
#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

11 Dec 20231h 12m
[Replay] Reinventing After Quitting A Top Job At Amazon - Christine Bader

27 Nov 202344 min
[Replay] Taking a "structured sabbatical" & Calm Companies - Jacqueline Jensen

20 Nov 202343 min
[Replay] Starting a "tribe" and living on an island with three kids - Ben Keene

13 Nov 202359 min
[Replay] How "total work" took over the world - Andrew Taggart

6 Nov 20231h 08m
[Replay] We Adopted a 4-Day Workweek - Tash Walker

30 Oct 202344 min
[Replay] Living On A Boat for 1.5 Years - John Zeratsky

23 Oct 20231h 04m
[Replay] Packy McCormick on Injecting Fun To Newsletters

16 Oct 202342 min
#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

12 Oct 20231h 26m
#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

18 Sep 20231h 17m
#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

23 Aug 202348 min
#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

14 Aug 20231h 08m
#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

10 Aug 20231h 27m
#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

31 Jul 20231h 11m
#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

28 Jul 20231h 04m
#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"

24 Jul 20231h 01m
#155 Homeschooling = Future of Education? - Hannah Frankman (Repost)

17 Jul 20231h 18m
#154 Learning to "Lean Out" - Dr. Dawn Baker's Journey from Medicine to 'Leaning Out', Embracing Unconventional Paths, Living Off-Grid, and Homeschooling

11 Jul 20231h 04m
#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

3 Jul 20231h 19m
#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

26 Jun 20231h 09m
#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

19 Jun 20231h 12m
#150 - Why I Turned Down a $200k Book Deal (Solo Episode)

13 Jun 202323 min
#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

12 Jun 20231h 23m
#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

5 Jun 20231h 04m
#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"

29 May 20231h 18m
#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

22 May 20231h 06m
#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

15 May 20231h 32m
#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

8 May 20231h 11m

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