In the Pathless Path, Paul Millerd posits that “ THE PATHLESS PATH is an alternative to the default path. It is an embrace of Uncertainty and discomfort. It’s a call to the adventure in a world that tells us to confirm.
Here are 5 key Points and my favorite quotes from the author himself.
1. 👉WE SHOULD EMBRACE UNCERTAINTY
I personally had this experience when I started my business back in 2022 June. Though I was working, there were a bunch of my friend who would ask me what is the Name of your Business again? And What exactly do you do?
You see when you are taking a decision in the unknown, there will be people who are often confused about your path because they feel that the most traditional way is the 9-5 and the most important thing to have done is stick with the life you already know as compare to the new adventure which they don’t understand.
But the point is not for them to understand your journey. Like Steve Harvey would say “ Your vision and the life God has designed for you is Intentional and Private and not for everyone to understand because it is not a community Project.
2.👉 DO NOT FALL IN THE CERTIANITY TRAP
A lot of times, we as life students, learners and people choosing our own paths are more concerned about the Prestige, Morales and Achievements that come with the comfort of our 9-5 because it pays the bills.
The truth is, you are worth 10 time more to your employer than you know. Say for example you are paid $50,000 USD, that employer is getting 10x more out of you than you know, so instead of the bluff and happy blubby feelings that accompanies that salary per year, reverse engineer your thoughts and think of ways you can harness your own dreams and cause them to come to pass.
A lot of times people enjoy the certainty instead of the overall enjoyment because of family, mortgage and other bills. Figure the path that you really want.
Even it a means starting small with something like a vegetable garden, or fruits, start it as a side hustle and see where it takes you. Remember in our despensation there are many alternatives and options.
3. 👉 AVOID THE PRESTIGE TRAP
Whenever we are in a Prestigious career, we are more carried away by the titles, the fame and the way we feel about ourselves than the actual fulfillment life’s purpose. Most time we are in Corporate and are so delighted, but further down the road does one understand that the whole time it has been about foster his/her own dream.
As an example, I work as a Mental Health Practitioner, and Just got certified into a Very rare and Lucrative Tech field — My point exactly. Once a man or a woman attain a level of success, we think that we have made it and therefore, should brag about working on other people’s dreams when we can be doing the hard work of working on ours.
4.👉 FIND MEANINGFUL WORK.
Most often than not, we are often moved by the EXTRINSIC meaning of work than the INTRINSIC meaning.
Andrew Taggart will go on to say that “ Work has become an extrinsic pursuit, where we are merely seeking rewards, recognition and status instead of intrinsically seeking the satisfaction and meaningfulness of our labor.
It’s a great idea to go to a Prestigious University, Graduate with A and enter the Fortune 500 industry, but if the only reason you are doing it, is to find, Prestige, fame and rewards, boredom is right next to you. “The real search for meaning and life is not in the job you do but the meaningfulness of the works you do”.
Being Intrinsically motivated instead of the mere bluff that comes with working a top tier company.
5. 👉TAKE A SABBATICAL FROM WORK
Paul emphasized in the book that during sabbatical,
