Personal Development Resources
Links and resources on personal development, self leadership, and life design curated by Gregg Vanourek. To lead others well, first we must learn to lead ourselves. I hope you find value in them! -Gregg (Twitter: @gvanourek)
- 1440 Multiversity
- *Actualized (YouTube video channel on personal development)
- Mark Albion, Making a Life, Making a Living
- *Barrett Values Centre
- Jenny Blake, Pivot: The Only Move that Matters Is Your Next One
- *Po Bronson, What Should I Do with My Life?
- *David Brooks, The Road to Character
- *Brene Brown, Daring Greatly; The Gifts of Imperfection
- *Bob Buford, HalfTime: From Success to Significance
- *Bill Burnett and Dave Evans, Designing Your Life
- *Kevin Cashman, Leadership from the Inside Out
- Center for Self Leadership
- *Shirzad Chamine, Positive Intelligence
- Clayton Christensen, How Will You Measure Your Life?
- Core Leadership Institute
- *Stephen R. Covey, The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People
- *Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience
- *Carol Dweck, Mindset: The New Psychology of Success
- *Jonathan Fields, How to Live a Good Life
- *Viktor Frankl, Man’s Search for Meaning
- Steward Friedman, Leading the Life You Want
- *John W. Gardner, Self-Renewal
- Bill George and Peter Sims, True North
- *Christopher Gergen and Gregg Vanourek, LIFE Entrepreneurs
- Elizabeth Gilbert, Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear
- Jeff Goins, The Art of Work
- Good Life Project (Jonathan Fields) podcast
- Chris Guillebeau, Born for This and The Happiness of Pursuit
- Jonathan Haidt, The Happiness Hypothesis
- Halftime Institute
- Hoffman Institute
- Reid Hoffman and Ben Casnocha, The Start-Up of You
- Hudson Institute of Coaching
- *Arianna Huffington, Thrive
- Ronald and Mary Hulnick, Loyalty to Your Soul
- *Herminia Ibarra, Working Identity: Unconventional Strategies for Reinventing Your Career
- Joseph Jaworski, Synchronicity: The Inner Path of Leadership
- *Richard Leider, The Power of Purpose; Repacking Your Bags; Something to Live For; Life Reimagined
- *LIFE Entrepreneurs (Christopher Gergen and Gregg Vanourek)
- *LIFE Entrepreneurs Personal Assessment
- *Greg McKeown, Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less
- MindValley (a global school for humanity, Malaysia)
- *Cal Newport, Deep Work: Rules for Success in a Distracted World
- *James O’Toole, Creating the Good Life
- *Parker Palmer, Let Your Life Speak; A Hidden Wholeness
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*Personal Values Exercise (from Triple Crown Leadership)
- Pivot (Jenny Blake) podcast on career change
- *Sir Ken Robinson, The Element
- Self Leaders
- *Martin Seligman, Authentic Happiness
- *Simon Sinek, Find Your Why
- *Emily Esfahani Smith, The Power of Meaning: Crafting a Life that Matters
- Chade-Meng Tan, Search Inside Yourself
- TED (Ideas Worth Spreading videos)
- Krista Tippett, Becoming Wise: An Inquiry into the Mystery and Art of Living
- Total Leadership
- *Bob Vanourek, Leadership Wisdom
- *David Whyte, The Heart Aroused; The Three Marriages
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