My favorite personal development resources
Learning January 1st, 2008
The purpose of this blog is to provide personal development methods and tips, and these involve articles, lists, stories, books and other things. So, I wanted to share some of the resources I use and enjoy online to my readers. This article highlights some of my favorite resources online (I read many more than just these) for personal development content in life and business. I know they will be useful to you as well. Feel free to add comments with your favorite resources.
#1: Books. Books. Books. This is THE best resource I can possibly recommend. I have many recommended book reviews here if you use this search.
#2: Manager Tools weekly management podcasts(http://www.manager-tools.com). Mike Auzenne and Mark Horstman have created a stunning amount of brilliant content that they describe as, “… a weekly podcast focused on helping you become a more effective manager and leader.” They deliver actionable content each week in podcasts, host amazing conferences and offer premium content on their site. I highly recommend it to any aspiring leader/manager.
#3: Steve Pavlina’s Personal Development Site/Blog (http://www.stevepavlina.com). Steve simply has a huge amount of great content on his site and blog. Its an excellent resource and covers many of the same topics and categories that I write about. Definitely worth spending some time at as well.
#4: Personal MBA (http://personalmba.com). Another great resource site where Josh has collected a batch of recommended business books and additional resources to get you on your way to learning everything you need to learn about business management, without the cost of tuition. This site is a wonderful option to paying for a MBA program. I’ve found his site online after reading many of the same books and definitely agree with most of his book selections.
#5: Other blogs and sites. These are some of my other bookmarks and blogs I read. Nothing in order, just a great source of content from various other sites:
- Marshall Goldsmith Online Library
- David Maister
- Mission Minded Management
- Genuine Curiosity
- Management Craft
- The Practise of Leadership
- The Positivity Blog
- Life Hack
#6: Audio books, seminars and motivational speakers are other great resources for stepping up your capability, lifestyle and attitude to get more out of life. Some of the resources/individuals in this category I’ve really enjoyed are:
- Brian Tracy
- Anthony Robbins
- Earl Nightingale
- Executive Online Book Summaries
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Mike King
January 30th, 2008 at 8:58 PM
Thank you for posting this article. I also try to seek personal development as much as humanly possible and this article helps tremendously. My appreciation to you is in the highest sense.
To show you my gratitude I would like to share with a website I found that also helps: http://consciousflex.blogspot.com
I hope you find it as helpful as I do.
Thank you indeed, please keep up the incredible work!
February 11th, 2008 at 10:22 PM
Hi Mike,
Great blog and thanks for the mention.
Regards George
December 13th, 2009 at 1:42 PM
I would have to add Audible.com for motivational audio books, It is one of the best for getting some of these resources if you have the discipline for getting self help books.
August 7th, 2011 at 3:33 AM
Hi Mike,
Your blog has always helped me a lot and it has been a connector to so many other good websites too. But regarding book i couldn’t find any name of those books in my nearby book store. You have mentioned books as your major source but the list is too short.I really need to thank you for sharing personal MBA. It’s awesome and i am reading the list of the books over there. Thanks and please keep posting more often than you do.
August 8th, 2011 at 2:02 PM
Thanks Sudan. I’d love to read more myself and post more often, just don’t always have time. You also mentioned the list of the books is too short. I have over 80 book reviews here on the site you can find in that search. You can also click the archives tab to view all pages where it is very easy to see or search for titles starting with “Book Reviews:” I hope that helps you find some more. Thanks for the comments by the way.