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# Paul <span class="middle-initial">N</span>. Johnson

Product designer, chaos mapper, & cofounder of Pathwright.

- [Pathwright](https://www.pathwright.com) — Teaching & learning platform • CEO & Cofounder
- [Chaos Map](https://chaosmap.io) — Mental map for navigating the chaos of life & work
- [Twitter](https://twitter.com/Paul_Johnson) — @Paul_Johnson
- [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/pauljohnsonpathwright)
- [pauljohnson@hey.com](mailto:pauljohnson@hey.com)

## Shared links

Things you may have heard me talk (or rant) about.

- [Automate the Boring Stuff](./guides/automate-the-boring-stuff/index.path.md) — Next Venture Summit
- [Mark the level of conversation you want to have](https://www.chaosmap.io/essays/mark-the-level-of-conversation-you-want-to-have) — Chaos Map fieldnote
- [Why We Threw out our Roadmap and Started a Lab](https://www.pathwright.com/blog/why-we-threw-out-our-roadmap-and-started-a-lab) — Pathwright article
- [Mapping the Next Era of the Internet](https://www.pathwright.com/mapping-the-next-era-of-the-internet) — Pathwright longread
- [The future operates in a different kind of time](https://chaosmap.io/essays/the-future-operates-in-a-different-kind-of-time) — Chaos Map essay
- [The past is never done](https://chaosmap.io/essays/the-past-is-never-done) — Chaos Map essay
- [The My Work Myth](https://chaosmap.io/essays/the-my-work-myth) — Chaos Map fieldnote

### Visual book notes

- [Three visual lessons from On Writing Well](https://chaosmap.io/essays/three-visual-lessons-from-on-writing-well-by-william-zinsser)
- [Seven visual meditations from Man’s Search for Meaning](https://chaosmap.io/essays/seven-visual-meditations-from-mans-search-for-meaning-by-viktor-frankl)
- [Five visual concepts from How to Read a Book](https://medium.com/@paul_johnson/a-2-minute-review-5-visual-concepts-from-how-to-read-a-book-by-mortimer-j-adler-30ac2c6512c2)

## Other Paul Johnsons you may be looking for…

- [The historian](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Johnson_(writer))
- [The house-music producer](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Johnson_(producer))
- [The footballers](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Johnson#Sportspeople) — there are several
- [All the others](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Johnson)