From Paychecks to Purpose - Career, Identity, & Purpose | MHFI 338

September 22, 2026 01:10:38
From Paychecks to Purpose - Career, Identity, & Purpose | MHFI 338
Mile High FI Podcast
From Paychecks to Purpose - Career, Identity, & Purpose | MHFI 338

Sep 22 2026 | 01:10:38

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Show Notes

Doug chats with Blue (From Paychecks to Purpose podcast) about the intersections of money, career, personal identity, and living a good life.  They discuss early money memories & childhood influences, transitioning out of corporate roles, entrepreneurship, avoiding the trap of tying self-worth to a job title, embracing leisure & anti-productivity, and the concept of “Deep Pursuits” to find purpose outside of work.

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0:00 Introduction

1:17 Money origins

9:24 Frugality & financial basics

15:07 Engineering careers

25:35 Transitioning to self-employment

32:14 Entrepreneurship

36:01 Identity beyond work

41:48 Anti-productivity

47:28 Deep pursuits & flow state

54:40 Travel as growth

1:00:16 Purpose

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