The Pathless Path with Paul Millerd – Details, episodes & analysis

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Dom is the lead guide at the VIVIFY Regerative Leadership Program. He helps leaders develop by taking them on an 8-day backpacking expedition in the Sierra mountains. Dom is passionate about preserving the natural world, staying connected to it and practicing aliveness.

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⌛TIMESTAMPS

• (00:00) - Intro
• (01:56) - The scripts Dom grew up with
• (07:18) - Dom's grandfather, a WW2 vet
• (09:43) - Experiencing hardship, confronting the fragility
• (16:57) - Dom's love of nature
• (18:39) - Stanford & Golf
• (22:19) - Balancing wilderness education and software engineering
• (31:35) - How to avoid being perpetually dissatisfied
• (33:24) - Viewing yourself as a piece of poetry
• (37:22) - How liking your work makes you better at it
• (39:13) - We're always embedded in nature
• (42:25) - How to connect with nature
• (50:47) - Leisure and wandering
• (55:10) - Being guided by intuition
• (01:02:59) - Closing remarks

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I talked with Michael Ashcroft six months before he was planning to quit his job.  We talked about his plan to quit his job, what was going through his mind, his fears and what he expected might happen.

We then chatted again three months later after he submitted his notice and checked in on how he felt

• Fear Setting Exercise
• Michael's Website

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I had a delightful conversation with Daniel Vassallo a self-employed creator for the last three years who seems to have gone through many of the same "a-has" as I have.  He walked away from Amazon despite making an absurd salary of $500,000 a year.  We talk about why he made that leap, why he would never go back and some of the unexpected lessons and insights he's learned from becoming self-employed.  

You can learn more about Dan at his site => Dan Vassallo

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Robert Litchfield & Rachael Woldoff have recently written a book titled "Digital Nomads: In search of Freedom, Community, and Meaningful Work in the new economy"

A married couple and both professors, they bring an interesting combination of perspectives.  Rachel is a sociologist specializing in urban communities and Rob is a management professor specializing in creativity and motivation.

They both moved to Bali for three months with their kids and immersed themselves in this world.  I share some of my perspectives and they share what they learned, how it impacted how they lived their life and how they see these trends impacting modern work and institutions.

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Michael Mcbride left his job almost a year ago to work on building out Idea Soup, an instagram and TikTok channel focused on helping re-inspire people’s passion for history and knowledge.

We talk about his creations over the years, how he has felt since leaving his job over the last year, what he’s learned from engaging with young people on TikTok and how he sees the future of education emerging from things like TikTok and other online platforms.

On his foundational belief: “If I had a thesis it's that education really does work and education really does matter”

His motivation and secret to his success:  He said, “I find history so crazy and weird and fascinating that I think that;s contagious.  If I had a mission it’s not to make them more educated, it’s to make them go. “How did roman's wipe their ass, that’s crazy,”

Listen to the episode to find the answer to this!

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Uri Bram is the CEO of The Browser which runs regular newsletters to help people find good articles, podcasts, and videos to read.  He has been living as a digital nomad for over seven years and also runs The Browser as a remote company.

We chat about Uri’s own journey, what it's like working with Robert Cottrell (who reads 10-12 hours a day), his early experiences becoming a kindle best-selling, how he thinks about running a remote company and some of his favorite reads worth checking out.

Articles/Books mentioned

1. In Praise of Idleness and Other Essays, Bertrand Russell
2. Derek Parfit, Reasons and Persons
3. Leadership & Solitude, William Deresiewicz
4. Disadvantages of an Elite Education, William Deresiewicz
5. Seeing Like a State, James Scott
6. How Ghost Is Structured for the Long-Term
7. The Great Works of Your Life, Cope
8. Ada Palmer, Ex Urbe
9. Susan Bryson, Aftermath
10. Salary Negotiation: Make More Money, Be More Valued, Patrick McKenzie

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Packy says that his differentiation "is that I’m going to be having more fun than most people”

I've been a big fan of the energy he's brought to his writing over the past couple of years. But he didn't set out to have a popular newsletter.  His real plan was to launch an in-person community.  

We chat about how the pandemic helped him figure out why that wasn't a good idea and how he's thinking about his solopreneur journey,

The reason I asked him on the podcast is to talk about his recent newsletter on the future of work.  He argues that “Employees will ultimately make the decision” about what work looks like post-pandemic.  I think he is mostly right and we talk about what that might mean for people's lives.

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I decided to record a short little update with my friend Travis.  What have I been up to, where have I been living throughout the pandemic and what is in store next for Reimagine Work.

If you'd like to watch on YouTube, you can do that here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Xlqe6D-HfM

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📲Connect + Follow Paul

• Twitter: @p_millerd
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🙏Further Ways To Support The Podcast:

• Accounting, Taxes, And Payroll For Your S-Corp (Ideal for $60k+ income): Collective
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