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Fear Setting

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Lenny’s Podcast74 min

Redefining success, money, and belonging

Paul Millerd · Nov 19, 2023
Key learnings
  • Notice whether you're consciously choosing your default path or simply inheriting it, including implicit contracts like working…
  • Take a three-hour block during a workday, go for an aimless walk or revisit a childhood activity, and notice what emerges and…
  • Ask yourself why you work beyond money, and examine the cultural scripts behind your answer about being a good person.
Lenny’s Newsletter · Free post♥ 145

How a traumatic brain injury made me a better PM—and person

Jun 6, 2023 · 27 min

“If you’re getting this post, that means my wife’s due date is very near (😮‍💨), or our kid was just born (🥹). To give my new family my undivided attention, I’ll be taking a month or so of parental leave. To make sure you continue to receive exceptional value from the newsletter during this period, a few months back I put out a call for guest posts. Out of 500+ pitches, I whittled it down to six extraordinary posts. Today’s post is…”