Paul Millerd

The job I have now didn't exist when I graduated.

After 18 months battling Lyme disease, my identity built on jobs and credentials crumbled.

A book review of Adam Grant's originals on how to be a noncomformist and create change on your own and within organizations.

The fastest-growing jobs require social skills and math skills together.

In 2006, Paul applied to over 100 consulting firms, determined to break into the strategy consulting industry.

If your personal values don't align with your organization's mission, frustration is inevitable.

Science shows that the richer you get, the less empathy you tend to have.

A simple framework for thinking about strengths: do your tasks, skills, and responsibility for outcomes actually align?

Your dream job doesn't exist yet.

Forget the Gallup stat about 70% disengagement.

Most conversations stay surface-level because no one asks the real questions.

Like product-market fit for startups, your skills need the right organizational environment to thrive.

Just because something is the way it's done doesn't mean it should be.

You should always be casually looking at job listings, even when you're happy.

The more expertise we gain, the harder it is to see clearly.

Brady and Belichick had 33+ hours of playoff experience when they trailed by 25.

Instead of aiming for a specific role or company, I focus on building skills.

People limit their careers to the obvious next step because recruiters and hiring norms reinforce it.

Hiring the right people is nearly impossible.

The news is designed to outrage you & addict you.

Companies are eliminating the performance reviews, but does that mean they \"get it?

Paul shares his multi-year journey of recovery from chronic lyme disease and the challenges and lessons he learned along the way.

Four lessons from my MIT Sloan MBA that actually mattered: none of them involve your finance grade or GPA.

The feedback sandwich protects people from the truth.

Millennials are the scapegoat for many issues in the workforce, but that just distracts companies from needing to change and adapt to new technology

Successful firms in 2025 and in the future of work will have agile teams, adaptive technology, process excellence and purpose driven cultures.

“You already are a coach, you just need to start doing it.

This 10-step career transition playbook is a set of exercises, tools and tips needed to make a massive transformation in your career to land your dream job

Four research finds worth knowing: humble leaders outperform, Google's top team factor is psychological safety, CEO impact is mostly luck, and the MBTI is broken.

Six reasons to go to business school and one big caveat: it won't help you figure out what you want to do with your life.

One e-mail changed my life.

I got rejected from 100+ consulting firms before landing at McKinsey.

The right time to quit your job is usually now.

The story of a young man who broke into investment banking against the odds.