Pathless is a newsletter sent (most) weeks that offers Paul’s thoughts on our relationship with work, the history of work, self-employment, a criticism of culture PR, creativity, learning, reading and other fun topics.

He shares his writing, features reader stories and tries to go deeper than “work-life balance” in trying to understand our current state of work.

Who am I?

I “retired” from the corporate world in 2017 after ten years of working in strategy consulting and succeeding at the default path. I didn’t follow FIRE or anything like that. I just couldn’t do it any longer. I had pretended to be someone I wasn’t for too long.

My writing is focused on making sense of our weird relationship to work and how one might design a fulfilling life in the 21st century. I also write about creating online, carving an alternative life path, philosophy, business and strategy.

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👋 Hey there! I'm Paul Millerd and I write Pathless each week. I typically sit down for a few hours on Friday or Saturday and share what I’ve been thinking and interesting things I’ve read as well as use this as a space to work out half-baked thoughts which may or may not go anywhere.

imran @ImranMahmudMD

Top 3 email newsletters: 1) Not Boring by @packyM 2) Boundless by @p_millerd 3) Exponential view by @azeem

8:25 PM ∙ Jan 3, 2021

Narayan Kamath @NKoachIN

My inbox is flooded with newsletters, few of which I read. This is one I seldom miss...#80: Going Deeper on The Boomer Blockade by @p_millerd

boundless.substack.com#80: Going Deeper on The Boomer Blockade😎 Reflections on life, work & what matters

4:29 PM ∙ Jan 25, 2020

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Ben Mercer @wherebenmercer2

⁦@p_millerd⁩ writes a great newsletter on work, how to think about it and its future This one is particularly good Sunday reading #72: Sustainable Businesses, Rest & Leisure, Curiosity

boundless.substack.com#72: Sustainable Businesses, Rest & Leisure, Curiosity😎 Reflections on life, work & what matters

9:09 AM ∙ Oct 27, 2019

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Venkatesh Rao @vgr

“Too big to think” is a great turn of phrase. Applies to most big orgs, but especially (and ironically) to orgs whose raison d’etre is thinking, like consulting firms. @p_millerd unpacks the dynamics here, reflecting on the @yak_collective launch.

boundless.substack.com#92: Too Big to Think 🤔- Beyond The “Next New Normal”😷Reflections on life, work and the self-employed journey

4:00 PM ∙ May 2, 2020

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James 'Recovering Rationalist' Stuber @uberstuber

.@p_millerd is one of the few with actually good remote work advice:

boundless.substack.com#88: Don’t Follow These 14 Tips On Working Remotely, Andrew Taggart on Total Work😎 Thoughts on work, life & what matters

3:03 PM ∙ Mar 29, 2020

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The Pathless Path is a book about my journey shifting from getting ahead (achieve, achieve, achieve!) towards a path where I instead orient around “coming alive.”

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November 1, 2023

Join A Community Of Curious Humans Who Want More Than Life On The Default Path I wrote the Pathless Path after hundreds of conversations with people from around the world. What I found was that people were struggling to fit their lives into a default path that was no longer working. Many people were inventing new paths and new scripts for their lives but…

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Here are some other spaces and projects I am working on:

• ✍ My Personal Site is where I write and share deeper essays and explorations

• 🏫 StrategyU is where I run Think Like A Strategy consultant, a digital course teaching people strategy consulting “secrets.”

• 🎙 Pathless Path Podcast is my podcast and can be found across all the platforms. E-mail me guest suggestions here.

• 🤝 One of my biggest goals is to make friends across the world. I interact with curious people and explore ideas on Twitter, sometimes share pictures on Instagram and try to awaken corporate America on LinkedIn.