Resources

Resources for being amazing, categorised in two ways: by format and by purpose.

Some links are affiliate links, meaning if you buy I get compensated. Think of it as a way of supporting my work. (They’re always to resources I would recommend anyway, and you can tell which ones they are because they have “aff” in the URL.) Some are resources I made. And some require you to be a member of this site in order to access them – just sign up at the bottom of this or any page on the site.

Courses and Ebooks

Courses

Online courses, ebooks and other downloadables to help you become amazing.

  • 7 Steps to Effective Personal Change
    If you’re just looking for a place to start to plan changes in your life and make it more amazing, here’s a simple, step-by-step walkthrough of creating a personal change plan and carrying it out.
  • 84 Personal Development Reports
    84 reports from Steven Aitchison, for an amazingly low price – well worth picking up.
  • AIM Your Mind
    The 5 “not-secrets” of success are: focus on your goals, be motivated and persevere, continuously improve your performance, change patterns that hold you back, respond to challenges flexibly and resiliently. One simple technique makes all this much easier
  • How to Become an Advanced Early Riser
    Improve your sleep quality and have the energy and time to work on your amazing goals with Steven Aitchison’s practical ebook.
  • Simple Stress Management Techniques
    When you start reaching for “amazing”, you’ll experience some stress. Or maybe stress and its effects are holding you back from fulfilling your potential. Free yourself from stress quickly and change the patterns that got you there.
  • Stop Procrastinating, Start Succeeding
    Take action at last to fulfil your dreams and goals. Stop Procrastinating, Start Succeeding works with the 7 underlying reasons you procrastinate and teaches you tools, methods and techniques to counter each one, with supporting audio tracks.
  • Unleash Your Confidence
    Vlad Dolezal’s excellent course teaches you practical steps to increase your self-confidence in an accessible and enjoyable style.

Tools

Tools

Tools, mostly software, to help you track your progress, improve and make good choices.

  • 100 Pushups
    iPhone app for the Hundred Pushups program (hundredpushups.com).
  • 12 tools to help you achieve your goals
    Focussed on health and fitness goals in particular, but some are more widely applicable.
  • 200 Situps
    iPhone app for the 200 Situps program (twohundredsitups.com).
  • 84 Personal Development Reports
    84 reports from Steven Aitchison, for an amazingly low price – well worth picking up.
  • Couch to 5K
    iPhone app for a great running program that works by starting you out alternating walking and running and gradually reduces the walking.
  • Infinity Reps
    iPhone app to train with ever-increasing reps for situps, pushups, chinups, squats or your own self-defined exercises.
  • Joe's Goals
    A simple online tool to track positive and negative habits you are trying to change.
  • Log Your Run
    iPhone app to track your running/walking/cycling etc. distance, including pace and calories burned.
  • The Challengator
    Online tool to track your challenges and see graphs of your progress. Currently set up to track the US Navy Physical Readiness Test.
  • The Decisionalyzer
    Make better decisions by weighing up the factors that influence your choice.
  • Touch Goal
    A Joe’s Goals-like app for the iPhone, to track your positive and negative habits and your success in changing.
  • Way of Life
    iPhone app to track your practices and habits, which can help to motivate you to change or to practice more consistently.

Books

Books

Books I have personally found insightful and useful for personal development.

Blogs

Blogs

Blogs I read myself which are consistently useful, practical and insightful.

  • Cash and Joy
    Catherine Caine’s blog can’t be described, must be experienced. For entrepreneurs, but full of inspiration for anyone.
  • Intuitive Bridge
    Bridget Pilloud understands things profoundly. In particular, she understands transformation.
  • Johnny B. Truant
    Johnny is into people being amazing and challenging how things are. If you like my stuff, you may like his (if you don’t mind lots of swearing and his odd sense of humour.)
  • Productive Flourishing
    Even if you’re not running a creative business, Charlie Gilkey has some wise, thoughtful things to say about living life to its fullest.

Health

Health

Resources to improve your health and wellbeing (fitness has its own category).

Fitness

Fitness

Resources to help you build and sustain your physical fitness.

  • 100 Pushups
    iPhone app for the Hundred Pushups program (hundredpushups.com).
  • 12 tools to help you achieve your goals
    Focussed on health and fitness goals in particular, but some are more widely applicable.
  • 200 Situps
    iPhone app for the 200 Situps program (twohundredsitups.com).
  • Couch to 5K
    iPhone app for a great running program that works by starting you out alternating walking and running and gradually reduces the walking.
  • Infinity Reps
    iPhone app to train with ever-increasing reps for situps, pushups, chinups, squats or your own self-defined exercises.
  • Log Your Run
    iPhone app to track your running/walking/cycling etc. distance, including pace and calories burned.
  • Spark: The Revolutionary New Science of Exercise and the Brain
    I wish I’d known the benefits of exercise for mind and mood that John Ratey sets out in this book when I was younger. Brilliant motivation.
  • The Challengator
    Online tool to track your challenges and see graphs of your progress. Currently set up to track the US Navy Physical Readiness Test.

Character and Personal Strength

Character

Resources for building your character, personal power and ability to relate to others.

  • Free from Fear
    (Members-only) An ebook to help you defeat fear in your life and replace it with amazing courage.
  • Happy at Last: The Thinking Person's Guide to Finding Joy
    Psychologist (and former depressive) Richard O’Connor on what will really make you happy. (It’s not money.)
  • Joe's Goals
    A simple online tool to track positive and negative habits you are trying to change.
  • Stop Procrastinating, Start Succeeding
    Take action at last to fulfil your dreams and goals. Stop Procrastinating, Start Succeeding works with the 7 underlying reasons you procrastinate and teaches you tools, methods and techniques to counter each one, with supporting audio tracks.
  • Thanks! How Practicing Gratitude can Make You Happier
    A psychologist who studies gratitude and its effects gives a layman’s guide to improving your happiness, health and positivity.
  • Touch Goal
    A Joe’s Goals-like app for the iPhone, to track your positive and negative habits and your success in changing.
  • Unleash Your Confidence
    Vlad Dolezal’s excellent course teaches you practical steps to increase your self-confidence in an accessible and enjoyable style.

Amazing Skills

Skills

Resources for building useful life skills.

  • 7 Steps to Effective Personal Change
    If you’re just looking for a place to start to plan changes in your life and make it more amazing, here’s a simple, step-by-step walkthrough of creating a personal change plan and carrying it out.
  • 84 Personal Development Reports
    84 reports from Steven Aitchison, for an amazingly low price – well worth picking up.
  • AIM Your Mind
    The 5 “not-secrets” of success are: focus on your goals, be motivated and persevere, continuously improve your performance, change patterns that hold you back, respond to challenges flexibly and resiliently. One simple technique makes all this much easier
  • Free from Fear
    (Members-only) An ebook to help you defeat fear in your life and replace it with amazing courage.
  • How to be Happy ebook
    Advice, resources and exercises to increase your happiness, wellbeing and joy in life. (Members only.)
  • The Decisionalyzer
    Make better decisions by weighing up the factors that influence your choice.
  • The Presentation Secrets of Steve Jobs
    Steve Jobs is renowned as one of the world’s greatest live presenters. This book analyses how he does it, and how you can use his techniques in your own public speaking.

Members Only

Members Only

Resources restricted to members of the site - you can sign up at the bottom of this or any page.

  • Free from Fear
    (Members-only) An ebook to help you defeat fear in your life and replace it with amazing courage.
  • How to be Happy ebook
    Advice, resources and exercises to increase your happiness, wellbeing and joy in life. (Members only.)

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