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The Arc of The Practical Creator - Lawrence Yeo
07 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Being an undeclared major till his senior year of college, Lawrence didn’t really know what he wanted to do. After looking up which jobs make the mo...
Podcast Update! Re-branded as The Pathless Path & LIVE Q&A From Youtube
01 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
I offer a short little update on the next steps for the podcast and include a live Q&A I did on youtube last week. Video link: https://youtu.be/CG...
The Money Path or The Life Path? - Tim Malnick
28 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Tim Malnick has always lived between the two worlds of business and creative/activist circles. In his twenties, he stumbled into a creative group of...
Music, Entrepreneurship & Embracing Non-Work - Paul Canetti
21 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Paul Canetti is a professor at Columbia Business School and sits on the Strategic Advisory Board of Riverside Acceleration Capital. We explore his ini...
The Magic of Writing with Sasha Chapin
12 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
I talked with writer and writing coach Sasha Chapin about the role of writing in our lives, how we think about writing, and how he specifically helped...
Khe Hy - Tales From The Pathless Path
09 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Join Khe's Supercharge Your Productivity course: https://10k.radreads.co/join-syp11/yzrsv (affiliate)Get access to Khe's $10k training which will help...
The Pathless Path Launched! (reading of the introduction)
27 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Just launched my book, The Pathless Path! Purchase the book here. This is the introduction of the book. I'll be releasing some clips of me reading t...
Valuing Options & Possibilities On The Solo Creator Path with Kris Abdelmessih
10 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Kris Abdelmessih has one of the most unique perspectives on life and works I've stumbled across in the past few years. He uses his experience as a t...
The Formless Path - Money, Fatherhood & Creativity (Howard Gray)
27 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Howard Gray is the founder of Wavetable, a studio that helps brands and companies come together to develop fan-based experiences to help teams teach a...
The Shadow Side of Solopreneurship - Darren Joe
19 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
“You can’t study or learn your way into a new identity” - I love this quote from Darren Joe. He’s been thinking about carving a different pa...
Six Months In The Creator Economy - Michael Ashcroft (Part 3)
19 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In parts 1 and 2, I interviewed Michael about his plan to quit his comfortable consulting job and start a new path creating and selling courses online...
Accidental Freelancer To Brand Consultant, Founder & Freelance Coach (Austin Church)
04 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Austin Church thought he was going to be a poet. When that didn't go as planned, he joined the business world. Six months later he was laid off in...
Burnout & "Living At Work" In 2020 - Natalie Rachel
22 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Natalie Rachel went through her own experience with burnout before turning to help others. She found that "with burnout, rest doesn't touch it," you...
Narratives, Work & What Matters - Ben Hunt
06 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Ben Hunt is a father, husband, former academic, author turned blogger, former hedge fund analyst, investment advisor, and farmer. And he’s also my p...
Money Fears, Self-Employment & Living Abroad With Kids - Jenni & Lisa Dazols
24 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Jenni and Lisa Dazols read an essay six years ago which made them question their frantic & busy lifestyle. They could barely take care of their ...
A Sabbatical Every Seven Weeks - Sean McCabe
17 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Sean McCabe runs seanwes and in 2014 he was working seven days per week. Yup, no breaks. He knew he needed to make a chance but the problem? All...
Ali Abdaal on Identity, Prestige, Creativity & Meaning and Deciding To Leave Medicine
03 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
I had a conversation with Ali Abdaal about his year away from medicine, how he grapples with his identity, the challenges of veering off the course of...
What happens six months (and three months) before you quit? - Michael Ashcroft
13 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
I talked with Michael Ashcroft six months before he was planning to quit his job. We talked about his plan to quit his job, what was going through h...
The Self-Employment Meta-Game (Dan Vassallo)
26 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
I had a delightful conversation with Daniel Vassallo a self-employed creator for the last three years who seems to have gone through many of the same ...
Who are digital nomads? (Professors Rob Litchfield & Rachael Woldoff)
19 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Robert Litchfield & Rachael Woldoff have recently written a book titled "Digital Nomads: In search of Freedom, Community, and Meaningful Work in t...
Quitting To Teach History to 500k+ on TikTok (Michael McBride, Creator of Idea Soup)
11 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Michael Mcbride left his job almost a year ago to work on building out Idea Soup, an instagram and TikTok channel focused on helping re-inspire people...
Curating Goodreads Remotely (Uri Bram, CEO of The Browser)
24 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Uri Bram is the CEO of The Browser which runs regular newsletters to help people find good articles, podcasts, and videos to read. He has been livin...
Packy McCormick - Bringing Fun To Newsletters Since 2019
04 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Packy says that his differentiation "is that I’m going to be having more fun than most people” I've been a big fan of the energy he's brought to h...
Podcast Update Nov 2020 - The Pathless Path
03 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
I decided to record a short little update with my friend Travis. What have I been up to, where have I been living throughout the pandemic and what i...
Angie Wang - My Partner On This Crazy Journey
19 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
I interviewed my wife, Angie, who has gone through a major career change and has launched a number of creative experiments and projects over the past ...
Carving a 21st Century Life & Career - Steph Smith
16 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Steph has a hard time identifying as anything. Remote worker, writer, or coder don't really do it justice. The thing that stands out when you talk...
The Possibilities Of Life Beyond Work with Oshan Jarow
08 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Oshan sums up his worldview as: "We’re all going to die, but in the meantime, the world is far more mysterious, wonderful, and stimulating than huma...
Amy McMillen - Wandering In Uncertainty & Writing A Book (Mid Pandemic)
31 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
I had a great conversation with Amy McMillen via a live group conversation and we talked about her journey of leaving her full-time job WITHOUT a plan...
Will Bachman: Building an Independent Consulting Practice With a 5-Decade Success Mindset
28 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Will Bachman is the creator of a community-first talent platform for management consultants, Umbrex and hosts a podcast for independent consultants ca...
Reflection with Andrew Taggart on Work & Life
26 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
A conversation and reflection with Andrew Taggart on total work, the role of the human amid our current crisis and an exploration of philosophical que...
Laurel Farrer: The Global WFH Experiment & Long-Term Promise Of Remote Work
18 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Laurel and I decided to jump on a video call to talk about the world emerging work-from-home experiment amid the evolving Covid-19 pandemic. We want...
Imagining A New American Dream (Diania Merriam, Econome Conference)
08 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In 2015, Diania Merriam discovered the Mr. Money Mustache blog about financial independence and reading it was like a refreshing punch in the face. At...
Longform Thoughts: Why Organizations Undermine Creativity & Potential
02 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
For the re-launch of the Boundless podcast, I'm releasing a previously Patreon-only audio discussion of a piece I wrote - Crisis at Work - which was p...
A Remote Company With 40 Vacation Days?! (Amir Salihefendić, CEO Doist)
10 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Amir Salihefendić is the Founder and CEO of Doist, a fully distributed, remote company that creates productivity tools (Todoist & Twist). We dive...
The Lazy Person's Guide To Freedom, Generosity & Creative Work (Moataz Ahmed)
02 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Moataz Ahmed otherwise known as “motizzy” is a graphic designer, consultant and hand lettering artist. He recently published Part 1 of his book ...
Twitter Friends & Threads, Self-Employment & Curiosity (Visakan Veerasamy)
30 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
I connected with Visa on twitter, where he’s made many friends over the past several years. I wanted to interview Visa to talk about his leap to sel...
Rest, Leisure, Working Less & The 4-Day Workweek (Alex Pang)
22 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Alex Pang is the author of Rest about how you can do more while working less and is author of the forthcoming Shorter, which shares stories of compani...
Geography & Culture Side Hustle Experiments w/ Rohith
17 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
I'm experimenting with some shorter episodes where I explore side hustles and creative experiments with people taking action on experiments they are e...
The Phases & Emotional Journey Of Making A Work Shift (Stephen Warley)
19 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
I had a 2nd conversation with Stephen about the phases and emotional experiences of what a shift looks like. He's coached hundreds of people so has ...
Good Writing & Doing Work That Matters (Andy Sparks, CEO Holloway)
04 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Andy Sparks founded a company called Holloway, which is trying to solve the problem of sharing knowledge online. He shared how his startup is trying...
Coworking That Works & The 10k Independents Project - Alex Hillman, Indy Hall
21 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
" coworking at its best isn’t an occupancy based business at all. If the only time your members can get value from their membership is when they’...
Should Everyone Have A Coach? (Ben Brooks, Founder of Pilot)
19 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Years ago, Ben wrote that his personal mission statement was “to help people reach their full potential” and our conversation touches on this them...
What living on a boat for 18 months can teach you about work & life (John Zeratsky)
12 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
John Zeratsky was a designer in the tech industry has worked with hundreds of startups in his time at Google Ventures. He’s also obsessed with red...
Hannah Wei on her nomadic life, Muay Thai fights, Tinder experiments & community
05 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Hannah Wei has been living as a digital nomad for the last four years traveling across the US, Canada and Southeast Asia. When she is not working as...
Microadventures, Long-term Travel & Busking Through Europe (Alastair Humphreys
22 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
I talked to Alastair Humphreys after he had returned the previous night from a micro-adventure. It wasn't a four year biking trip or a challenging l...
Dreaming, starting a tribe & living on an island with three kids (Ben Keene)
15 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
After attending a few corporate recruiting sessions, he didn't take for granted that his path was to enter the corporate world. Twenty years later, ...
Heather McGowan on learning, adapting & identity in the future of work
08 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Heather McGowan is the most thoughtful writer and speaker I follow on the future of work. She is able to connect the dots between work, culture, socie...
Building A Company And Life Filled With Joy (Rich Sheridan, CEO)
01 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Rich fell in love with coding as a child but lost that passion when coding just turned into a job in the late 1990s. As he looked around and saw eve...
A Mission-Driven Life & Career (Jerel Bonner)
24 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Jerel calls himself one of the original "job-hoppers." While he never found a great fit in the corporate world, in the 1980s, he was inspired by Ste...
How To Fill Your Morning With Purpose & Joy (Craig Kulyk)
17 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
I met Craig at a conference called The World Domination Summit and when he introduced himself he gave me a pack of tea with his business card on it. E...
Beyond Average: Co-Creating A Life & Company (Tanya Zhang & Wesley Kang, NimbleMade.com)
10 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Wesley Kang and Tanya Zhang are the co-founders of Nimble Made, an e-commerce clothing brand that makes “actually slim” dress shirts. Before ta...
Lessons from 13 years of entrepreneurship & living nomadically (Chris Kirkland)
03 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Chris Kirkland is a bootstrapped entrepreneur who has been living nomadically since 2006 and is the founder of several web businesses including artweb...
Creating Art Filled With Magic (Martha Balaile)
27 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Martha Balaile is a fantasy illustrator living in Cape Town, South Africa originally from Tanzania. Her mission is to figure out how magic, mytholog...
Reimagine Work & A Short Update From Paul
20 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
A quick little update from Taipei. A couple links from the podcast: Revisiting Keynes Prediction for a Post-Work 2030 in “Economic Possibilities f...
From the basketball court to the yoga mat via the corporate world (Gabi Macra)
13 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Gabi Macra was a top Canadian basketball player that never really thought about the "life after basketball" before dealing with a major injury towar...
Learning To Quit & Life Reinvention (Christine Bader)
06 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Christine Bader is currently living in Bali, Indonesia, where she is spending time focused on her family and self. She is the author of The Evolut...
Building & Investing In Calm Companies (Tyler Tringas)
13 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Tyler Tringas is an entrepreneur and traveler. He's started two companies (one worked!) and now is founding Earnest Capital where he wants to help c...
Paul on success, storytelling, learning & experiments (UX Gorilla Interview)
08 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
I joined the amazing Jagriti Pande for a fun conversation around a number of different topics. You can subscribe to her master series on UX designer...
Launching Uncommonly: One Year Later (Chris Donohoe)
30 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
"I didn't think I'd be turning down work and choosing not to grow"I spoke with Chris Donohoe one year ago about his just-announced launch of his consu...
Guest Episode: Joe Dumars x Adam Grant x Cody Royle
23 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
This episode is a special treat from friends of Boundless, Cody Royle, who came on the podcast last year to talk about what the business world can lea...
Learning, Self-Employment & Making Business More Human (Mike Tannenbaum)
16 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Mike was always a self-driven creator, developing TI-83 apps for his classmates to keep track of their grades from an early age. He spent a lot of tim...
10 Career Myths We Should Stop Believing (Jeff Hittner)
09 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Jeff Hittner of Your Project X and Paul talk about their favorite 10 career myths. They dive deep into the beliefs and mindsets that drive these belie...
Mini Episode: Five Things Before You Leap: Lessons From The Self-Employed
21 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In this short episode, I talk about the five lessons I've found that help people make the leap to self-employment:Find a friend taking a different pat...
Bryan Victor's Education: wedding planning, year-long travel & building a visual animation studio
12 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Bryan Victor has never taken a traditional path but he doesn’t know any other way. Perhaps that is why he started his own podcast in Singapore, Mi...
Why every company should adopt the 4-day workweek (Tash Walker)
05 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Tash Walker is the founder of a firm and spends her Fridays making marmalade.Before instituting a four-day workweek at her firm, The Mix, she barely h...
The Humans Behind The Gig Economy (Sarah Kessler, Quartz)
28 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Amid all the buzzwords and reports on the future of work, I find Sarah Kessler's stories about the gig economy to be the most insightful and the most ...
Screw The Cubicle (Lydia Lee)
14 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Lydia Lee was a self-described "multi-potentialite" growing up and loves to experiment and play games growing up. You can probably draw a straight li...
How A Remote Company Enables Freedom, Trust & Digital Dance Parties (Wade Foster, CEO of Zapier.com)
07 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Wade Foster was graduating during the worst recession in the past 100 years and traditional employers were simply not hiring anyone. He reached out t...
"My Name Is Nemo and I Don't Do Small Talk"
31 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Nemo Ashong's bold vision is "a truly inclusive and empowered world" He helps people to be fully expressed and to be more authentic, be more unique a...
Ervin Ling On Escaping The Corporate World At 30 To Travel The World
24 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Ervin Ling followed the default path as an actuary, passing test after test. After passing all the tests, he found himself working harder than he was ...
Ted Bauer: The Absurdity Of The Corporate World & Real Future Of Work
17 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Ted Bauer is a freelance writer and content strategist who writes prolifically about the future of work. In this episode, he talks about some of his ...
Shayne Spencer on the dumb idea project and how failing econ helped him start his firm
10 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
While Shayne has built a successful marketing consulting firm, there was no "plan" to do this. His first exposure to marketing was out of necessity -...
YuTing Chiu on cultural sound differences, building instruments & creative expression
03 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
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Jacqueline Jensen on sabbaticals, rethinking work and building a "calm company"
26 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Jacqueline Jensen has been a digital nomad for 3.5 years, living and working globally. It might surprise you to find out then, that she's written a b...
Dr. Laura Gallaher on using humor at work, leadership at NASA after crisis, and building a business traveling the world
19 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Laura Gallaher joins me from Serbia, where she is part of Remote Year, a community that travels to twelve locations within a year with a cohort of...
Andrew Taggart, Practical Philosopher, on how "total work" is taking over our lives
12 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Andrew is a Practical Philosopher who believes that "there may be no greater vexation in our time than the question of how to make a living in a manne...
Podcast Update, Digital Course Experiment & Moving To Asia
08 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Paul provides a summer update:Shifting the podcast from making sense of the future of work => "The Human Side Of The Future Of Work"Early lessons f...
Tony Triumph on growing up entrepreneurial, moving to NYC with $300 and building incredible relationships
18 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Tony grew up around entrepreneurs but did not use the label at the time. At age 19, he was going to college in Maryland and felt the pull to something...
Rohan Rajiv on learning through 3500+ daily blog posts, writing and parenting
20 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
The Pathless Path Hardcover Premium Edition📘 My 2nd Book Good Work: Learn More📕 Buy My First Book, The Pathless Path (65k+ Sold): The Pathless P...
Reflections: One year of freelancing, experiments & other people's reactions
13 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In this short "reflection" episode, I check in on where my head is at one year into my freelance journey and share some of the opportunities I have ha...
Luke Kanies on his journey from commune to CEO and why people hate working for big companies
06 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Luke grew up on a commune and then ended up as a co-founder and CEO of a startup that raised $87 million. He talks about his unique path and how that ...
Candace Cabrera Moore, fearless yoga entrepreneur on building a global business, brand and community
30 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Candace was first inspired by her mother who always looked for solutions to problems rather than admitting defeat so always had an entrepreneurial spi...
Stephen Warley on the biggest shift since the industrial revolution (Episode 19)
23 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Stephen has been self-employed for more than 18 years. At first, it was by accident. He referred to himself as a “reluctant freelancer.” We tal...
Nita Baum on how to "be free" and self-employed (Episode 18)
09 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Nita Baum is a rock star self-employed freelancer. She has been working on her own for over a decade and now splits her time across many domains, des...
Boundless/Unleashed: Paul on the future of work, freelancing and his media diet (Episode 17)
02 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
This was an interview of Paul on the Unleashed podcast hosted by Will Bachman, who is the founder of Umbrex, a platform for independent consultants.Wi...
Damien Peters on blogging, wealth, and building a remote business from Spain (Episode 16)
25 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Damien Peters is a self-described "personal finance nerd" - which explains how he ended up founding WealthNoir.com, a platform to preach and teach abo...
Connor Gillivan on entrepreneurship, selling on Amazon and working with freelancers (Episode 15)
18 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Connor's path as an entrepreneur began when he was in college via an AIM chat with a classmate in one of his classes. What started as a textbook e-co...
Jen Morilla on breaking plates and traveling the world with purpose (Episode 14)
11 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Jen Morilla is an impact travel influencer. What does that mean? It means she travels the world and writes about her experiences but also has a cent...
#14 Romy Rost on leadership, freelancing & coaching as a skill
04 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Romy is an employee engagement consultant turned coach. She built her career consulting for and working in Fortune 100 companies on all challenges emp...
#13 Tanya Alvarez on entrepreneurship, community & redefining failure
28 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Tanya Alvarez is the Co-Founder, and CEO of OwnersUP is a platform which advances solopreneurs business through accountability, goal setting, and comm...
#12 Pauri Pandian on tennis as a career, coaching & healthy masculinity
21 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Pauri started playing Tennis when he was seven and it has turned into a clear passion. He wasn't always sure that was the path he wanted to take, but ...
#11 Ben Dubow - From State Department Rejection To Propaganda-Fighting Startup Founder
14 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Ben is the founder and COO of Omelas, a startup that is focused on using technology to fight propaganda. Ben's journey, however, does not start there....
#10 Paul Millerd on Finding Work That Matters To You
07 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
This is a copy of the interview I did with Stephen Warley on the Life Skills That Matter Podcast. Stephen is a bit of a role model for me. We have sim...
#9 Amma Marfo on Combining Humor, Creativity & Writing
28 Feb 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Amma Marfo cracked me up several times on this podcast. It is no surprise then, that she describes herself as "thoughtful yet incurably silly." She al...
#8 Tom Critchlow on Personal Branding, Freelance Consulting & The Future of Work
21 Feb 2018
Contributed by Lukas
I discovered Tom by reading a piece he wrote on freelance consulting. I was fascinated with his approach and how similar it was to mine - especially...
#7 Cody Royle on The Talent & Performance Secrets of The Sports World
14 Feb 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Growing up all Cody thought about was sports. He saw his path as becoming a professional Aussie Rules Football player. However, after competing at the...
#6 Janet Matta - Rock Star Career Coach On The Alternative Paths We Fail To See
07 Feb 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Janet is one of my favorite people. We have a similar belief that people are capable of more than they believe and that alternative paths are more rea...
#5 Super Bowl Minisode - Cody Royle on The Patriots and what business can learn from sports
04 Feb 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode Cody Royle and I discuss what sets high performing NFL organizations like the Patriots and the Giants (and others apart from the rest)...
#4 Chris Donohoe on "uncommon" leadership, starting his own firm and "limitless creation"
31 Jan 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Chris is the founder of uncommonly and an avid fan of the long-running CBS television show Survivor. A former teacher, marketer, and management consul...
#3 David Vaucher on Ending His Career to Start His Life
25 Jan 2018
Contributed by Lukas
David was born abroad then moved to the US at a young age, all while being raised to believe that the path to success rests solely on going to school ...