Paul Millerd
Author at Author of The Pathless Path
Paul Millerd is the author of The Pathless Path: Imagining a New Story for Work and Life, exploring how to break free of the default career path and find more meaningful work.
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Episode Summary
Paul Millerd explores how to break free of the default career path, sharing practical exercises like taking three unstructured hours during a workday to reconnect with what brings you alive. He challenges the deeply embedded scripts about work that most people never question, offering a framework for reimagining what work and life could look like beyond the conventional path.
Leadership Principles
- → Take three hours during a workday to do something unstructured — pay attention to what emerges
- → Most people have never really thought about why they work beyond money
- → The scripts about being a good worker are deeply embedded and rarely questioned
Notable Quotes
"Take three hours during a workday. Block off your schedule, sneak out. Go for a walk without a destination or do something from your childhood. And just pay attention. What is emerging?"
— On the first practical step to exploring a different path for your life and work
"A lot of people have never really thought about, why do you work? People say money. Okay, that's fine. But what else? Are you trying to be a good person? Do you see a good person as somebody that works every day?"
— On questioning the deeply embedded scripts about work that most people never examine
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