How do you:

😳 Reject a $200k/year paycheck?

😳 Blow your life up in a systematic way?

😳 And build a pathless path for yourself?

Paul Millerd - former McKinsey consultant (aka the Lean Guy) turned solopreneur, author and podcaster - would know, because he did just that.

And along the way, wrote a book called the Pathless Path, which has since sold over 20k!

At the time of our recording, I was just about to embark on my own Great Leap from the world of corporate law so as you can imagine, I slipped in a couple of personal questions of my own on what to expect!

So if you are interested in learning what alternative career paths and lives exist, then this is the episode for you. 😉

Highlights:

• 2:43 The American Dream
• 4:55 Paul Says It Well
• 9:15 You Just Don’t Have Ambition!
• 11:22 The success ethic
• 14:59 Being McKinsey’s Lean Guy
• 16:06 Quitting McKinsey
• 18:46 Constantly searching
• 20:00 How do you quit & walk away from $54k?
• 23:21 Ready to be your own boss?
• 24:54 Reconnecting with himself
• 26:41 An exercise to remove regret
• 28:18 How to evaluate opportunities
• 36:31 The Pathless Path
• 41:27 Why 2022 was the best year
• 43:55 Curiosity Conversations
• 45:53 Blowing up your life in a systematic way
• 46:50 Saying YES to a full-time role?
• 47:25 Knowing when to say YES / NO
• 48:17 Someone who’s redesigned their life in a great way

📍Show notes: https://www.sothisismywhy.com/126

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