24 stories tagged self-improvement, newest first.
18 points by toomuchtodo | 61 comments
A Graphs about Religion Substack post analyzing a 557-person survey on how Americans rate their own moral character by age and religious practice.
62 points by wvez22 | 53 comments
A personal blog post by a recent finance graduate reflecting on six months of teaching himself n8n workflow automation and embracing feeling stupid while learning.
62 points by andsoitis | 49 comments
A 2012 short essay by Derek Sivers arguing that dismissing groups of people as stupid shows a lack of understanding, from his book Hell Yeah or No.
352 points by walterbell | 209 comments
A Raptitude blog post by David Cain titled "How to Exist," a personal essay on living and being present.
505 points by silcoon | 266 comments
A personal blog post by Elia Scotto explaining how he went from reading under ten books a year to about one a week, with tips for becoming a prolific reader.
399 points by tylerdane | 185 comments
A Marginalia weblog post encouraging readers to spend time learning new skills like pixel art, music, or languages instead of passive scrolling.
837 points by htk | 273 comments
A Raptitude blog essay titled "Maybe the Default Settings Are Too High," a personal-improvement piece suggesting we slow down our default pace of living and consuming.
785 points by mitchbob | 252 comments
Joan Westenberg essay arguing that shallow, easily satisfied 'thin desires' driven by modern technology are crowding out deeper, more meaningful wants.
338 points by eatitraw | 145 comments
Cate Hall's Useful Fictions essay "Maybe you're not Actually Trying," on selective agency in capable people.
430 points by downboots | 196 comments
A short essay listing activities like preparing, scheduling, and making to-do lists that feel productive but are not actually doing the thing.
555 points by eatitraw | 378 comments
Sasha Chapin's Substack essay describing six stages he went through learning to overcome social awkwardness and connect with people.
488 points by sebg | 201 comments
A Substack essay by Casual Physics Enjoyer reflecting on being a slow thinker and how to lean into that thinking style.
338 points by jger15 | 141 comments
Cate Hall's Useful Fictions essay arguing that people should accept the embarrassment of being a beginner (the 'moat of low status') to learn new skills.
343 points by MaysonL | 182 comments
A blog essay by Joan Westenberg arguing that smart people create limits and constraints for themselves rather than chasing goals.
339 points by fofoz | 103 comments
arXiv paper introducing LADDER, a framework where LLMs self-improve by recursively generating simpler problem variants, plus TTRL test-time reinforcement learning.
370 points by kolyder | 85 comments
A personal blog essay on kupajo arguing that writing gives structure to thinking and helps escape distraction and default mental patterns.
528 points by swapxstar | 220 comments
A personal blog post by Swapnil Chauhan reflecting on how procrastination with reading and writing stems from fear of not being good enough.
551 points by zdw | 154 comments
A Raptitude blog post by David Cain arguing for framing personal ambitions as open-ended quests rather than fixed goals.
492 points by pseudolus | 255 comments
Personal blog post by Alex Crompton describing how he learned chess as an adult, improving from 300 to 1500 Elo in nine months.
342 points by Brajeshwar | 167 comments
A personal blog post listing things people are allowed to do but may not realize, such as hiring researchers or consultants, with practical advice.
399 points by jamiegreen | 269 comments
Nat Eliason newsletter essay arguing that accomplishing difficult things is an essential part of one's "life resume."
702 points by dvrp | 223 comments
A personal blog essay by Andreas Kling arguing that small incremental neglect and poor choices accumulate into failure just as small improvements build excellence.
469 points by duck | 201 comments
A One Thing Better newsletter post by Jason Feifer on how to tackle tasks or ideas you've been avoiding, questioning whether there's a good reason to avoid them.
364 points by tacon | 119 comments
Essay on Every's No Small Plans column in which a founder describes his experience using Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) to do hard things.