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The Pathless Path

The Pathless Path

Imagining a New Story for Work and LifeBy Paul Millerd

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The Pathless Path

Length6h 13m

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Paul thought he was on his way. From small-town Connecticut to the most prestigious consulting firm in the world, he had everything he thought he wanted. Yet he walked away to begin the "real work" of his life: finding what matters and building a life around it. The Pathless Path is about finding yourself in the wrong life, and the real work of figuring out how to live. Through painstaking experiments, life in different countries, and the goodwill of people around the world, Paul pieces together ideas and principles that take him from burned out and unfulfilled to the good life, with all the existential crises in between. Not a how-to book filled with "hacks," it's a vulnerable account of Paul's journey from a path of getting ahead toward one of doing work that matters. An ideal companion for anyone considering leaving a job, starting a new path, navigating an unconventional one, or seeking better models for work in a fast-changing world.

Audiobook details

GenreSelf-Help

Length6 hrs 13 mins

Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices

FormateBook with Audio

Publish dateJan 13, 2022

LanguageEnglish

Table of contents

1Title Page

41Will They Still Love You?

2Dedication

42II. The Pathless Path

3I. The Default Path

43Epigraph

41. Introduction

447. Wisdom of the Pathless Path

5The Default Path

45The Life-Changing Magic of Non-Doing

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6Why This Matters

46Give Me a Break

72. Getting Ahead

47Waiting for Retirement

8World Class Hoop-Jumper

48Have Fun on the Journey

9Strategy Consulting

49Reimagine Money

10Chasing Prestige

50Have a Little Faith

11The Inner Ring

518. Redefine Success

12Existential Opening

52The Second Chapter of Success

13Business School

53Prestige and “Bad Tests”

14Health Crisis

54Find Your Tribe

153. Work, Work, Work

55You Are a Bad Egg

16Where Do Work Beliefs Come From?

56Find Your “Enough”

17It Was an Anomaly!

57Beyond Scarcity Mindset

18The Meaningful Work Trap

589. The Real Work of Your Life

19Wage-based Society

59Finding Your Conversation

204. Awakening

60Design for Liking Work

21Pebble In My Shoe

61We Want To Be Useful

22A Daily Reminder

62Remembering What You Forgot

23A Fool’s Journey

63You Are Creative

24Pushing Forward

64Who Do You Serve?

25What Am I Worth?

65The World Is Waiting

265. Breaking Free

66Virtuous Meaning Cycles

27Not Who I Wanted To Be

6710. Playing the Long Game

28Email from Sarasota

68Working Backward

29Commuting in the Blob

69The Positive Side of Freedom

30Too Smart for Burnout

70Reinventing Who You Are

31The Dynamics of Mourning

71Embracing Abundance

32Fool with a Sign

72Coming Alive Over Getting Ahead

33Am I a Worker?

73Create Your Own Culture

34Possibility

74Go Find Out

356. The First Steps

75Acknowledgments

36Prototype Your Leap

76Available Now: Premium Collector’s Edition

37Wonder Tips the Scales

77Paul Millerd

38Seeing the World in a New Way

78Find The Others

39Find the Others

79Excerpt From Paul’s Book “Good Work” (Published September 2024)

40Tame Your Fears

80Notes

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