#173 Solopreneurship After Burnout — Justin Welsh on burnout, taking ownership of his time, struggling with a results oriented mindset, non-monetary success, becoming a top LinkedIn influencer, income goals, The Creator MBA, dealing with fears around money

Justin is a former startup executive who helped build two startups past valuations of $1B, teams of 150+ people, and raise over $300M in venture capital. Now he’s building his one-person knowledge business toward $5M in annual profit.

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• Personal website
•  LinkedIn
• X (Twitter): @thejustinwelsh
• The Creator MBA
• The Saturday Solopreneur

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• (00:00) - Intro
• (01:34) - The scripts that Justin grew up with
• (09:59) - Attention and social media
• (11:43) - Liking your job, the interest curve & having goals
• (15:55) - Justin's burnout, finding a new path & taking ownership of your time
• (25:30) - Not starting earlier & struggling with a results oriented mindset
• (31:46) - Creativity, non-monetary success & business as a creative act
• (38:09) - Being the nr. 1 LinkedIn influencer
• (42:30) - Income goals on the solo path
• (47:09) - The Creator MBA & Brennan Dunn
• (52:09) - Not making the solo career a job & fears around money
• (57:47) - Avoiding emotions, confidence
• (01:02:17) - What's Justin excited about
• (01:03:58) - Closing remarks

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The Pathless Path is hosted by Paul Millerd - a writer, creator, and consultant. He has conversations with freelancers, self-employed entrepreneurs, creators, and vagabonds who share their perspectives on their relationship with work, burnout, bootstrapping, indie hacking, remote work, reinvention, creativity, sabbaticals, leisure, self-employment, unconventional living, and digital nomadism. Past guests include Ali Abdaal, Russ Roberts, Kevin Kelly, Khe Hy, David Senra, Derek Sivers, Joe Hudson, Luke Burgis, Ben Hunt, Dan Vassallo, Steph Smith, Alex Pang, Visakan Veerasamy, Michael Ashcroft, Kyla Scalon, Trung Phan, Justin Welch, and more.