“You don’t overcome challenges by making them smaller but by making yourself bigger.” —John C. Maxwell
This is my map of top personal development blogs. It’s organized for fast scanning. Where possible, I listed the blog owner because I find that behind every great well of wisdom, is somebody making it happen.
When I think of personal development, I think of hacks, skills, principles, patterns, and practices for improving mind, body, emotions, career, financial, relationships, and fun.
I distinguish personal development from self-help although there can be overlap. I have a developer background so I tend to prefer personal development blogs that take more of a “design” or “engineer” approach (e.g. “you by design,” “life by design,” or “architect of life.”).
I also tend to prefer personal development blogs that are more holistic or integrated that include mind, body, emotions, and spirit, unless I’m looking for a focused niche. In that case, I tend to like a lot of insight and depth on that specific topic.
It’s a living catalog of top personal development blogs, so let me know any great personal development blogs that I’ve missed.
It’s my way of making it easier to hop around the Web to find insight and action for work and life.
Top 10 Personal Development Blogs
- Barking Up the Wrong Tree, by Eric Barker
- Ben Greenfield
- Brian Tracy
- Darren Hardy
- Marc and Angel Hack Life
- Mark Manson
- Steve Pavlina
- The Blog of Timothy Ferris
- The Positivity Blog, by Henrik Edberg
- Zen Habits, by Leo Babauta
Top Personal Development Blogs A – Z
- A Daring Adventure, by Tim Brownson
- A Flourishing Life, by Gail Brenner
- Abundance Tapestry, by Evelyn Lim
- Actualized, by Leo Gura
- Addicted 2 Success, by Joel Brown
- Alltop Lifehacks Category
- Always Well Within, by Sandra Lee
- Asian Efficiency, by Aaron Lynn and Thanh Pam
- Becoming Minimalist, by Joshua Becker
- Ben Greenfield
- Brendon Burchard
- Brian Tracy
- Chris Kresser
- Danielle LaPorte
- Darren Hardy
- David Goggins
- Deepak Chopra
- Derek Sivers
- Develop Good Habits, by SJ Scott
- Dragos Roua
- Dumb Little Man
- Evan Carmichael
- Everyday Power
- Finer Minds, by Andrea Vega
- Gala Darling
- Goodlife Zen, by Mary Jaksch
- Greatist
- Gretchen Rubin
- I Will Teach You To Be Rich, by Ramit Sathi
- Impossible HQ, by Joel Runyon
- James Altucher
- James Clear
- Jim Kwik
- Joe Wilner (You have a Calling)
- Keep Inspiring Me
- Life After College, by Jenny Blake
- Lifehack.org
- Lifehacker
- Life Optimizer, by Donald Latumahina
- Live Bold and Bloom, by Barrie Davenport
- Lolly Daskal
- Make It Happen, by Arvind Devalia
- Marc and Angel Hack Life
- Marie Forleo
- Mark Manson
- Michael Hyatt
- Mind Hacks, by Vaughan Bell and Tom Stafford
- Motivation Grid, by Chris Nikolov
- Nerd Fitness
- Nisha Moodley
- Penelope Trunk
- Pick the Brain, by Erin Falconer
- Positive Writer, by Frank McKinley
- Possibility Change, by Peter Clemens
- Project Life Mastery, by Stefan James
- PsyBlog, by Jeremy Dean
- Raptitude.com, by David Cain
- Rob Wolff
- Rob White Media, by Rob White
- Science of People, by Vanessa Van Edwards
- Scott H. Young
- Selfish Mother Blog
- Seth Godin
- Simona Rich
- Skip Prichard
- Sources of Insight, by J.D. Meier
- Steve Pavlina
- Steven Aitchison
- Success Consciousness, by Ramez Sasson
- Talent Development Resources
- The Art of Manliness
- The Blissful Mind
- The Blog of Timothy Ferris
- The Emotion Machine, by Steven Handel
- The Happiness Project, by Gretchen Rubin
- The Personal Excellence blog, by Celes Chua
- The Possibility of Today, by Sibyl Chavis
- The Positivity Blog, by Henrik Edberg
- The Purpose Fairy, by Luminita Saviuc
- The Quintessential Mind, by Adrian Iliopoulos
- The Start of Happiness, by Brendon Baker
- The Urban Monk, by Pedram Shojai
- Theo J Ellis
- Time Management Ninja, by Craig Jarrow
- Tiny Buddha, by Lori Deschene
- Tony Robbins
- Tynan
- Unlimited Choice, by Amit Sodha
- Wake Up Cloud, by Henri Junttila
- Will You Laugh, by Will Chou
- Yaro Starak
- Zen Habits, by Leo Babauta
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