The golden handcuffs are a huge problem in professional services. (For me, the world of architecture, planning, engineering.) So glad to be free of corporate now.
This was a particularly impactful letter...there’s a lot here that I’ll be reflecting on this week!
This snippet from the Anna Quindlen speech really jumped out at me, though: “All of you want to do well. But if you do not do good, too, then doing well will never be enough.” I’ll be returning to that thought over and over.
I enjoyed this post and can relate to so many of the points, especially this one: "the things we make up to keep ourselves busy will look increasingly silly. But we’ll take them really fucking seriously."
I read your book last August, I'm currently 3 months into my own journey and just published my 3 month update:
“I’ll figure it out as I go.”
Paul’s epitaph, probably
The golden handcuffs are a huge problem in professional services. (For me, the world of architecture, planning, engineering.) So glad to be free of corporate now.
A bunch of what was in this newsletter helped and inspired me this morning - thanks!
This was a particularly impactful letter...there’s a lot here that I’ll be reflecting on this week!
This snippet from the Anna Quindlen speech really jumped out at me, though: “All of you want to do well. But if you do not do good, too, then doing well will never be enough.” I’ll be returning to that thought over and over.
Thanks for the shoutout Paul! 🙌🏽 🙌🏽
I enjoyed this post and can relate to so many of the points, especially this one: "the things we make up to keep ourselves busy will look increasingly silly. But we’ll take them really fucking seriously."
I read your book last August, I'm currently 3 months into my own journey and just published my 3 month update:
https://mayhempursuits.substack.com/p/what-happens-when-you-stop-working
Thanks for this, keep them coming!