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64 Personal Productivity Blogs You've Probably Never Heard of Before
Posted by: Dr. Mercola
January 08 2009 | 1,433 views

The personal productivity niche on the Web has grown by leaps and bounds. While a few sites dominate the rankings, there are lots and lots of lesser-known sites that are as good or even better than the “A-list” productivity blogs.

  1. 43 Folders: Merlin Mann and his crew of happy Folderers keep on providing great tips on productivity and getting things done, especially for Mac users.
  2. All Things Workplace: Tips from Steve Roesler on becoming a more effective leader.
  3. Awake At The Wheel: Great stuff from serial entrepreneur, yoga expert, and writer Jonathan Fields.
  4. Black Belt Productivity: Co-written by Jason Echols and Michael Ramm, BBP covers workplace productivity, and has an excellent series of posts introducing GTD methods.
  5. Change Your Thoughts: Steven Aitchison’s blog on health, finances, relationships, writing, and keeping a positive perspective on life.
  6. Conflict Zen: Formerly “I Can’t Say That”, Conflict Zen is all about dealing with and resolving interpersonal conflict. If you know people, you probably need to get a little conflict Zen.
  7. Cranking Widgets: Brett Kelly offers practical GTD-minded advice on life and productivity.
  8. Creating a Better Life: Personal development in its purest form, CaBL deals with productivity and related issues from the perspective of creating internal attitudes that make you more productive.
  9. The Daily Saint: Mike St. Pierre offers great tips on being more productive and managing time better, with an emphasis on creating meaning in your life.
  10. Diary of a Four-Hour-a-Weeker: This is the journal of an entrepreneur trying to implement the suggestions of Tim Ferriss’ 4-Hour Workweek.
  11. Did I Get Things Done?: Andrew Mason’s blog focuses around his efforts to implement and live by the principles in David Allen’s Getting Things Done.
  12. D*I*Y Planner: The blog is wacky and often deeply obscure, celebrating the love between the writers and their pens and paper. But the main attraction is the DIY Planner templates, an incredible assortment of print-them-yourself forms for all your productivity and creativity needs.
  13. Dumb Little Man: DLM’s Jay White shares tips on productivity, personal development, and business life.
  14. Escape From Corporate America: Advice on working the corporate world to your advantage from career change expert Pamela Skillings.
  15. Even Happier: Counselor and former Italian pop sensation Marco shares his insights on living a happier life.
  16. Flipping Heck!: Productivity notes with an emphasis on the workplace. Offers lots of tutorials on using various pieces of software as well as on dealing with common workplace tasks.
  17. Genuine Curiosity: Dwayne Melancon reviews books, software, and other tools that help keep us productive.
  18. Get Rich Slowly: GRS is devoted to personal finance, offering tips and advice on saving money, investing wisely, and getting a grip on your investing.
  19. Getting Things Done: Getting Things Done (the blog) is all about applying the principles of Getting Things Done (the book).
  20. The Growing Life: Clay Collins takes on everything you thought you knew about productivity with his anti-hacks and the concept of lifestyle design.
  21. GTD Times: Officially sanctioned by David Allen, GTD Times focuses especially on business productivity.
  22. LifeClever: Tips on life and productivity with an emphasis on design, both how design aids productivity and the special challenges designers face.
  23. Lifehacker: Lifehacker offers a mix of daily news on the productivity beat as well as an assortment of handy little apps that help you get things done.
  24. The Life Hackery: Lots of clever tips on health and fitness, household organization, Internet apps, and plenty more.
  25. Life Learning Today: Learn about life and live to learn with Life Learning Today. Tips on personal development and productivity, but also health, money, work , blogging, and more.
  26. Life Lessons of a Military Wife: This site offers life lessons from a military wife, with a focus on personal and home finances and family organization.
  27. Life Optimizer: Donald Latumahina’s blog about making the most out of the resources you’re given to live with.
  28. LifeReboot: Shaun Boyd’s blog on finding and pursuing your passion in work, learning, relationships, and life as a whole.
  29. Life Sutra: The 4-Hour Workweek Journal: Andrew Brick, a 30-something software professional, offers tips and tricks centered around the ideas in 4HWW.
  30. LifeTweak: Blogger Manu writes on general productivity topics.
  31. LivSimpl: Happiness through simplicity.
  32. A Long Long Road: Lawrence Cheok’s blog on personal growth, careers, and relationships.
  33. Matt’s Idea Blog: Matthew Cornell is a personal productivity consultant who shares his ideas on productivity, motivation, and personal growth.
  34. MonkAtWork: Adam Kayce writes about bringing a sense of spirituality and passion to your work.
  35. Newly Corporate: Group blog covering workplace and life “best practices” for young professionals.
  36. One Bag Nation: Ann at One Bag Nation documents the journey of a naturally disorganized person in her quest to gain a little order in her life.
  37. Open Loops: Good, solid GTD-oriented advice.
  38. Organize IT: Practical-minded advice on productivity, health, finance, personal growth, and GTD.
  39. Nick Pagan: Nick Pagan presents productivity and personal development information based on how the mind works.
  40. Steve Pavlina’s Personal Development Blog: Steve Pavlina writes eloquently about entrepreneurship, especially working online, and the tools and attitudes that make it work.
  41. Personal Development Blog: Gleb Reys shares what he learns on his own quest for personal development.
  42. Personal Development Ideas: Goal-setting, time-management, and personal growth top the bill here.
  43. Persistence Unlimited: A blog about coming up with and acting on your ideas.
  44. John Place Online: John Place helps you maximize your potential for happiness with tips and advice, with a lot of strong material on relationships.
  45. Productivity501: Great blog from Mark Shead on productivity tools and techniques.
  46. Put Things Off: Nick Cernis transforms productivity from a hobby into a way of life. Focuses on freelancing, software, entrepreneurship, and general productivity.
  47. Right Attitudes » Ideas for Impact: Nagesh Belludi offers practical advice for developing the right attitudes in life, and transforming attitudes into behaviors that help you be more productive.
  48. Ririan Project: Ririan is a guy on a quest to remake his life, and he shares the process with us.
  49. David Seah: David Seah offers advice and a set of great templates (including “The Printable CEO” series) to empower you to reach new heights.
  50. Alex Shalman: Medical student Alex Shalman’s site offers thought-provoking essays on relationships, the examined life, and health, along with general productivity and personal development tips.
  51. SimpleProductivityBlog: Lots of great ideas here, including several multi-part series on various aspects of GTD and productivity.
  52. Slow Leadership: Focused largely on business leadership and the evils of “hamburger management”, Carmine Coyote’s ideas about leadership can be adapted to any life.
  53. Slower Living: Find peace, happiness, and even greater productivity in the things that matter to you most with these tips on living life in the slow lane -- or off the road entirely.
  54. SuccessMinders: Jacob Cazell’s tips on developing a success-oriented mindset.
  55. Success Soul: Shilpan Patel offers inspiration and advice drawn from the greatest minds, all with an eye towards what you can learn to make your own success.
  56. Technotheory.com: Technology and productivity talk from a DC-based efficiency trainer.
  57. Think Simple Now: Creativity, clarity, and happiness -- Think Simple Now covers the tools and techniques to get there.
  58. Today is that Day: Aaron Potts’ goal is your empowerment, with posts on success, wealth, and happiness.
  59. Uncle Joe’s Leadership Blog: “Uncle” Joe Hungler shares his advice on cultivating and teaching leadership.
  60. What’s the Next Action?: Read What’s the Next Action for advice on project planning and getting things done.
  61. Wise Bread: A personal finance site committed to helping readers live within their means, with budgeting tips and advice on finding the best deals.
  62. Work N Play: Good advice from Ritu, especially on making the most out of the web for networking, freelancing, and doing business.
  63. Scott H Young:: University student Scott Young takes on general productivity topics as well as offering studying tips and advice on lifelong learning.
  64. Zen Habits: Leo Babauta writes about productivity, health and wellness, and most of all about living the simple life.

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