John Miles

But I think we're entering a state that just as in times before us, there were individual jobs like a blacksmith, etc., a baker that people would do. I think in this new digital economy, we're going to have the same thing where there's a real opportunity for people instead of being employed by one company.

But I think we're entering a state that just as in times before us, there were individual jobs like a blacksmith, etc., a baker that people would do. I think in this new digital economy, we're going to have the same thing where there's a real opportunity for people instead of being employed by one company.

Where what I have learned working for them is if there's anything that they can do to make more money or lower expenses, they're going to take that opportunity at the expense of you. For you to position yourself as an individual entrepreneur where you're almost a solo agent working for a collection of businesses and living life more on your own terms.

Where what I have learned working for them is if there's anything that they can do to make more money or lower expenses, they're going to take that opportunity at the expense of you. For you to position yourself as an individual entrepreneur where you're almost a solo agent working for a collection of businesses and living life more on your own terms.

Now, in order to do this, it's going to mean throwing out the book that my generation and I would say even the millennials, certainly my parents' and grandparents' generations lived by before us, that you basically have this recipe. You're born, you go to schooling, get a college degree or go to a trade school, get this job where you kind of lead this portfolio career, have kids along the way.

Now, in order to do this, it's going to mean throwing out the book that my generation and I would say even the millennials, certainly my parents' and grandparents' generations lived by before us, that you basically have this recipe. You're born, you go to schooling, get a college degree or go to a trade school, get this job where you kind of lead this portfolio career, have kids along the way.

retire, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. And I think more and more people have an opportunity to break out of that matrix that we've kind of been confined in and to live their life differently with more freedom and autonomy.

retire, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. And I think more and more people have an opportunity to break out of that matrix that we've kind of been confined in and to live their life differently with more freedom and autonomy.

If you look at the whole educational system in the United States, I mean, you look back upon Rockefeller and when his oil empire was broken up, what he and others at that time were trying to do where they were trying to get rid of freer thinkers. They were trying to create more conformists because we needed people in factories.

If you look at the whole educational system in the United States, I mean, you look back upon Rockefeller and when his oil empire was broken up, what he and others at that time were trying to do where they were trying to get rid of freer thinkers. They were trying to create more conformists because we needed people in factories.

We needed people doing jobs at that time that were repetitive in nature. And so our whole education system has really been fueled to go down this set path that I'm talking about. And so large institutions, our education systems, and our even government has missed this inflection point that we're in right now Hmm. Hmm.

We needed people doing jobs at that time that were repetitive in nature. And so our whole education system has really been fueled to go down this set path that I'm talking about. And so large institutions, our education systems, and our even government has missed this inflection point that we're in right now Hmm. Hmm.

Well, there are a ton of quotes that I love, but I think the one that I've been using most recently, do you know who Sharon Salzberg is? I don't. Sharon Salzberg is a New York Times bestselling author. She's probably one of the most well-known meditation experts in the entire world, has been working with the Dalai Lama since she was in her early 20s.

Well, there are a ton of quotes that I love, but I think the one that I've been using most recently, do you know who Sharon Salzberg is? I don't. Sharon Salzberg is a New York Times bestselling author. She's probably one of the most well-known meditation experts in the entire world, has been working with the Dalai Lama since she was in her early 20s.

She has this great quote, there's no commodity that we can take with us. There's only our lives and whether we live them wisely or whether we live them in ignorance. And this is everything. And when I think about what she's talking about here, I discuss in the book that a lot of people hear this phrase that they're living life on autopilot.

She has this great quote, there's no commodity that we can take with us. There's only our lives and whether we live them wisely or whether we live them in ignorance. And this is everything. And when I think about what she's talking about here, I discuss in the book that a lot of people hear this phrase that they're living life on autopilot.

And I think it's the wrong analogy for how so many of us are living our lives today. Because when we're on autopilot, we're typically doing the same thing, but it's generally taking us into a positive direction. I think the better metaphor for how so many of us are living our lives is

And I think it's the wrong analogy for how so many of us are living our lives today. Because when we're on autopilot, we're typically doing the same thing, but it's generally taking us into a positive direction. I think the better metaphor for how so many of us are living our lives is

is a pinball we let the world around us influence everything we do and we get so distracted just as you do in the game of pinball by the noises the lights in human life social media influencers all these people who tell us we need to be more that we're not intentional about learning how to play the game instead of it playing us. And I think that's exactly what Sharon was talking about here.

is a pinball we let the world around us influence everything we do and we get so distracted just as you do in the game of pinball by the noises the lights in human life social media influencers all these people who tell us we need to be more that we're not intentional about learning how to play the game instead of it playing us. And I think that's exactly what Sharon was talking about here.