Self Improvement Resources

Exercising Balance and Discernment

The self improvement resources that are featured on this site are practical tools that can help you change your life.

Many of the articles on this site contain practical guidelines and resources for applying the material contained within those articles.

You can source these resources by scrolling through the site navigation tabs and tools in the left-hand column on this page, and you can use the site search tool which can be found on the "Site Map & Index" tab [in the left hand column].

Third party resources

This page is focused on third party blogs, book summaries, author recommendations, tools and programmes that I use, or have used,  and that I recommend to you.

Balance and discernment

As I am sure your are very aware, there is a lot of "overkill" and hype generated over self improvement resources, but approached with a degree of balance and discernment there are - in my direct personal experience - some very good, practical resources that really can make a difference to our lives, by helping us deal with a particular issue or aspect of our personal development and growth.

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Self Improvement Resources - Guidelines

There are a number of blogs, CDs and DVDs plus several inexpensive programmes that you can subscribe to either as a "one off" or in some cases as a low cost monthly subscription.

I should point out that none of these resources should replace professional guidance and support where necessary, they are offered here in good faith, and I cannot and will not make any extravagant claims that anything on this site is the "missing key" that is going to suddenly and dramatically change your life.

My general guidelines for including any blog, book, CD, DVD, programme or any other resource on this site as "self improvement resources" are as follows:

• I have actually used most of these resources either in the form of the product or service shown or in a generic form, and over many years.
• In many cases the authors or creators of the resources are known to me - not usually personally, but I have read and evaluated their work over a period of time.
• Many of these resources offer a free service option in the form of newsletters and support material and all give good guarantees and have a full refund policy.
• The materials are low-cost and do not require an expensive "upsell" to a more expensive product.
• They are marketed and distributed by reputable online companies with an appropriate refund policy.
• I have created a separate page for each third party programme that I have reviewed and this provides an overview together with an outline of my own experience and a recommendation.

Any questions or suggestions - please get in touch

Self Improvement Resources - Blogs

Try these blogs & sites to stimulate your thinking:

Science Based Answers & Insights

• The Information Philosopher
• The Science Factory - Authors
• Barking Up the Wrong Tree
• Greater Good Science Center

Evidence Based Life Advice

• Mark Manson
• Mark Manson - Archives

Book Notes and Summaries

• Sloww
  
• Sam Thomas Davies
• Calvin Rosser
• Success Summaries
• What You Will Learn
• 4 Minute Books
• Seeken Summaries
• Productivity Game
• Nat Eliason
• Tom Butler-Bowdon
• Taylor Pearson

Upgrade Yourself - Strategies Of Rigorous Self-Betterment Via Improved Thinking Skills

• Farnam Street

Bernardo Kastrup's work has been leading the modern renaissance of Metaphysical Idealism

• Bernardo Kastrop

In-Depth, Self-Development Guides

• Scot Jeffrey

An Experiential Change In The Way We See Everyone And Everything

• Nic Askew - Soul Biographies - Inner View

Thought Provoking Insights

• Paul Graham - Essays
• Julian Shapiro

Insights About How To Better Connect With Others

• Tim David -  Good At People

Self Improvement Resources - Miscellaneous

•  Ribbonfarm - Experiments In Refactored Perceptions
• Trends and Developments in Mindfulness Research over 55 Years: A Bibliometric Analysis of Publications Indexed in Web of Science
  
• Deductive and Inductive Arguments: What’s the Difference?
  
• Business Study Resources -  the largest database of academic papers within the field of business and management.

• Investment Quotes Based On Principles That Apply To Life
• 100+ Quality Questions: How to Make Better Decisions in Life and Work
• Dunbar's Number: Find Out How This Little Number Governs Everything You Do | Renaissance Man Journal
• 12 Questions That Will Change Your Life | Thought Catalog
• Ryan Holiday - My_Most_Popular_Artices_On_Productivity_2_1_.pdf
• Our Favorite Farnam Street Posts From 2020
• Logical Fallacies
  

• 29 Lessons From The Greatest Strategic Minds Who Ever Lived
  
• Super Thinking by Gabriel Weinberg and Lauren McCann
• Renaissance Man Journal Ancient Secrets To Learning More, Making Better Decisions, And Future-Proofing Your Life
• Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy
• Almanack of Naval Ravikant
• Daily Stoic - Ancient Wisdom For Everyday Life
• Wait But Why

Self Improvement Resources - Third Party Programmes

Personal Development Tools

• Emotional Freedom Technique: Dealing With Your Anxieties & Stress
• Positive Self Talk: Dealing With The Inner Critic In Your Head
• NLP Course: Achieve and Sustain Peak Performance
• Three Minute Power Pause
• Cybernetic Transposition: Get All Levels Of Your Mind Working For You
• Goal Catcher Coaching Program -  Increase Your Goal Orientation Through Personalized Coaching

Meditation Programme + Relaxation Music

• Meditation Programme: No More Boredom + No More Years Of Training!
• Relaxation + Meditation Music + Guided Meditations

Personal Development + Spiritual Growth Programmes

• Higher Awareness: Personal Development and Spiritual Growth Programmes

Personality types and thinking styles

• Personality Quiz
• Myers Briggs Type Indicators
• Katherine Benziger - Thinking Styles Assessment

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