Recently readers have asked me to share my favorite self improvement resources. Most of these sites don’t revolve around classic self improvement topics, but they all contain valuable information you can use to improve your life. Here are 101 online self improvement resources, organized into 5 general categories.
It’s a rather long list, so if you don’t have much time I’d recommend bookmarking it with del.icio.us and coming back later. Feel free to add your own favorites in the comments.
Self Improvement Resources
These resources specialize in helping you make the most of your time.
- Lifehacker
- 43 Folders
- Lifehack.org
- Web Worker Daily
- Dumb Little Man
- Zen Habits
- LifeDev
- Productivity501
- Black Belt Productivity
- LifeClever
- Slacker Manager
- Instigator Blog
- The Optimized Life
- Cranking Widgets Blog
- Ian’s Messy Desk
Personal Development
Sites in this category cover all topics traditionally related to personal growth and development.
- Steve Pavlina
- Ririan Project
- Scott H Young
- steve-olson.com
- Wise Bread Personal Finance Forum
- Intelligent Self Improvement at PickTheBrain.com
- Life Optimizer
- The Positivity Blog
- Change Your thoughts
- Today is That Day
- Life Coaches Blog
- BrianKim.net
- The Happiness Project
- Shards of Consciousness
- Cultivate Greatness
- Genius Types
- Evolving Times
- Craig Harper – Motivational Speaker
- Chief Happiness Officer
- Meditations on Meaning
Mentally Stimulating
These sites, focused mainly on art and science, never fail to make me think.
- kottke.org
- Margin Evolution
- Freakonomics Blog
- Language Log
- Cognitive Daily
- Cosmic Variance
- Scientific American
- Nature.com
- Boing Boing
- Violent Acres
- PostSecret
- Dilbert Blog
- McSweeney’s
- BibliOdyssey
- MetaFilter
- Grow-A-Brain
- Indexed
- Dyske
- Think Exist
- Brainy Quote
- Mind Hacks
- Half Sigma
- The Assimilated Negro
- Neatorama
Business, Blogging, and Financial Success
Although many of these are targeted at my fellow bloggers and webmasters, some are relevant to everyone. They all aim to help you become a financial success.
- The Motley Fool
- Fast Company
- SEO Book
- Pronet Advertising
- Get Rich Slowly
- The Simple Dollar
- I Will Teach You to be Rich
- Brazen Careerist
- The Digerati Life
- Slow Leadership
- ProBlogger
- John Chow dot Com
- Gaping Void
- Copyblogger
- SEOmoz
- Graywolf’s SEO Blog
- Daily Blog Tips
- Alister Cameron – Blogologist
- Chris Garret
- Smashing Magazine
- Entrepreneur’s Journey
- Quick Sprout
- Shoemoney
- Tropical SEO
- Duct Tape Marketing
- Net Business Blog
- eMoms at Home
- Jakob Nielsen on Web Usability
- Seth Godin
Educational References and Reading
These sites contain massive amounts of information and are my favorite destinations (other than Google) for serious research or casual reading.
- Bartleby
- Project Gutenberg
- How Stuff Works
- Google Book Search
- The Internet Classics Archive
- The Online Books Page
- The Online Poetry Archive
- Classic Short Stories
- Online Education Resources
- LibriVox (free audio books)
- Audio Books For Free
- Wikipedia
- Ludwig von Mises Institue
- eHow
it’s almost overwhelming…
I already visit a good number of the sites you posted there… but there’s a lot more that seem very interesting.
Thanks for this.
Agree with you
and actually there are a lot more great site about self improvement out there,
I just find some, like
selfgrowth, eruptingmind, trcoach,etc (all with dot com) or self improvement category in ezinearticles
Haha, I can understand how you feel, Ahmad. Maybe I should have broken it up into multiple segments? You can always bookmark and go through it a few sites at a time.
Thanks for the list of interesting link, I will start to review each website and start to improve my resources!! chillout
Great resources, John! Instead of just self-improvement in its narrow sense, you also list resources in related areas. It makes your list more ‘colorful’ and useful.
Thanks, Donald. I’m glad you found something interesting. Look at self improvement outside of the typical topics is one of the goals of this site!
Some interesting resources.
Hi there! I just want to say, thanks so much for including me here! One question though is that my site name was cited as “Brazen Careerist” though my blog is “The Digerati Life”. Looks like a mix-up! I’m very honored to be mentioned.
Whoops! I guess in putting together all the links there was a mix up. I’ll fix it immediately.
Thanks for the mention. Great list of resources there. Looks like my RSS reader will have a couple additions
Thanks, Dee. Keep up the great work at NBB.
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Wow. That is quite a compilation. Good job.
Thanks for the mention John. This is a fantastic list of resources you have and I look forward to reading through them.
All the best
Awesome list. Thanks for the effort!
“Feel free to add your own favorites in the comments”
Philosophy blog – http://www.urbanmonk.net
Practical Self-Improvement – http://www.alexshalman.com
People skills – http://www.succeedsocially.com
Robert Greene’s blog on strategy – http://www.powerseductionandwar.com
Great list of resources. I frequent some of them quite often. Now I need to take a look at those I haven’t been to.
Personal development/community http://www.chrisbrogan.com
Thanks for the list. Here is one more.
http://sladeroberson.com
What a useful list. Thanks!
I’ll be adding a link to it from thinkhappy.org.
Thanks, Graham! Glad you like it.
Wow, what an extensive list… Thank you for the pick as I’m indeed searching around. Now, I can focus and explore them first instead.
Good list and thank you very much for the mention, John. However, it seems like the link to The Positivity Blog is to Steven Aitchison´s Change Your Thoughts.
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John,
Thanks for taking the time to compile an excellent list from a group of bloggers that always put out great content.
Here is another one to add to your list:
Productivity and Community Development: http://www.chrisbrogan.com
Look forward to more great content!
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http://davidfinch.typepad.com
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“Feel free to add your own favorites in the comments.”
Thank you for the invitation.
Here are a few, collected in the one place:
http://www.forwardsteps.com.au/FSBlogs.htm
Namaste, Thea
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Personal Development for the Book Smart
Terrific post! The comments are great, too, and I’ve picked up a few I had never heard of previously.
Here are some of my own. Not all are strictly personal development, per se, but they are all about building a better personal and professional life.
Happiness Project (http://www.happiness-project.com)
A blog about one author’s quest to get happy. The lessons learned here are thought-provoking, funny, intriguing, and ultimately, life-affirming. And no, Gretchen Rubin and I are not related.
Crossroads Dispatches (http://evelynrodriguez.typepad.com):
Evelyn Rodriguez’s blog is a smorgasboard of Zen-like observations on marketing, life, art, and everything in between. We have never met, but she is a true inspiration — a quiet voice whose voices resonates quite loudly with my soul.
Damn, I Wish I’d Thought of That (http://www.damniwish.com)
Andy Sernovitz’s “Unusually Useful Ideas for Smart Marketers” is the best blog about word of mouth marketing on the Web. Every post is thought-provoking and can almost always be turned into something actionable during the day. I used to work for the guy, and now I’m just an unabashed fan.
Great list, bookmarked!
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You left out my site: http://www.TheHappyGuy.com
hi john,
i thought i was always inferior to others and wanted to improve on various aspects of my life like health & beauty, wealth and skills, personality and charisma, smartness and all other physio-psychological fields of my life.
when looking for these i found that one good thing i had was i was always looking for a change for better.
i am not a blogger and dunno wat will i do in future but your blog has helped me help myself better ways..
it has shown many things i am looking for..
i am still on way to look out for many things.
Also i was looking for books, dvd’s, and specialised peoples as resourcesn for helping myself.
i want to live a happy, successful life full or experiences and achievements.
i just want thank you in this internet world how your posts has helped me and many other peoples like me.
best the best collection ,Thank you for the list ,good job.
Thanks for sharing!!
Awesome list with some great blogs. Thanks for the effort!
Hi,
Inspiring and beneficial post. The comments are great. Enjoyed it very much.
Your resources will definitely help us to improve.
Wow…great list there,
There’s several self improvement resources there that I either hadn’t heard of or hadn’t gotten around to checking out.
Will definitely let my subscribers know about this post.
Thanks!
best the best collection ,Thank you for the list ,good job.
Great list! If I can humbly suggest one more under the self improvement resources, check out http://RoadmapsToSUCCESS.com
thanks for these links…
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Great list of resources…thank you for sharing them with us.
Great Lists for self improvement resources.
Thanks.
best the best collection ,Thank you for the list ,good job.
Will definitely let my subscribers know about this post.
Thanks!
This is a most interesting site with valuable content. I have bookmarked it for future reference. Can anybody suggest other sites which may also be good for referencing?
That’s a well researched list you have there. Any chance of an updated one for 2009/10?
thanks for these imformation and all the links. Best Regards