Boundless: The Human Side Of Work

Hannah is awesome and you should listen to this podcast.  She grew up homeschooled, is an endlessly curious person, has a deep sense of agency, and is a pro at carving her own path.  She's done a ton of things including writing, coaching, and working at startups and has created jobs for herself, negotiated working remotely (before it was cool), and has done a ton of other things.  She recently founded Rebel Educator which is a media brand that aims to share more about homeschooling and alternative education with a broader audience online.Follow Hannah:@HannahFrankman / Twitter@rebelEducator / Twitter

Dawn has a medical degree but she didn't pursue a traditional career as a doctor. She lives off grid with her husband and her homeschooled daughter. Dawn is passionate about finding a work-life balance and she wrote a book for professional women seeking to do so.

Luke has a background on Wall Street and has founded 3 companies in Silicon Valley. He describes his adult life as a constant state of uncertainty. At some point, he took a classics course, which he completed in a 24-hour Starbucks in a couple of months while living in Las Vegas. This led to him to contemplate deeper questions, leaving "entrepreneur Luke" behind and spending 3 years in Rome. Luke is now a Professor at the Ciocca Center for Principled Entrepreneurship and has written a book — "WANTING: The Power of Mimetic Desire in Everyday Life." The book is one of the best ones I've read in the past couple of years and we talk about some of the ideas in the book and how they intersect with Luke and my life.

Melvin has a PhD in psychology but to call him just "a psychologist" would be trying to fit him in too small of a box. He has left a successful clinical career to build his online "healthy business"  – he is the person behind "Selling the Couch" podcast, he does sessions with entrepreneurs and he runs an online course where he helps therapists to move their business online. Everything he does is designed to allow him to be fully present as a father and a husband because, "What's the point of accomplishing all of this if we can't be fully present with the people that we love the most?"

Anna is the founder and CEO of Interintellect - a global community of thinkers. She grew up in Hungary and emigrated to London at the age of 30 and later to the US where she built her startup. She is passionate about staying curious as we age. While for some their late 20's are the end, she has chosen to treat it as the beginning.

This is a solo episode of my podcast, inspired by Jenny Blake. I will do more of these if people like them.  Let me know!For Video: YouTube

Danny Mirands is the host of The Danny Miranda Podcast. He's been hanging out on the internet since he was 14. We talk about his journey, almost getting sidetracked by the default path in college, and then betting on himself with his podcast. Danny is a friend, and he inspired me by how true he is to his own path, his ability to dream big in creative ways and spread love in the world. 

Jessica is a producer and a podcaster. She is passionate about shadow work and is currently working on her documentary on post traumatic growth - "Dark Night of Our Soul".

Myles is a chef and a farmer's market enthusiast. He studied economics and was pursuing many other interests like filmmaking on the side. During his stay in Argentina, he realized that he wanted to follow his true passion - cooking. Although he hasn't gone to a fancy cooking school, he managed to get a position working under a former Michelin star chef in Tulum and now he's sharing his love for cooking on the Internet, making it approachable for other people.

Simone Stolzoff has worn many hats. He's worked as a writer, designer, and now, Author. He grew up with "four parents", each having a unique influence on him,  He grew up being told he could do whatever he wanted but realized there were assumptions behind that. Over the last couple of years, he's contemplated how we can design a life not centered around work (which obviously interests me as well) and has come to some interesting conclusions.

Alex was crushing it early in his career, ending up on Wall Street after getting a combined JD/MBA.  But after a few years, he went looking for his next mountain, aiming his ambition at the tech sector. He ended up co-founding LiveOak, a company he eventually sold in 2020. After that, he struggled to determine what was next and finally decided to walk away from more than a million dollars. Now he's embracing non-doing, reconnecting with his passions, and figuring out what's next.

In 2015 Khe left a Wall Street carrier to pursue his own path of "uncomfortable introspection", reevaluating his life. This is a constant process - Khe is always being emergent to himself. Now he finds himself at a crossroads - after a great initial success in 2020, he recently had to scale down his cohort-based course. Although laying people off was tough, Khe welcomes the change as entering a new season of creativity.

Kyle was a marketing executive who believed in the "hard work" ethic. After an existential crisis, he decided to carve his own path as a solopreneur and started Sloww - "a trusted resource of lifelong learning". Kyle describes his purpose as "synthesizing the art of living for students of life".

Kevin is the founding executive editor of Wired magazine, a writer and a photographer. When he was young he dropped out of college and travelled to Taiwan, which he describes as a live changing experience. Kevin is passionate about owning his time, the importance of goofing off and staying optimistic about the development of technology.

Billy used to be an avid skier, working odd jobs and traveling between the northern and southern hemispheres trying to catch the best skiing. In 2018 he e-mailed Ryan Holiday and pitched him on doing some work for him for free. In a couple of months, he was hired as Ryan's research assistant.  Billy is one of the most curious people I know and we dive into his journey.

I'm sharing this conversation I had a couple of months ago with Tom Peters. Our convo got cut a bit short but it was a fun conversation reflecting on his trajectory, why he got kicked out of McKinseyTo learn more about Tom: His Website

Trung is a writer at Workweek, cofounder of bearly.ai, and co-host of the Not Investment Advice podcast. He is passionate about playing the long game and unleashing the power of compounding.

Steph Smith is the host of the  a16z podcast and is an online creator, former consultant, former digital nomad and all-around badass.  We talk about money, work, relationships, and weddings...

Russ is an economist, a research fellow at Stanford University's Hoover Institution and president of Shalem College in Jerusalem. One of pioneers of podcasting, he's been hosting EconTalk since 2006.

Sam is a partner at The Ready - an organizational design consultancy operating fully remotely. He is also a prolific writer, passionate about personal development, self-managing organizations and adopting a more human, adaptive, and meaningful way of working.