#72: Paul Millerd — In Search of Good Work

Paul Millerd is back on the pod. Paul is the author of Pathless Path and recently published his new book, Good Work: Reclaiming Your Inner Ambition

(00:35) Confessions of a workaholic (03:34) Does work always have to suck a little? (06:00) What happens if you just don’t do stuff? (08:30) Paul’s pickup line - “I want to build a life not centered around work” (10:20) Why I fired my ghostwriting clients (13:40) How Paul convinced me to drop out of college (18:00) From “work day” to “work decade” (19:30) Is a writing schedule useful? (21:30) The puzzle of good work and finding your flow (23:35) “I abandoned a draft of about 55k words” (26:30) Why you don’t need to feel guilty about scrolling Twitter (33:50) “Oh shit, YOU'RE Meme Alerts?” (38:00) How Paul made his first internet money (41:10) Choosing the game you want to play (44:50) Publishing books on your own terms (49:30) Paul’s quarterly letter to his friends (50:30) Being a consultant for your own business (55:12) Paul analyzing my superpowers (01:01:25) Scheduling my leisure? What? (01:04:20) How the right memes can hit you deep (01:05:20) Sharing the ideas for my next book (01:08:20) Why American politics nowadays are just meme warfare (01:14:28) Why Naval Ravikant is a memelord

Jason Levin⁠⁠⁠ is a viral marketer and founder of Memelord Technologies. Read Jason's ⁠weekly advice column on organic social media growth for startups⁠.

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Past guests of The Jason Levin Show include: Eric Jorgenson, Greg Isenberg, Jack Raines, Paul Millerd, Mike Solana, Danny Miranda, Billy Oppenheimer, Jack Rhysider, Ben Wilson, and more.