By changing my thoughts around what my goals actually are, I could outline the steps on how to get there, as opposed to all of it floating around in my head. One of my favourite things about this book is that it helped me redefine what I want: not necessarily change what I want, but I’ve used certain words and definitions in my mind that I thought was accurate, only to now realize much of it was incorrect. And I absolutely love that! This is the book that makes you excited to actually just take take action, write, contemplate, challenge your beliefs, and go out there to seek more learning from all the authors/poets/bloggers Paul quotes in this book. He’s truly taken all that wisdom and put into action while also sharing the humongous amount of quotes with us, which means I have another 50 books added to my to-read list because of this one.

Paul Millerd is obviously someone who reads a lot. So good that you’ll need the physical book too! This book is an ideal companion for people considering leaving their jobs, embarking on a new path, dealing with the uncertainty of an unconventional path, or searching for better models for thinking about work in a fast-changing world. The Pathless Path is not a how-to book filled with “hacks” instead, it is a vulnerable account of Paul’s journey from leaving a path centered around getting ahead and toward another, one focused on doing work that matters. Through painstaking experiments, living in different countries and the goodwill of people from around the world, Paul pieces together a set of ideas and principles that guide him from unfulfilled and burned out to the good life and all of the existential crises in between. This Pathless Path is about finding yourself in the wrong life, and the real work of figuring out how to live.

Yet he decided to walk away and embark on the 'real work' of his life-finding the things that matter and daring to create a life to make them happen. From a small-town Connecticut kid to the most prestigious consulting firm in the world, he had everything he thought he wanted. It takes a few wrong turns to find the right way.

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