101 Online Self Improvement Resources

Recently readers have asked me to share my favorite self improvement resources. Most of these sites don’t revolve around classic self improvement topics, but they all contain valuable information you can use to improve your life. Here are 101 online self improvement resources, organized into 5 general categories.

It’s a rather long list, so if you don’t have much time I’d recommend bookmarking it with del.icio.us and coming back later. Feel free to add your own favorites in the comments.

Self Improvement Resources

These resources specialize in helping you make the most of your time.

• Lifehacker
• 43 Folders
• Lifehack.org
• Web Worker Daily
• Dumb Little Man
• Zen Habits
• LifeDev
• Productivity501
• Black Belt Productivity
• LifeClever
• Slacker Manager
• Instigator Blog
• The Optimized Life
• Cranking Widgets Blog
• Ian’s Messy Desk

Personal Development

Sites in this category cover all topics traditionally related to personal growth and development.

• Steve Pavlina
• Ririan Project
• Scott H Young
• steve-olson.com
• Wise Bread Personal Finance Forum
• Intelligent Self Improvement at SyedKhurramAali.blogspot.com
  
• Life Optimizer
• The Positivity Blog
• Change Your thoughts
• Today is That Day
• Life Coaches Blog
• BrianKim.net
• The Happiness Project
• Shards of Consciousness
• Cultivate Greatness
• Genius Types
• Evolving Times
• Craig Harper – Motivational Speaker
• Chief Happiness Officer
• Meditations on Meaning

Mentally Stimulating

These sites, focused mainly on art and science, never fail to make me think.

• kottke.org
• Margin Evolution
• Freakonomics Blog
• Language Log
• Cognitive Daily
• Cosmic Variance
• Scientific American
• Nature.com
• Boing Boing
• Violent Acres
• PostSecret
• Dilbert Blog
• McSweeney’s
• BibliOdyssey
• MetaFilter
• Grow-A-Brain
• Indexed
• Dyske
• Think Exist
• Brainy Quote
• Mind Hacks
• Half Sigma
• The Assimilated Negro
• Neatorama

Business, Blogging, and Financial Success

Although many of these are targeted at my fellow bloggers and webmasters, some are relevant to everyone. They all aim to help you become a financial success.

• The Motley Fool
• Fast Company
• SEO Book
• Pronet Advertising
• Get Rich Slowly
• The Simple Dollar
• I Will Teach You to be Rich
• Brazen Careerist
• The Digerati Life
• Slow Leadership
• ProBlogger
• John Chow dot Com
• Gaping Void
• Copyblogger
• SEOmoz
• Graywolf’s SEO Blog
• Daily Blog Tips
• Alister Cameron – Blogologist
• Chris Garret
• Smashing Magazine
• Entrepreneur’s Journey
• Quick Sprout
• Shoemoney
• Tropical SEO
• Duct Tape Marketing
• Net Business Blog
• eMoms at Home
• Jakob Nielsen on Web Usability
• Seth Godin

Educational References and Reading

These sites contain massive amounts of information and are my favorite destinations (other than Google) for serious research or casual reading.

• Bartleby
• Project Gutenberg
• How Stuff Works
• Google Book Search
• The Internet Classics Archive
• The Online Books Page
• The Online Poetry Archive
• Classic Short Stories
• Online Education Resources
• LibriVox (free audio books)
• Audio Books For Free
• Wikipedia
• Ludwig von Mises Institue
• eHow