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A review by elevenjune11
The Pathless Path: Imagining a New Story For Work and Life by Paul Millerd
2.0
The introduction was engaging and made me want to read further. I was quickly disappointed. I made it to the end while skipping a lot of paragraphs.
Is this book a 100% bad ? No. It could help someone who have a corporate job and want to escape, without knowing anyone living this kind of lifestyle. This is why I gave 2 stars.
In the other hand, if you already are a freelancer, digital nomad, or anything else that could refer to "the pathless path", this book may be boring.
It's badly written, self-centred around the story of the author (it feels like he is a narcissist at some point), and lacking content.
The book is divided in way too small chapters, where the author will tell you his story during 50-70% of them, then the story of someone else, and finish on a generic sentence or advice.
No idea is really developed, it's just a sequence of stories and not the essay I thought it would be. Be careful with this kind of path, because you will need :
-Money while you figure out what you want to do and how to do it (finding clients, declaring your taxes, etc)
-Competence that someone is willing to pay for (so a high education)
-Skills that can be used remotely
See this kind of lifestyle as a taylor-made suit: it doesn't fit anyone and you need money to be able to afford it. Dream carefully!
Is this book a 100% bad ? No. It could help someone who have a corporate job and want to escape, without knowing anyone living this kind of lifestyle. This is why I gave 2 stars.
In the other hand, if you already are a freelancer, digital nomad, or anything else that could refer to "the pathless path", this book may be boring.
It's badly written, self-centred around the story of the author (it feels like he is a narcissist at some point), and lacking content.
The book is divided in way too small chapters, where the author will tell you his story during 50-70% of them, then the story of someone else, and finish on a generic sentence or advice.
No idea is really developed, it's just a sequence of stories and not the essay I thought it would be. Be careful with this kind of path, because you will need :
-Money while you figure out what you want to do and how to do it (finding clients, declaring your taxes, etc)
-Competence that someone is willing to pay for (so a high education)
-Skills that can be used remotely
See this kind of lifestyle as a taylor-made suit: it doesn't fit anyone and you need money to be able to afford it. Dream carefully!