Most suffering with work comes from people overly identified with the stories and narratives they’ve cooked up about what a good, successful, or even… - Paul Millerd
" "Most suffering with work comes from people overly identified with the stories and narratives they’ve cooked up about what a good, successful, or even “normal” person is supposed to be doing with their adult life.
Most people’s desires come into conflict with these stories by the late twenties.
Then there is a choice
1. Ignore the feeling: my path until I was 32
side effects include: drinking, cynicism, health challenges
2. Face it: when I quit my job
Side effects include: triggering old friends with new questions you are asking, self doubt, uncertainty, excitement that’s hard to share
Neither path is ideal but almost everyone is happier eventually on path 2
Why?
Because it forces you to rewrite your narrative. It helps you see that your story isn’t fixed and you can rewrite it again. You’ll be able to notice the “stuckness” much earlier next time it emerges (it’s inevitable in life)
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About Paul Millerd
Paul Millerd is an independent writer, freelancer, coach, and digital creator. He has written online for many years and has built a growing audience of curious humans from around the world. He spent several years working in strategy consulting before deciding to walk away and embrace a pathless path. He is fascinated about how our relationship to work is shifting and how more people can live lives where they can thrive
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After returning to work, I felt like I had gone through a major transformation, but to my colleagues, I appeared back to normal. I was physically present but detached. Rather than participating in meetings as a good team member, I observed them as a visiting anthropologist. I saw my colleagues with new eyes. Are they happy? What kind of pain or challenges are they dealing with? Is this how they want to be spending their 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.
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if you tell someone they are bad at running, they typically don't get offended
but if you tell someone they suck at earning money, it pierces deep
you can use this to make tons of money selling info products to people.
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