{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"The Pathless Path with Paul Millerd","title":"The Shadow Side of Solopreneurship - Darren Joe","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/448485e7\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":3872,"description":"“You can’t study or learn your way into a new identity” - I love this quote from Darren Joe.  He’s been thinking about carving a different path from 2003 to 2004.  He said that he was driven by a natural drive to be independent and do his own thing.  I found this pretty impressive because in those years not many people were doing what he was doing.\nHe recently published a book titled The Fail-Safe Entrepreneur.  In it he argues that almost all solopreneurs strive for three things: Freedom, Adventure, Meaning.  I definitely agree.  However, he says many fail to reach these aims because they ignore the shadow side of this path.  He details four things - FAIL: Failure, anxiety, instability, loneliness.\nWe explore many things in this conversation including:\n\n Grappling with the achiever identity\n Longing for independence and freedom\n Parental approval\n Building Community\n  Experiments\n  Defining success\n\nYou can buy his book the Fail Safe Solopreneur on Amazon\n------------------------\nSUPPORT BOUNDLESS\nSubscribe to the weekly Boundless newsletter to stay up to date on new episodes and join the conversation.\n🆕 I launched Freelance Consulting Skills Course.  You can find out more and sign up here.\nIf you'd like to support the podcast, consider using my affiliate links\n\n  Podia - 14-day free trial\n  Teachable - 14-day free trial\n  Wealthfront - $5k managed for free\n  ConvertKit - First 1k subscribers for free\n  Charles Schwaab No International ATM Fees","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/bxqSvEwrE24wB3nKhC4eUviIyuHNTxixmwX4iLZPRv4/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzMyNDgwLzE2Njk1/OTkwMjMtYXJ0d29y/ay5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}