Paul Millerd Quotes

a life of steady success sort of requires being fully absorbed in a worldview of seeing succcess as a fundamental building block of life

I think when you leave this, it can take quite a bit of time to let go of needing things to work

Some people think I have it figured out

I don’t. Quite uncertain about this path the next few years. Not sure if things will work.

But I will just keep trying stuff and seeing where it takes me.

The big shift I have made is not seeing uncertainty as a problem to be solved.

Generally I’ve seen that finding a satisfying life path is easier if you quit your job before you are “financially independent” whatever that means to you.

Post exit founders often struggle the most because they can’t just turn it “on” again. Their skills is doing a whole years long pursuit. So there is more resistance to running that back. But for the most part they do just end up running it back. The happiest tend to be the ones that don’t do it to run away from the inner feelings that crop up post exit

The problem with making lots of money is that people tend to overindex on using the skill of making money as a way to spend one’s time.

Doing new things not only means less money but being bad at something.

True creatives want their ideas to constantly be challenged

once you are on the pathless path, defining your own constraints and fixed points is not a choice, it’s essential to thriving on your journey.

if you follow the habits of successful people you will simply have acquired additional habits and tasks to do

I suspect that almost everyone must find their own unique way for their own quirky psychology

this is like the only lesson you need to know from self-help

Everyone faces a fork in the road

Surrender to your interests or surrender to the market

Frenetic “do everything for success” mode often pairs with a disconnect from the work itself. If you deeply enjoy what you do there is no rush.

Rush is a product of a desire for escape no matter how small

You can basically enlighten yourself through tweeting. And people use this platform to optimize for followers with content teams instead

I’m that weird guy that invests the difference between rent and what I’d spend on a house and uses it to buy freedom and less hassle

It definitely wasn’t a sudden realization. It’s a little bit like having a pebble in your shoe, where you’re walking and something is off, and it’s mildly uncomfortable.”⁠1

We may never keep up with the current reality of work. The weird period where everyone danced to the same story is over. Now it’s just perma weird.

It’s hard to convince people who have not let go of their attachment to thoughts and work identity among other things how delightful literally doing nothing and not moving toward goals can be

Retiring early is silly. No amount of money will save you.

Retire from bad work as fast as possible to do stuff you care about. Create. Parent. Play. Travel. Learn. Build.

More people should listen to FIRE people. But mostly the ones that already retired and figured this out

life is art, if you let it