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Popular favorites

A list of my most popular content, including my best self improvement articles, and listener-favorites from the podcast. All broken down by category.

Table of Contents

Self Improvement • Motivation • Productivity • Goals • Habits • Morning Rituals • WFH • Book Summaries • Your Greatest Year


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General Self Improvement

Articles

  • How to Find Your Why + Communicate Your Purpose
  • 30 Life Lessons Learned in 30 Years
  • 30 More Life Lessons
  • How to Wake Up Early + Workout
  • 6 Journaling Ideas for Self Improvement + Self-Discovery
  • 10 Books That’ll Make You a Creative Genius
  • Idea Killers
  • 3 Tips to Stop the Snowball Effect of Negative Thinking
  • Are You a Dabbler, Hacker, Obsessive, or Master?

Courses

  • 🎓 Make it Happen with Dean Bokhari: Overcome Fear, Kill Procrastination, and Accomplish Your Greatest Goals (30-Day Success Program)

More Self Improvement articles »

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Motivation

Crush laziness, overcome lack of motivation, and become unstoppable.

Articles

  • The Action-First Principle
  • 8 Things That Cause Your Lack of Motivation—and How to Fix Them
  • How to Overcome Laziness + Take Action (an 8-Step Guide)
  • Action Leads to Motivation

Courses

  • 🎓 Free Course: Methods to Motivation
  • 🎓 Month of Motivation: 30 Day Audio Course on How to Get + Stay Motivated • Premium

More articles on Motivation »

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Habits

Self improvement wouldn’t be possible if we couldn’t tap into the power of habits. Browse my most popular articles and podcast episodes on Habits below.

Articles

  • How to Create New Habits
  • Use Habit-Loops to Stop Bad Habits
  • Internalize Your Habits
  • Emotions Create Habits
  • 12 Powerful Mini-Habits to Practice Daily
  • The Ultimate Guide to Developing Self-Discipline

Courses

  • 🎓 Build Strong Habits • Premium

More articles on Habits »

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Morning Rituals

Checkout the Rise + Thrive series (below) to learn how to wake up early and build strong morning routines.

Articles

  • Dean Bokhari’s Morning Ritual
  • A Motivating Morning Ritual for Productivity
  • The 4 Components of a Healthy Morning Routine
  • How to Wake Up Early and Work Out—An 8 Step Guide
  • A Morning Ritual for Working Moms
  • 11 Tips to Wake Up Early + Become a Morning Person

Courses

  • 🎓 Master the Morning: Rise Early, Build Rituals, Succeed Daily (Premium Course)

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Productivity

Popular favorites on killing procrastination and boosting productivity.

Articles

  • 5 Tips for Avoiding Procrastination
  • How to Stop Procrastinating—a Brief Guide
  • The Daily Design: How to Start Your Day, Your Way
  • The Best Productivity Apps + Tools to Use
  • The Four Thieves of Productivity

Courses

  • Free Course: Getting Things Done by David Allen
  • Free Course: Intro to Deep Work by Cal Newport
  • 🎓 The Getting Things Done (GTD) Course • Premium
  • 🎓 The Deep Work Course • Premium

More articles on Productivity »

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Working From Home

Popular articles and podcast episodes on how to WFH like a BOSS.

  • Working From Home Best Practices — 26 Tips to Maximize Productivity
  • Working From Home—3 Tips to Keep You Sane

More articles on WFH »

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Goals

Articles

  • 7 Mistakes to Avoid When You Set New Year’s Goals
  • Let Go of the Outcome + Embrace the Practice
  • Yearly Themes
  • Why SMART Goals Don’t Work
  • The Genius Goal-Setting Method No One Ever Told You About
  • Goals

Courses

  • 🎓 The Getting Things Done (GTD) Course • Premium
  • 🎓 Month of Motivation: 30 Day Audio Course on How to Get + Stay Motivated • Premium
  • 🎓 Make it Happen with Dean Bokhari: Overcome Fear, Kill Procrastination, and Accomplish Your Greatest Goals (30-Day Success Program)

More articles on Goals »

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Best Book Summaries

My most popular book summaries from top self improvement books.

Book Summary: Find Your Why
by Simon Sinek
Book Summary: The One Thing
by Gary Keller
Book Summary: Can’t Hurt Me
by David Goggins
Book Summary: The Power of Habit
by Charles Duhigg
Book Summary: Getting Things Done
by David Allen
Book Summary: The 5 Love Languages
by Gary Chapman
Book Summary: Presence
by Amy Cuddy
Book Summary: Sapiens
by Yuval Noah Harari
Book Summary: Mindset
by Carol Dweck
Book Summary: Man’s Search for Meaning
by Viktor Frankl
Book Summary: 7 Habits of Highly Effective People
by Stephen Covey
Book Summary: Atomic Habits
by James Clear

More Book Summaries »

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Your Greatest Year
New Year’s Goal Setting Series

Your Greatest Year is a multi-part series with 1-2 Big Ideas per day to help you make your New Year a smashing success.

  • Day 1. How many new year’s goals should you set?
  • Day 2. How to know if your goals are attainable + the power of deadlines
  • Day 3. Anchor your goals to strong beliefs
  • Day 4. Choose a yearly theme
  • Day 5. Make a plan, work the plan

Your Greatest Year Archives »


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