![]() ![]() Summary & Notes on The Pathless Path The Default Path What is holding me back as a fixed point?.What should I add as a fixed point to my life?.What are my fixed points in life? Are they impacted by my upbringing? Should I change that?.“If work dominated your every moment, would life be worth living?” - Andrew Taggart.When should you be conscious about your dreams and avoid the default path? After finishing high school: going to university or not, finding a place to live, picking a profession.Is this a decision I make to avoid feeling stuck?.I don’t give you a detailed summary of the Pathless Path, but rather I share some questions the book sparked, the main concepts, and my favorite quotes: Questions to ask after reading The Pathless Path But it is covering several important and under-discussed topics like our relationship to work. It’s a book about recent trends which may make it less relevant in five years. ![]() It took longer than I expected to find the value in the author’s work, but there are original ideas, good stories, and resources worth revisiting in The Pathless Path. I like to rage about books before giving my five cents. ![]() It also outlines the recent trends and the future of working. The Pathless Path is at the intersection of self-help and business/money books. Though sharing the sixth point of view to back up a concept sounds good but makes the book less readable. Paul did his research and going through his footnotes is valuable by itself. It started to get a little bit boring here for me because of the repeated elements. After this Paul Millerd jumps between his personal story and explains it with the previously introduced concepts.We can find here exercises, good questions to ask, and valuable resources we can revisit later. Then the author borrows concepts, stories, and examples from others to back up his Pathless Path theory.The Pathless Path is started by the author sharing his personal journey, his challenges and doubts.But he does so much more (maybe too much). I had mixed feelings while reading Paul’s book.įirst I had the hunch that the only thing he does is revisit Tim Ferris’s 4-hour work week a few years later and point out possibilities on how others are hacking a living in the modern world. ![]() He shares his departure from the Default Path and his ongoing exploration of the Pathless Path. The author, Paul Millerd is a former strategy consultant turned writer, and digital creator. We follow the Default Path, while there are other options. Sometimes with the goal to be seen as successful, but often just because we don’t have better ideas. We choose schools, apply for jobs, buy houses and construct our life to be similar to our peers. Breaking Free: Quitting my job and taking the dealing with the loss of an important identityĦ.We are looking for patterns and copying them our whole life. Awakening: The start of a slow but steady drift towards a breaking point while I discover an inner creative and experimental energy that needs to be expressedĥ. Work, Work, Work: An exploration into the history of work and trying to make sense of our current relationship to work around the world and some of the fundamental flawsĤ. Getting Ahead: My journey of learning how to become a "hoop-jumper," breaking into strategy consulting, going to business school, and then how dealing with the loss of my health and someone important changes what I valueģ. Introduction: An exploration of the default path of success, what the pathless path really is about, and why it mattersĢ. Exploring the history of work through my own aggressive pursuit of a prestigious and impressive careerġ. ![]()
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