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Novels, memoirs and histories I've read on Korea, Japan, Vietnam, Taiwan, China, Malaysia, Thailand, Singapore and the Asian-American experience.

Ten thousand Americans, tracked week by week from age 18 to 58.

Six years after the original Boomer Blockade post, the Fed's data tells a different story than I expected.

Apparently enough people are Googling this that I figured I'd make a page.

Jonathan Goodman's Unhinged Habits does what most productivity books fail at: showing how he actually lives, trade-offs and all.

For 10 years I chased impressive jobs to avoid feeling unsettled.

The financial milestone that convinces you to make a change.

Self-employed people obsess over monthly recurring revenue because salaried work has wired us to need a steady paycheck.

How the 1854 London cholera outbreak reveals a timeless pattern: established experts cling to wrong ideas for decades, from miasma theory to Covid airborne denial.

My 2024 annual review: writing and publishing Good Work, deepening into fatherhood, finding a StrategyU operator, and preparing to leave Austin for Asia.

Whyte predicted workaholism, work-life balance debates, and the security-obsessed employee in 1956.

After 8 years self-employed across 4 states and multiple countries, here are my best hacks for navigating US healthcare without an employer.

People ask if society would fall apart if everyone followed the pathless path.

Four data-driven insights from Just Keep Buying that challenge common fears about spending, saving, retirement, and how rich you already are.

There are question people who love the uncertainty of not knowing, and answer people who already have their minds made up.

When you leave a conventional career, people ask what you do.

People doing almost nothing at their jobs aren't lazy.

Stop saying you should write more or should do YouTube.

A detailed look at my actual week as a self-employed creator and dad: writing sessions, podcast recordings, consulting workshops, gym time, and co-parenting.

Seven honest reflections after seven years of self-employment, from quitting alcohol to embracing boldness to threading the needle of parenting and creative work.

I've actively chosen to leave money on the table for years.

My 2023 annual review: becoming a dad, working less than ever while earning more than ever, selling 34k books, and losing a mentor who changed my path.

A sabbatical roundtable: personal experiences, mindset shifts, financial strategies, travel impacts, and transitioning back to work

Die With Zero is a persuasive argument for those who spend to much to turn money into time & experiences earlier in their lives

Mediocre man flows through life.

An excerpt from Chapter 4 of The Pathless Path, on the stages people go through before leaving the default path

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.

A review of Russ Roberts' Wild Problems and why the biggest life decisions can't be solved with logic.

I sold my time at a bargain for too long.

Young people aren't lazy or entitled.

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?

Finding a niche is not helpful early in a creator journey.

Ship, quit & learn - a proven framework for finding the work worth doing.

How to develop a habit for creating online in a way that helps you keep the habit going and that makes your life better

This annual review reflects on 2021 for Paul personally and professionally and shares financial results from the business

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?

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

David Whyte details the positive and negative sides of ambition and our challenge of grappling with it in our lives

Sabbaticals have a near 100% approval rating and often serve as a space in one's life to rediscover curiosity, energy & passion for life

Paul details his efforts to plan, create, launch, build in public and run several cohort-based courses as well as evergreen courses

People are still pursuing the default american dream path and not getting what they expect, meaning.

Will the \"creator economy\" self-destruct before it ever takes off or will a new culture emerge that helps develop an ecosystem of creators?

The full-time MBA performs a certain number of jobs well but it is being replaced by new options that are using the power of networks to scale

We've lost connection to an ancient definition of leisure which was centered around contemplation and an active engagement with the world

Why do full-time employees think self-employment is so risky?

A review of Ali Abdaal's Part-Time Youtube Academy course.

150+ links from the boundless newsletter on work, life, carving one's own path and making sense of the modern world

People have more freedom in the corporate world than they imagine.

What is non-doing?

Why did college students abandon trying to achieve a meaningful philosophy of life and instead replace it with the desire to become wealthy?