A Pebble In My Shoe (Excerpt From The Pathless Path)
An excerpt from Chapter 4 of The Pathless Path, on the stages people go through before leaving the default path
Personal Reflections & Essays
Blog
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Leaning Into Ambition & Deeper Commitments: (Still) Enjoying The Journey | 2022 Annual Review
My 2022 year in review: publishing The Pathless Path, 2.5x income growth, finding community in Austin, and learning that ambition doesn't have to mean compromise.
Personal Reflections & Essays
The “Wild Problem” Of A Life Well Lived: A Book Review of Russ Roberts' Wild Problems
A review of Russ Roberts' Wild Problems and why the biggest life decisions can't be solved with logic. The upsides of bold leaps are impossible to imagine beforehand.
Books & Reading
Selling My Time Too Cheap: How Full-Time Year-Round Work Blinds Us To The Joys of Life
I sold my time at a bargain for too long. After five years of self-employment, I realized how unnatural it is to trade most of your waking life for a paycheck.
Personal Reflections & Essays
The Inspiration Deficit - Or Why So Many Young People Still Crave More Challenging Work
Young people aren't lazy or entitled. They're starving for inspiration in a working world that offers far less challenge and growth than it did a generation ago.
Modern Careers
Too Big To Think: Why Prestigious Institutions Stopped Generating Good Ideas
Why have our most generative institutions of the 20th century become \"too big to think\" and how is the internet creating new spaces for ideas?
Organizations & Culture
Don't Find A Niche, Find A Mode
Finding a niche is not helpful early in a creator journey. Instead find a mode where you can keep showing up and feel connected to yourself
Creativity & The Creator Economy
Ship, Quit & Learn - A Framework for Finding Work Worth Doing
Ship, quit & learn - a proven framework for finding the work worth doing. It's a way to detach from outcome and explore without pressure
Creativity & The Creator Economy
My "Creative Engine": A Curiosity-First Second Brain Approach For Creating Online
How to develop a habit for creating online in a way that helps you keep the habit going and that makes your life better
Creativity & The Creator Economy
Finishing My Book, From Mexico to Taiwan to the US | 2021 Annual Review
This annual review reflects on 2021 for Paul personally and professionally and shares financial results from the business
Personal Reflections & Essays
Do We Really Want Happiness? Lessons from Socrates, Kahneman & Maslow
Why did Daniel Kahneman give up on the idea that people want to be happy and what can we learn from Maslow's real research?
Wisdom, Success & Philosophy
Designing Your Own Infinite Game In The Creator Economy
The five principles I follow in order to plan an infinite game in the creator economy with the whole goal of having fun along the way
Creativity & The Creator Economy