![]() Millerd’s book draws heavy influence from Tim Ferris’ books - especially “The Four Hour Workweek” - but is not a how-to guide like Ferris’ book and is not a captivating story, either. Too little of the book is spent talking about Millerd’s own experiences in embracing a life on a “pathless path” - and when he does talk about his own experiences, he holds back on the details, leaving the reader wanting a lot more. More than half of the book is dedicated to giving the reader the encouragement and the bravery to get out of the rat race. The Pathless Path is a book that itself seems to have no path, instead haphazardly taking readers on a mishmash journey through quotes and experiences from other people to bolster the author’s own assertions and ideas. Like a drive through the countryside, Millerd’s book is mostly monotonous with the occasional interesting sight. 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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