Book Cover For The Pathless Path

The Pathless Path

Paul Millerd

Paul Millerd is a curious human who is fascinated by the stories we use to make sense of our lives. He spends his time reading, writing, working with interesting companies, running an online business, and making friends.

This Pathless Path is a story about a shift from getting ahead to coming alive. In college, Paul becomes obsessed with the idea of landing a prestigious job and does everything in his power to become the type of person that can follow that kind of path. Over the next ten years, he navigates becoming what he thought he wanted before realizing he is on the wrong path. He walks away and finds that a different kind of journey, one that doesn’t quite make sense, might hold the key to balancing life, work, and success in the modern world.

Professionals from college-aged to mid-life who are afraid to shift beyond the default path of success. People that have a deep feeling that something is "off" but are afraid of taking action. My readers is similar to the hundreds of people I've had "curiosity conversations" with over the past few years - 18-45, has had some success in their life, struggles with fitting into the default script of their country, but doesn't love the popular alternatives many offer "become a startup founder!"

Subtitle: Imagining A New Story For Work & Life

The mood should be inspiring, thought provoking, and curiosity. The story is about leaving the "default path" of success but not about escaping it.

Ideas that might be interesting to see:
- Someone embarking on a path without a clear end and being inspired along the way
- Items like a tie or suit being left behind on a path that goes towards something beautiful in nature
- Some way of simply conveying there is a new story worth following, one that inspires joy, connection & hope

I've also attached my podcast cover - while I dont want as much detail it captures the mood im looking for

I don’t think I want anything with roads