Free Personal Development Material

I just came across an outstanding resource for free educational and personal development audiobooks: LearnOutLoud.com.  As I write this, I’m listening to a perfectly recorded free audio version of As A Man Thinketh by James Allen.

As I browsed around the site, I came across the following free titles that readers of this blog might be interested in:

• Self Reliance by Ralph Waldo Emerson
• Yes You Can by Jim Donovan
• Extraordinary Leadership by Robin Sharma
• The Fundamental Principles of Personal Wealth by Unknown
• Zaadz: 50 Things I’m Going to Do Today by Brian Johnson
• The Practice of the Presence of God by Brother Lawrence
• As A Man Thinketh by James Allen (yes, it’s worth mentioning twice!)

Those just scratch the surface - the LearnOutLoud.com Free Directory has over 500 titles available in downloadable audio and streaming video format, and their podcast directory currently has 195 titles available in the Self Development category alone.  I’d also recommend that you subscribe to their blog and newsletters so you can keep up to date on the newest titles as they are added.

Happy listening and learning!

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The name Steve Pavlina has become synonymous with personal development blogging - but did you know that he’s got a good number (21 to date) of free personal development audios available?

You can listen to them online, or download them to your mp3 player for on the go listening.  They are also set up as a podcast, so you can automatically get new episodes as Steve creates and releases them.

His current playlist includes:

• Intro to Personal Development
• Truth and Awareness
• Consulting Your Intuition
• Using Patterns for Personal Development
• Beliefs
• How to Make Money Without a Job
• Solving Frustrating Problems
• Overcoming Fear
• Kick-start Your Own Business
• Lucid Dreaming
• Raising Awareness Through Multiple Perspectives
• Building Confidence
• Beyond Religion
• Embracing Your Passion
• What Is Your Purpose?
• The True Nature of Reality
• Placing Your Order With the Universe
• Faster Goal Achievement
• Owning Your Dark Side
• Creative Self-Expression
• Being Psychic

I really enjoy Steve’s straightforward style, and I hope that you find something in these podcasts that help you in your own personal development journey.

Click here for the main Steve Pavlina audio page.

There’s so much hype out there that it really is refreshing when one run’s across a podcast that is fun to listen to, chock full of information, and isn’t constantly trying to sell you something.

Brian Preston’s “Money Guy” Blog and Podcast fits all three of these criteria.

In Brian’s own words:

In my day job, I’m a partner in a fee-only wealth management and financial planning firm, Preston & Cleveland. After hours, I pursue my passion: financial education through blogging and podcasting.

Going “beyond common sense”, my blog and podcast bring you the tools and information you need to restore order to your personal financial chaos.

If you are looking for a solid, real world, rational financial education, I’d highly recommend that you give Brian’s podcast a try.

You can learn more about Brian here.

Then, subscribe to the Money-Guy.com podcast via Brian’s blog, or from the iTunes store.

[image credit: Adrian van Leen]