Paul Millerd Quotes

Literally just do one thing unlike most of the other people in your life like even biking to work and you already have an interesting life

from Dolly Parton: "Find out who you are and do it on purpose."⁠10

every tweet is a gift to a fellow hypercurious very online nerd who wants to dance in the frontier of your conversation

We like to think that once we “make it” we can finally be ourselves, but based on who the companies selected, it was clear that the longer people stay at a company, the higher odds that they would become what the company wanted. I realized I didn’t want that to happen to me.

people talking about work in terms of energy are basically right

in our lifetime vast amounts of work we used to have to "grind" on are going to become just a matter of compute and energy

Before you quit your job, money is the resource you want to conserve.

After, it’s time

The pathless path is an alternative to the default path. It is an embrace of uncertainty and discomfort. It’s a call to adventure in a world that tells us to conform. For me, it’s also a gentle reminder to laugh when things feel out of control and trusting that an uncertain future is not a problem to be solved.

life is not a personal project on yourself

for a small portion of people, grinding harder is probably right

for most people, grinding less is ideal. working in sprints, designing for a more sustainable pace.

but those who grind want the best for you, they are just shocked you forgo so much shareholder value

We are at the beginning of infinity of everything. This is why exploring ideas is beautiful. Not to build an audience, not to become successful. But simply to push that frontier.

You don’t need to be afraid of
Being mediocre
Not living out your potential
Not hitting MRR goals

You should be afraid of going down someone’s course funnel too far toward the high ticket upsell

Every post is an offer

Having faith is admitting that you don't have all the answers for what comes next. Another phrase I've found useful to describe this state of mind is what the spiritual teacher Tara Brach calls "radical acceptance," which she says "is the willingness to experience ourselves and our lives as it is."

I don’t know what the future is going to look like and that’s okay

I have a suspicion that a whole bunch of energy will get unlocked. I'll just start doing things, and creating things and talking to people, and going to places…that I cannot fundamentally imagine right now, and it will be that stuff that shapes my life going forward…I am curious what else will show up.⁠3 He was able to take the leap because he had tapped into the power of wonder, enabling him to be excited about an uncertain future.