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Despite promises of “fast and easy” results from slick marketers, real personal growth is neither fast nor easy. The truth is that hard work, courage, and self-discipline are required to achieve meaningful results—results that are not attained by those who cling to the fantasy of achievement without effort.

Personal Development for Smart People reveals the unvarnished truth about what it takes to consciously grow as a human being. As you read, you’ll learn the seven universal principles behind all successful growth efforts (truth, love, power, oneness, authority, courage, and intelligence); as well as practical, insightful methods for improving your health, relationships, career, finances, and more.

You’ll see how to become the conscious creator of your life instead of feeling hopelessly adrift, enjoy a fulfilling career that honors your unique self-expression, attract empowering relationships with loving, compatible partners, wake up early feeling motivated, energized, and enthusiastic, achieve inspiring goals with disciplined daily habits and much more!

With its refreshingly honest yet highly motivating style, this fascinating book will help you courageously explore, creatively express, and consciously embrace your extraordinary human journey.

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About the Author

Steve Pavlina is widely recognized as the most successful personal-development blogger on the Internet, attracting more than two million monthly readers who value his unique insights. Instead of posing as a self-help guru with all the answers, Steve encourages people to fearlessly conduct their own personal growth experiments in order to learn through direct experience. He has written more than 700 free articles, often challenging his readers to question what they’ve been taught and to consider alternative perspectives. Blue-eyed, colorblind, and left-handed, Steve is the voice of recessive genes that seek creative expression instead of social conformity.

Paperback: 266 pages
Publisher: Hay House (October 15, 2009)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1401922767
ISBN-13: 978-1401922764
Product Dimensions: 6 x 0.6 x 9 inches
Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
Average Customer Review: 139 customer reviews
Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #210,929 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #181 in Books > Health, Fitness & Dieting > Psychology & Counseling > Developmental Psychology
- #658 in Books > Health, Fitness & Dieting > Aging
- #3080 in Books > Self-Help > Motivational

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Well-worth the price!

ByDixieLadyon November 14, 2012

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As a long-time reader of self-help and personal development literature I decided to purchase Pavlina's book because the price ($1.99) and convenient access (Kindle via Amazon prime) were hard to beat, regardless of any intrinsic value of the book's content. Needless to say, a five-star review indicates a very favorable impression of this book! "Personal Development for Smart People" is engaging, informative and well-written. The author brings together personal experience, research and the experiences gathered from his followers in a straightforward guide to identifying and achieving goals. Although Pavlina's concepts are not entirely novel, his blunt yet reassuring style is quite effective, especially for more 'cerebral' readers who tend to overthink. "Personal Development for Smart People" engages the reader's imagination while encouraging action in real-world situations. Whether the situation requiring change is in the arena of relationships or finance, health or career, this book offers an effective methodology for positive change.

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This might just be the last self-improvement book I ever read!

ByShaurjaon February 17, 2016

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I've read a fair share of self-help and self-improvement books. This is probably the best one I've ever read as it encompasses lessons learned elsewhere in a very, very straightforward way. The way Steve speaks to the reader is very genuine and I loved the spiritual aspect of his wisdom. I will be re-reading this quite often the rest of my life.

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Thoughtful read that challenges your thinking

ByThe Butleron August 31, 2017

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Great read that challenges your thinking all the way back to childhood. All of us carry baggage and habits that prevent us from achieving our goals and realizing our ideal life. To quote Yoda "You must unlearn what you have learned" and this book tells you why and shows you how.

A key thing would be to be honest with yourself while reading and going through the exercises. What's the point of reading a self improvement book if you lie to yourself? You are the ultimate authority of your life, take charge and make it the best life you can possibly have, because it's the only one you have.

While I don't agree with everything in it, it greatly exceeded my expectations and earned my recommendation. Read it! You won't be sorry.

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The Most Powerful Personal Development Book I've Read

ByJohn Constantineon December 18, 2014

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I'd read some of Pavlina's blog posts over the years, but actually ordered PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT FOR SMART PEOPLE on the recommendation of a speaker I saw. Sad to admit, I didn't even recognize Pavlina's name when I ordered it.

I give this book an unqualified five stars, and have already recommended it to numerous friends (and gotten Steve a number of sales along the way). His approach is to break life into a trio of tenets, then explain how you can strengthen and build your life and paths to goals using those tenets and their components. More important than a book of preprogrammed to-do lists -- you create those based on your own personal interests and aims -- PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT FOR SMART PEOPLE gives you the building blocks, and then lets you assemble them to create a stronger, more fulfilling life.

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Steve Pavlina offers a cornucopia of practical concepts, checklists ...

ByTerry Schmidton July 5, 2017

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Steve Pavlina offers a cornucopia of practical concepts, checklists, and common sense strategies with rare insight and personal disclosure. I especially appreciated his checklist of 66 productivity habits and discovered some I had never thought of. Bravo Steve!

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A must read!

ByMary Buckeyneon May 25, 2016

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I had the electronic version of this book which I devoured! I really like a print version of a book. It's sometimes easier to get to the part you want to reference. The principles presented in this book are timeless. Applying the principles has helped me make decisions and see problem situations with new clarity. I highly recommend this book. It totally supported my life philosophy!

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Will Make You Think, and Then Think Again

ByRuckuson September 30, 2008

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This is a great book for motivation and personal development. I really like how the author builds a framework for personal development and then illustrates how that framework applies to different situations. Being a computer programmer by nature this approach really resonates with me and allows me to see where the author is coming from. At points the author has some extreme points of view and backs them up with a pretty solid belief system but he also states that you should not listen to him blindly and make up your own mind. This book is not a step by step solution but will enlighten you to discover your own path. I highly recommend it.

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Very useful and practical

ByTeaon April 10, 2013

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I have been a loyal follower of Steve's blog for at least a year now. I purchased the book with very high expectation. Even though I felt like I knew a lot about Steve as a fascinating human being, I was totally up for new knowledge and insights before I opened my copy of the book. Indeed, I wasn't disappointed. I have already passed this book once, and I am on my second pass. The overall feeling I get is that I am completely committed to personal growth. I broke an additional few of my major fears. I conducted ten 30-day trials since February (of course I don't wait for a previous one to finish before I move on to the next one), two of which are successful. The feeling of growth and increased mental clarity is awesome. I will come back and share how I apply Steve's idea to come up with my own personal growth experiments and what I am learning. Right now I am focusing on self-discipline and time management.

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Four Stars

good read.

Published 5 months ago by Jason Pock

Five Stars

great read! wow

Published 6 months ago by Amazon Customer

Applicable and down to Earth.

Usually self help books might be coming from an angle that you just can't see. In this brilliant book Steve Pavlina talks to you at a level where universally people can understand...Read more

Published 7 months ago by Jacob

Five Stars

NICE!

Published 8 months ago by by Tracie'e DeMille

Powerful read that will help you see clarity in life

This book was very easy to read and is packed with powerful tips to help me see things in a different perspective.Read more

Published 1 year ago by Vicky Cella

This book and Steve are both awesome, but anyhow they require action

This book and Steve are both awesome, but anyhow they require action, so reading the book won't change your life, but having this book as a companion will for sure enrich it on...Read more

Published 1 year ago by Peter Golobar

Great book, must-read for building a principled life of ...

Great book , must-read for building a principled life of courage .

Published 1 year ago by Amazon Customer

Four Stars

I was comparing it with L.Ron Hubbard stuff. Steve is on right track, but LRH has it exactly right.

Published 1 year ago by mike j

Centering

This is a great book. I read it in a difficult period of my life, one of my all-time lows, and it helped to restore faith in myself and gave me hope that I could take charge of...Read more

Published 1 year ago by Abner Rosenweig

Thoroughly enjoyed reading this refreshing book

Thoroughly enjoyed reading this refreshing book. No fluff and less full of relative content of development and not your typical motivational empty stuff most people print.

Published 1 year ago by PureLifeTropics

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