The Pathless Path: Imagining a New Story For Work and Life

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Peer through the veil of reality as you use your spirit sight to uncover the secrets of the past and find your path through this pathless land. In the 1500s, Martin Luther and John Calvin expanded this definition as part of what is now known as the Protestant Reformation.

Paul questions himself that he is not being true to himself and he would need to get creative to bring forward his values of what he wants in his life.In the year 1645, Japanese swordsman Miyamoto Musashi wrote in The Book of Five Rings , “from one thing, know ten thousand. This is the hidden upside of the pathless path and a reason why finding work that aligns with what matters to you and makes you feel useful is so important. Automation, remote work, consistent travel, entrepreneurship, being a brand, prioritizing experiences over possessions, grinding (sometimes), prioritizing mental health over the grind (other times).

You’d take it for granted – softness would be boring – it wouldn’t even really exist because it would be so omnipresent. With this approach, it doesn’t make sense to chase any financial opportunity if you can’t be sure that you will like the work.Without a cloud, there will be no rain; without rain, the trees cannot grow: and without trees, we cannot make paper.

I will guess–based on the Twitter users I saw endorsing The Pathless Path– that most readers of Millerd envisioned would know the term prototype from entrepreneurship. This path doesn't make him rich with money but does make him wildly rich in time, connections, and meaning. We stay in familiar environments that are painful because the unknown brings discomfort that is hard to predict. While my writing hasn’t made me famous or rich, it has been vital for staying energised and being able to connect with people that share my curiosities. Even when talking about his accomplishments however, he does not do so in a way that feels like he is bragging.

Enough income means we can live our lives with a bit of financial ease, and put something away for later. Learning to have a healthy distrust of this impulse and knowing that even if things go wrong, we might discover things worth finding can help us open ourselves up to the potential for wonderful things to happen. Paul Millerd thought his job at McKinsey helping C-level leaders in business was a successful approach to life until he started to question himself on his values if this was the right way to live.