10+ Best Articles on Personal Growth

After more than two decades as an anchor for ABC News, an on-air panic attack sent Dan Harris's life in a new direction: he became a dedicated meditator and, to some, even a guru. But then an…

A thought piece on what it takes to truly be great and what that even means in the first place.

«makes the rest of us believe that correlation (of those outliers) is causation; in other words, success of those individuals is due to their offbeat ways»

By Leo Babauta A well-known climbing coach said that the biggest obstacle in the way of people’s growth as climbers is, basically, fear of embarrassment. When people want to get better at climbing,…

“Self-knowledge… is not an aim in itself, but a means of liberating the forces of spontaneous growth. In this sense, to work at ourselves becomes not only the prime moral obligation, bu…

«under the forces of convention and compulsion; it requires living amicably with who we have been in order to fully live into who we can be.»

In a circular model of growth, nobody is more advanced than anyone. There is no “up” or “down.” People are at a particular point of their own, unique growth loop. Everyone only competes against one’s…

The best thought experiments challenge our beliefs and offer fresh perspectives on how the world operates.

In 2004 the New York Times interviewed Stephen Hawking, the late scientist whose motor-neuron disease left him paralyzed and unable to talk since age 21. Apparently in a good mood, the Times asked…

«there’s almost a complete ignorance of expectations, especially managing them with as much effort as we put into changing our circumstances.»

Most of the things you do don’t matter. Yup, that tweet you’re reading. No impact. The presentation you just edited. No one’s going to read the slide. And that feature you just shipped. Crickets. As…

«If 80% of your activities are barely making a dent with your happiness, what does that mean? And what about that 20% that makes you light up.»

There’s a saying – I don’t know whose – that an expert is always from out of town. It’s similar to the Bible quote that no man is a prophet in his own country. That one has deeper meaning, but they…

«“All businesses are loosely functioning disasters” Brent Beshore says. But it’s like an iceberg, only a fraction is visible.»

Based on personal experience, I want to share what I have found to be the top requirements for success when creating a growth loop.

As children, we were told that practice makes perfect, but sportswriter David Epstein turns on its head the popular idea that specializing early on in one field leads to greater success. Epstein delved into studies on the development of elite professionals, observing that dabbling isn’t the hindrance many believe it to be. In this fascinating article, he outlines a convincing case that – in an increasingly complex and interconnected world – the world needs more “people with range.”