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Paul Millerd
Pathless by Paul Millerd

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🙏 Thanks for joining 26k+ others and giving me a shot to stick around in your inbox! You’re receiving this because you joined my mailing list through my pathlesspath.com, pmillerd.com or through my book download on gumroad.

In 2018, I started to commit to the newsletter and started writing every week. I now look forward to setting aside time to dive into the writing process and try to untangle what went through my mind that week and explore the questions that are alive for me.

The questions I explore include:

  • Why does work seem to be the center of life for so many people?

  • If work is not the center of life, how else should one live?

  • What does it really take to reinvent your life path and why is it so hard?

  • Where do our beliefs about work come from?

  • How do you start fresh and learn new things once you enter your 30s and beyond?

  • How are others hacking a living in the modern world?

If you have any answers, musings, or reflections, you can reply. I also like to hang out and talk about these things on Twitter, YouTube & Instagram if you’d like to follow me.

A Few Things Worth Sharing

I don’t charge for my Substack and have no intention to start, but I do attempt to make a living through creative work. I have a few things that you might want to check out.

📕 I Wrote A Couple of Books - You might have heard of my more successful first one, The Pathless Path

You can buy the ebook, paperback, audiobook, pdf, or whatever you desire at the following link:

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I also recently launched a premium hardcover edition of this book too:

And shared some of my thinking around this in the following post:

📕 My second book is called “Good Work,” more about seeing work as a portal for personal growth and the puzzle of building a life around work that matters

Learn More + Purchase

🎉 I Also Have A Community - It’s A One-Time Fee

I’ve launched a community where people can “find the others,” support each other on creative projects, and hang out in an outrage-free, cozy spot on the internet. You’ll also get access to:

  • Digital copies of my book

  • Access to Reinvent and The Art of Freelance Consulting courses

  • Curated connections to other people

  • Early access to future courses and cohorts

  • Access to Monthly Hangouts and quarterly Q&A with Paul

You can learn more about the community here.

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🎙 Podcast - Subscribe to The Pathless Path Podcast

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Some of my favorite episodes here

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…and many more. Have people you want me to interview? Let me know

✍ Some Writing You Might Enjoy

Self-Publishing
Rethinking Work
Creator Economy
Reimagining The Future of Work
Reads
Freelancing
Modern Organizations & Work

My Story: Following My Curiosity

I created Boundless as an idea and a platform - to try to make sense of how we enable organizations to be more human and how we can imagine beyond the default path to let people do work that matters to them and make things like self-employment more accessible.

I am fascinated by questions that loosely make up what I am calling the “human side of work.”

Questions like “How do you unleash the creative potential in organizations?” or “What are the fears people need to overcome to take a bold leap to work on their own?” and “Are there better ways of working in the future for community, connection & our health?”

Avoiding The Hustle

When I look around and see other solopreneurs and freelancers, I see a lot of hustle. Enormous amounts of energy are put into monetizing their work and scaling their businesses.

My gut tells me that approach won’t work for most people and is likely unsustainable. I’ve made drastic cuts in my life (cutting my cost of living by almost 80%) and embraced a simple life to give myself time and space to think deeply, stay curious, and create tools and resources that will help people take action on their creative projects.

My “strategy” can be boiled down to this: A bet that defaulting to generosity and humor, building deep relationships with people, and helping people take action on their creative pursuits will help me learn and also always keep me oriented towards figuring out what to do next.

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Austin, Texas