Tired of reading the same blogs over and over? Looking for fresh articles to read? A new angle on your favorite personal development topics?

Charlie Mendoza has you covered! As much as he loves writing about this subject, he says he can’t take credit for everything Charlie is a writer.He writes. Much of his knowledge on self-development came from reading these great writers and thinkers. Unfortunately there was no way for him to rank these bloggers objectively and accurately. The ranking here is based on their Twitter followers, but those numbers won’t tell you much about the quality of their content. So don’t take it as absolute in terms of quality. That being said, many of those at the top are there for good reason. What this list lacks in ranking, however, it makes up for in quality. Charlie says he has read all these blogs, and I’m a long term subscriber to a few of them. Enjoy or ignore!

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1. Tim Ferriss (@tferriss) of Fourhourworkweek.com

I’ve been a fan since I read the 4-Hour Workweek and I now have his other books, 4-Hour Body and 4-Hour Chef. He thinks and sees the world differently, and that shows in his writing. From Tim, I learned that having many options isn’t always better. Sometimes, it’s better to eliminate them altogether so you don’t waste time on petty choices like what to eat for breakfast.

Favorite posts:

• The Choice-Minimal Lifestyle: 6 Formulas for More Output and Less Overwhelm
• Real Mind Control: The 21-Day No-Complaint Experiment

2. Maria Popova (@brainpicker) of Brainpickings.org3

Maria Popova isn’t your usual self-development blogger. She calls herself an “interestingness hunter-gatherer, and curious mind at large” and that’s a very fitting description considering the amount of research she does for a single post. Brain Pickings is a collection of the lessons she’s learned on creativity, intellectuality/growth, anxiety, spirituality and more. If you want to be a better note-taker, look-up her interview with Tim Ferriss.

Favorite posts:

• Fixed vs. Growth: The Two Basic Mindsets That Shape Our Lives
• How to Find Your Purpose and Do What You Love

3. Lori Deschene (@tinybuddha) of Tinybuddha.com

Lori Deschene is the author of Tiny Buddha’s Guide to Loving Yourself, co-founder of the Recreate Your Life Story eCourse, and creator of Tiny Buddha, a site on simple wisdom, inspiration, relationships, and mindfulness. While many of the posts are based on Buddhism’s teachings, it’s not exclusively about Buddhism—or religion for that matter.

Favorite posts:

• Treating Depression Without Medication
• 60 Life Lessons: Insights from Oprah’s Life Class

4. Michael Hyatt (@MichaelHyatt) of Michaelhyatt.com

Hyatt is the author of Platform: Get Noticed in a Noisy World, and his personal blog is full of insightful and actionable posts on intentional leadership, productivity, publishing and more.

Favorite posts:

• 3 Reasons We Should Be Slow To Judge
• One Old-Tech Secret For High Achievers

5. Leo Babuta1 (@zen_habits) of Zenhabits.net

Leo Babuta writes about habits and living a minimalist lifestyle. Zen Habits chronicles his journey in changing bad habits like smoking and adding better ones like waking early, plus the lessons he learned along the way.

Favorite posts:

• How I Became an Early Riser
• An Addict’s Guide to Overcoming the Distraction Habit

6. Penelope Trunk (@penelopetrunk) of Penelopetrunk

I found Penelope Trunk on Google while I was researching for an article. I forgot what it was about, but her article came up on the search results and the headline stopped me in my tracks. I was intrigued. What would you learn about time management by hating someone? Since then, I’ve loved her style of storytelling and candor in writing. Trunk’s blog is full of stories and advice about life, work and starting a business.

Favorite posts:

• How much money do you need to be happy? Hint: Your sex life matters more
• Navigating the quarterlife crisis

7. Chris Guilleabeu (@chrisguillebeau) of Chrisguillebeau.com

Chris Guillebeau is a travel hacker. So what’s he doing here in a list of personal development bloggers? Aside from traveling the world using frequent flyer miles, he’s also the author of the unconventional guide series, which are awesome guides for travelling, publishing and getting rich. From him, I learned how to dream dreams worth chasing. He also showed me how to conduct annual reviews without going crazy.

Favorite posts:

• 7 Alternative Ways To Evaluate Your Life Every Day
• How To Conduct Your Own Annual Review

8. Marie Forleo1 (@marieforleo) of Marieforleo.com

Marie Forleo is the host of Marie TV and author of Make Every Man Want You: How To Be So Irresistible You’ll Barely Keep from Dating Yourself. Her website is full of sassy and actionable advice for anyone wanting to build a business, focus, and overcome their limiting beliefs.

Favorite posts:

• Do You Let Criticism Stop You? How To Insult-Proof Your Ego
• Advanced Marketing: Who ELSE Influences Your Customer?

9. Danielle LaPorte (@daniellelaporte) of Daniellelaporte.com/

Danielle LaPorte is the author of The Fire Starter Sessions and co-creator of Your Big Beautiful Book Plan. Yes, the site is probably geared for people who love inspirational quotes and soul-searching, but LaPorte’s website is much more than that. The posts are relatable, memorable and inspirational but not to the point that it’s too cheesy for my liking.

Favorite posts:

• My Recent Confessions On Writing, And A Word Of Advice: Keep Going.
• Do You Love Your Problems? Because That Would Be Helpful

10. James Clear (@james_clear) of Jamesclear.com –Mastery!

On the surface, it looks like a health and fitness blog but once you read through it, you’ll realize that everything here is focused on physical and mental mastery. If you’re always trying to exceed your limits, physically and mentally, this site is for you.

Favorite posts:

• Vince Lombardi on the Hidden Power of Mastering the Fundamentals
• What Are You Measuring In Your Life?

11. John Romaniello (@JohnRomaniello) of Romanfitnesssystems.com

Roman Fitness Systems is a fitness and lifestyle website, but they also have write-ups on personal development. The site is a good resource for people looking to improve their physical appearance, that is—to look thinner or put on some muscle. Quick side note: Roman doesn’t like getting included in lists like this. But I’m including him here anyway because his site is a great resource for getting results in your diet and exercise, which then leads to a better life.

Favorite posts:

• How Results REALLY Happen — In Order..
• Some Thoughts on That Time I Became Batman’s Trainer and How I’d Make the New Dark Knight Even More Fit

12. Steven Handel (@StevenHandel) of Theemotionmachine.com

Steven Handel is the man behind The Emotion Machine, an in-depth blog on psychology and self-improvement. The site’s tagline is “The psychology blog that’s better than your local therapist,” based on the posts I’ve read, I think he’s right. I definitely learned more from him than from my Psych 101 class.

Favorite posts:

• An Extreme Fear of Disapproval
• How Perfectionism Destroys Happiness

13. Mark Manson (@IAmMarkManson) of Markmanson.net

Manson writes unconventional life advice, the kind you won’t like reading if you’re used to getting things easy or if you’re a fan of The Secret. His blog is a realistic self-help site based on psychology and evidence through experience. Topics covered include life choices, culture, relationships and self-improvement.

Favorite posts:

• The Subtle Art Of Not Giving A Fuck (Now a Book!)
• The Staggering Bullshit Of “The Secret”

14.  Jenny Blake (@jenny_blake) of Lifeaftercollege.org Podcasts!

Blake writes about leadership, entrepreneurship and more. The site’s content is geared towards fresh graduates and millennials. It’s a great source of strategies for excelling in life outside academia.

Favorite post: Have You Become a Half-Dead Adult?

15. Luminita D. Saviuc (@PurposeFairy) of Purposefairy.com

Saviuc’s writing focuses on the hidden truths, the things we ignore yet hugely affect our lives. Read Purpose Fairy to learn more about human behavior from great thinkers like Einstein, Lao Tzu, Socrates and Victor Frankl, just a short list of Saviuc’s inspiration for her posts.

Favorite posts:

• 18 Life Changing Lessons to Learn from Socrates
• 15 Things You Should Give Up To Be Happy

16. Tina Su (@thinksimplenow ) of  Thinksimplenow.com

Think Simple Now is a collection of real life stories from different people.  Whatever you’re going through, you’re not alone—that’s their message. With over a thousand stories from people all over the world, chances are you’ll find someone who went through the same troubles you’re currently experiencing. You can read their stories to learn from their experience or just find solace knowing that others have walked the same path as you.

Favorite post: How to Quiet Your Mind

17. Steven Aitchison (@StevenAitchison) of Stevenaitchison.co.uk/blog

With a background in Psychology, addiction and management, Atchinson set up this blog to chronicle the lessons he learned in his different jobs. He writes about waking up early, changing habits through changing your thoughts, and  other aspects of personal development.

Favorite posts:

• You Have Multiple Personalities Inside of You
• The Walls We Build Around Ourselves

18. Nisha Moodley (@askNisha) of Nishamoodley.com

Moodley blogs about creating change for women leaders and entrepreneurs. She believes sisterhood (community) is essential to a woman’s freedom, and creates communities of women supporting each other’s lives and businesses. She also writes about doing more while having more fun, finding clarity and more.

Favorite post: Does your lover validate your life?

19. Henrik Edberg (@positivityblog) of Positivityblog.com

Edberg is first to admit that his blog is a work-in-progress, just like he is. So he makes no promises of being a one-stop shop for personal development. Social skills, confidence and awareness seem like the general theme here, but he also has some great content about reducing stress.

Favorite posts:

• Do You Make These 10 Mistakes in a Conversation?
• Bruce Lee’s Top 7 Fundamentals for Getting Your Life in Shape

20.  Britt Reints (@missbritt) of Inpursuitofhappiness.net

Reints calls herself Czar of Happiness and a happiness expert. The site is about her journey to finding her own happiness without letting society’s expectations get in the way. It’s message is somewhat similar to Gretchen Rubin’s Happiness Project, as Reint’s writing helps you find happiness in your everyday life—without having to move to the Caribbean  or radically change your lifestyle.

Favorite posts:

• How I’m Learning to Do Nothing Better
• From Not Enough to More to Give

21.  Therese Schwenkler (@tschwenkler) of Theunlost.com

The Unlost is about dealing with the ‘suckiness’ of life, relationships, and finding a meaningful job. But it’s written from the perspective of an honest, I-don’t-care-if-you-hate-me kind of friend. Schwenkler wrote it to answer the questions she’s been asking her whole life—questions you might’ve asked yourself as well, like “What’s my life’s purpose?” or “Why is my crush such a douche bag?”

Favorite posts:

• How to Heal Your Heartbreak: 4 tips that actually work
• Shockingly Stupid Advice: How Cosmopolitan Magazine Is Misleading A Generation Of Young Women

22. Tim Brownson (@adaringadventure) of adaringadventure.com

Tim Brownson is a life coach and NLP practitioner specializing in helping people get unstuck. Unlike other coaches and personal development bloggers, he doesn’t believe in molly cuddling. He swears quite a bit in his posts and comments, it might be his brand of tough love. His free e-books, 70 Brain Facts, and Don’t Ask Stupid Questions, are entertaining and informative.

Favorite posts:

• Is The Life Coaching Industry In Disrepute?
• The Worst Question In Self Development

23. Charlie hoehn (@charliehoehn) of Charliehoehn.com

I first heard about Charlie Hoehn when I read his post on being a workaholic at Tim Ferriss’ blog. I eventually got his book, Play It Away, which helped me deal with my panic attacks and burnout. Then I got his course, Recession Proof Graduate, which teaches you how (and why) to work for free then later on accelerate your career— and salary—even if you don’t have experience.

Favorite posts:

• The Perils of Personal Progress
• How to Get Swagger

24. Jonathan Wells (@mrjWells) Advancedlifeskills.com

This is similar to the other psychology based blogs here, except the focus is on optimizing your body and behavior modification. Prior to starting the website, Wells worked as a nutritional counselor working with athletes and bodybuilders. His work with already disciplined athletes and regular people wanting to lose weight helped him devise a method of changing people’s mental association with different things, such as people’s association of pain and exercise. Read this blog to learn more about mental imagery, anchoring, behavior and changing deep-rooted but limiting beliefs.

Favorite posts:

• Subliminal Learning – Hoax or Reality?
• Does Your Perception of You Match What Others Think?

25. Brett McKay (@brettmckay and @artofmanliness) of Artofmanliness.com

Okay, this site might be focused on men, but women might find it useful, too. An interesting perspective of how guys think. Man or not, The Art of Manliness will show you that there’s more to being a man than having a car and a gorgeous six-pack. Like McKay says, it’s a blog about ‘growing up well.’ They have posts about confidence (swagger), old-school manly skills, grooming or fashion, career, and relationships.

Favorite posts:

• How to End a Conversation
• How to Develop the Situational Awareness of Jason Bourne

26. Tynan (@tynan) of Tynan.com

Tynan is an adventurer, traveler, founder of blogging platform Sett.com and a former pickup artist. Don’t let the pickup artist title fool you. His blog has several thought provoking posts on minimalism, lifestyle, and habits.

Favorite post: When to be Stubborn

27. Brendan Baker (@Brendan_Baker) of Startofhappiness.com

Brendan Baker’s Start of Happiness is chock full of strategies and tools on goal setting, entrepreneurship, career and life improvement in general. Check out his post on scheduling the best year of your life to get a simple to use schedule template.

Favorite posts:

• 5 Steps to Scheduling the Best Year of Your Life (Free Download)
• The Johari Window: How to Build Self-Awareness & Achieve Success

28. Alex Blackwell (@thebridgemaker) Thebridgemaker.com

This blog doesn’t cover the usual themes of personal development. But it does tackle several important aspects of the human life—forgiveness, letting go and change. It might not teach you about success, but these topics are important just the same. After all, learning how to forgive and let go is necessary for us to grow as humans.

Favorite posts:

• Letting Go: 5 Truths about Surrendering
• The Benjamin Franklin 13-Week Self Improvement Challenge

29. Laurence McCahill- find him on Medium

Co-founder The Happy Startup School. Purpose-driven community builder. Designer of meaningful experiences. Editor of The Happy Startup School, Alptitude, and Happy Startup Ashram.

Favorite posts:

• 6 Startup Myths Debunked
• The Art Of Being Yourself: And The Journey Of A Thousand Conversations

20. Scott Britton (@britton) of Life-longlearner.com

Scott writes about business development, self-development, life-hacks, fitness and psychology. He’s a great example of the 4-hour Workweek lifestyle and a true life hacker with a sense of adventure. But prior to all his amazing accomplishments, he was rejected for a job in Wall Street, and worked as a towel boy for New York Jets. His life is an inspiring comeback story and the blog serves as a guidebook for achieving something awesome despite major setbacks in life.

Favorite posts:

• How to Be A Better Thinker
• A Sneaky Hustle Move to Reinforce Your Street Cred

31. Douglas Eby (@DouglasEby) of Talentdevelop.com

When I first visited this site, I was a bit overwhelmed with the categories on the menu. Talent Develop is a goldmine of well-researched articles—some short, some long—about different areas of human potential (talent and creativity). Eby says the site started out as a project and personal research to understand his own challenges, like his self-critical nature, questions about creative expression—and its accompanying ‘dark moods.’

Favorite posts:

• Pain and suffering and developing creativity
• Introverted, Shy or Highly Sensitive in the Arts

32. Dan Pardi (@DansPlanHealth) of Dan’s Plan

Dan’s Plan provides tips about food, movement, and sleep—what Pardi considers as the basics of a healthy lifestyle. The website itself is a tracking service, helping you monitor your food intake, sleep, exercise, weight and more. They also hold group contests and allow you to connect different fitness trackers.

Favorite post: Vitamin D Revisited

33. Dr. Judy’s Wisdom Circle

As a professional writer and clear-energy practitioner, I offer an inspiration, support, connection, clarity, energy training, ideas, healing meditations and modalities, and a spirited creative atmosphere live online for writers and for those who wish to cultivate a writing practice. PS- Sign up to Receive a Free Instant Benefit!

Favorite post: How Do You Know If You’re Wasting Your Life?

34. Rebecca Fraser-Thill (@WorkingSelf) of Workingself.com

Here’s another site on finding meaningful work. But this one isn’t just based on experience or inspiration, as Thil prides herself on basing much of her content on psychology.

Favorite post: The Great Fear of the Twenties: Wasting Our Potential

35. Joe Wilner (@shakethegrind) Shakeoffthegrind.com/blog

Wilner is a self-admitted preppy dresser. He’s a licensed psychotherapist and coach who helps young and middle aged adults create a life filled with passion, purpose and presence. Shake the Grind is about building confidence, well-being and grit, while overcoming life’s emotional and mental challenges. If you’re facing a tough challenge, his blog posts can help you avoid overwhelm and keep yourself grounded.

Favorite post: Rise and Grind: What if You Lost it All? (A Thanksgiving Gratitude Challenge)

36. Amit Amin  (@HappierHuman) of Happierhuman.com

Don’t let the site’s name fool you. The posts here are, on average, 3 times longer than your average blog post. And for good reason! Amin’s posts are very detailed, backed with links to studies and researches, not just empty claims. Happier Human is for people who really want to understand happiness, the process, geeky details and all the nuances in between. But he does a good job explaining things in layman terms so you won’t get bored reading. Most of the posts are about positive psychology, but you’ll also find in-depth guides about stress, and human behavior.

Favorite posts:

• Are You an Overthinker? You’ve Been Poisoned
• The Power and Vestigiality of Positive Emotion – What’s Your Happiness Ratio?

37.  Stephen Guise (@deepexistence) of Deepexistence.com

Guise writes about minimalism, maintaining focus, and the importance of small steps to building habits. If you’re looking for inspiration or motivation to do your job, this site isn’t for you. Guise says it himself; Deep Existence is about “12% inspiration and 88% logic” so you’re better off picking another site from this list. Guise, like me, believes that inspiration isn’t enough to change your life. Only logic, practical steps you can follow, will. And that, in turn, will motivate you to keep going.

Favorite posts:

• 10 Lies Personal Development Bloggers Tell You
• The Dangers Of Perfectionism (Interview With Dr. Anita Sanz)

38. Eduard Ezeanu (@eduardezeanu) of Peopleskillsdecoded.com

Ezeanu is a social and confidence coach with a background in Psychology. His blog doesn’t look much, but I appreciate the simple and logical explanations he provides in each post. Honestly, I just found this blog a few months ago. But being the introvert that I am, I’ve been reading it frequently since, hoping to lessen the awkwardness I feel when talking to people.

Favorite posts:

• Savior Complex Anyone?
• Does Social Confidence Improve By Itself Over Time?

39. Izmael Arkin or Izzy (@30YearOldninja) of 30yearoldninja.com

Izzy was a Middle School Science Teacher. He wanted to be a ninja. Did I mention he was 30 years old when he started all this? Years later, he moved to Kyoto Japan to train in Aikido. And he’s now a real life, 30-something ninja. Arkin is proof that you can be anything you want, regardless of your age or background. His blog shows you how to develop the discipline and grit it takes to achieve your dreams.

Favorite post: 11 Ways To Increase Your Discipline And Get Things Done

40.  Harleena Singh (@aha_now) of Aha-now.com

Harleena writes inspiring content about family, self-improvement, relationships and health. She doesn’t like getting labeled as a ‘personal development guru’ or a life coach, rather just a person with lessons and experiences to share.

Favorite posts:

• 5 Golden Tips On How To Deal With Anger
• A Bad Temper Can Leave Scars

How You Can Use This List

Whew! That was a lot! Okay, now you might be thinking, “What now? So many choices… Where do I start?” Whatever you do, don’t try to read them all in one go. Go back and scan the list, then pick 2-3 blogs that caught your attention. Or you can pick depending on which blogs will help with your goals for this year. After that, choose all the blogs that you might read, or be interested in reading this year, then follow them on Twitter. That way, you’ll get updates from them and won’t forget to check their site. When your priorities change, or if you’re looking for something new to read, go back to this list.

Did we miss someone? Do you know someone who should be on this list? Let us know via email connect@judymcnutt.com . Thank you!