If you are in need of some inspiration, but are on a limited budget (namely $0), this post is for you. I recently roamed the blogosphere in search of free personal development blogosphere is search of free personal development ebooks; the following list is the result of my efforts.
Please note: many of these ebooks require you to subscribe to regular updates or a newsletter to receive the ebook (you can always unsubscribe, right?). If you offer a free personal development ebook that is not on this list please contact me and I’ll add it.
Free Personal Development Ebooks
101 Things To Do Before You Die – Celestine Chua, The Personal Excellence Blog
30 Things You Need to Know Now – Alex Blackwell, The Bridgemaker
4 Steps to Create the Life You Desire – Ellie Walsh, Living the Law of Attraction
5 Secrets to Attracting Everything You Want – Lorraine Cohen, Powerfull Living
5 Simple Steps to an Awesome Life – Vlad Dolezal, An Amazing Mind
50 Ways to a Positive Consciousness – Nicholas Powiull, Conscious Flex
84 Tips on Overcoming Procrastination – Alex Fayle, Someday Syndrome
A Year of Change – Peter Clemens, The Change Blog (that’s me!)
Career Satisfaction From Within – Chris Edgar, Purpose Power Coaching
Clear Negative Energy – Andrea Hess, Empowered Soul
Change How You Communicate – Leona Dawson, Transformative Living
Curly’s Law – Seamus Anthony, Rebel Zen
Enduring the Road to Success – Eric Hamm, Motivate Thyself
Enlightening Stress Relief – The Daily Minder, The Daily Mind
Enlightenment in a PDF – Ivan Campuzano, Ivan Campuzano . com
Flying By The Seat Of My Soul – Tess Marshall, The Bold Life
How to Get a Girlfriend – Alex Shalman, Alex Shalman . com
How To Be A Dean’s Lister – Celestine Chua, The Personal Excellence Blog
How to be The Confident P.H.A.T Girl in ANY Room – Shabraska Ponder
How To Deal With Disappointment – Celestine Chua, The Personal Excellence Blog
How to Make Friends – Glen Allsopp, PluginID
How to Manifest What You Want – Evelyn Lim, Attraction Mind Map
How To Move On From Relationships – Celestine Chua, The Personal Excellence Blog
How To Overcome Procrastination – Celestine Chua, The Personal Excellence Blog
How to Practice the Art of Life Balance – Stacey Hoffer Weckstein, Create a Balance
How To Successfully Achieve Any Goal – Celestine Chua, The Personal Excellence Blog
Learn This (numerous ebooks) – Mike King, Learn This
Life Changers – ManageTrainLearn
Manage, Click, Learn! 2010 – ManageTrainLearn
Most Inspiring Quotes of All Time (Over 300+ Quotes) – Celestine Chua, The Personal Excellence Blog
On Creating Personal Change – Angie Atkinson, In Pursuit of Fulfillment
Opening Doors: A Mini Guide to Blissful Guide to Blissful Living – Laurel Vespi, Stone Circle Coaching
Quit Your Day Job – Ali Hale, Aliventures
Shoots of Growth – ManageTrainLearn
Slow Down Fast: A Revolutionary How-To Guide For Being Productive, Efficient, and Effective – David Bohl, Slown Down Fast
The 77 Traits of Highly Successful People – Mark Foo
The Beautiful Calm Meditation Ebook – Ananga, Living By Design
The Essential Guide to Personal Excellence – Celestine Chua, The Personal Excellence Blog
The Genius Within YOU – Steve Martile, Freedom Education
The Inspiration Manifesto – Tanner Maluchnik
The Meaning of Life: Discover Your Real Purpose – Celestine Chua, The Personal Excellence Blog
The Quote Effect – Davina Haisell, Shades of Crimson
The Zen of Blogging – Hunter Nuttall, Hunter Nuttall . com
Thinkonomics – Rev. Ike, Science of Living Online
Thriving On Less – Simplifying In A Tough Economy – Leo Babauta, Zen Habits
Why We’re Failing the 4-Hour Workweek (or, Reflections of a Pro Blogger) – Hunter Nuttall, Hunter Nuttall . com
Work Happy The Google Way – Karl Staib, Work Happy Now!
Very useful list, Peter, and thanks for including mine in the bunch! :-) Eric
Thanks .. it’s useful to have a list of free personal development ebooks .. and good reference source ..
Hilary: Be Positive Be Happy
I was thinking about doing a post on the exact same topic, looksl ike you beat me too it. Great list and thanks a lot for including mine!
Peter – thanks for putting this list together. You have provided a valuable resource!
This post is a great idea and I’m honored to be part of this impressive list. I think this list is a powerful reminder that a dose of inspiration is always available for free for anyone with an internet connection.
Hiya
thanks for compiling all these. tweeted. looking forward to reading at my leisure. feeling like a kid in a candy store.
Jens
It’s really nice to see so many people putting their ideas down into comprehensive ebook format. Leave it to Peter to find all of them – great job my man!
Nice one Peter, there are some of the toppermost personal growth writers on the blogospherenet on your list.
HI Peter,
You had complied a great list of free ebooks. Thanks for sharing. :)
Cheers
Vincent
Personal Development Blogger
Wow, what a great list! I will set aside some time to read some of these. Thanks for including my ebook, I appreciate it.
From the ones I’ve already read, I know how great it is to sit down and read a book written by one of your favorite bloggers. :)
Hi Peter — Thanks for this list. I’m looking forward to checking these out.
Big Help!
Thanks a TON Peter. Much appreciated. An excellent list of information.
Cheers,
Ryan
Amazing list! I really appreciate this!
Thanks for sharing
Nice list! Been looking for something like this.
Just stumbled across your site, look forward to reading more!
Greg.
Great list! It’s wonderful to have all these resources in one spot.
And thanks for including my eBook “Overcome Anything”!
By the way, Leo Babauta should also be on the list with this free Ebook:
http://thepowerofless.com/2008/12/free-ebook-thriving-on-less-simplifying-in-a-tough-economy/
Awesome list Peter! Thanks. ;-)
Great list! Maybe it’s time I’ve an ebook out too huh? Lol…
Thanks =)
Shun Jian
RichGrad.com
Personal Development for the Book Smart
Wow, Peter what an impressive list. I’m honoured that you have included The Quote Effect. Thank you on behalf of myself and the 32 other bloggers who contributed to this.
May those who are nearest to you be constantly enriched by the beauty and the bounty of your love, may your work be a joy of your life that serves the world, and may your days be good and long upon the Earth.
Have a Consciously Flexing day,
~Nicholas Powiull
“Only a life lived for others is a life worthwhile.” ~Albert Einstein
Thanks for including me on the list! Some great reading materials here.
TDM
Glad to hear people are finding this post useful! I’ve added a couple more ebooks just now:
5 Secrets to Attracting Everything You Want – Lorraine Cohen, Powerfull Living
5 Simple Keys to Rock Your 20s – Jenny Ferry, Crest of Your Life
Thriving On Less – Simplifying In A Tough Economy – Leo Babauta, Zen Habits
What a great collection and thanks for including me! Often times people think they have to spend a lot of money to learn about the internet, blogging and life. In a time when money is short it’s great to know that one can begin right here and gain wisdom without spending a dime.
After putting in to practice what is learned I’m pretty sure it would lead to improivng every area of one’s life to the point where they could afford the next step. Love your blog!
thanks for this list, seems like i’m going to read a lot in the next few days :-D
Thank you SO very much! This is an awesome list!
I love self help books. I always feel so positive and encouraged after reading them. Thanks for this list
this was a very good idea :)
Wow! Great list of e-books! Looks like I have a lot of reading to do.
Cheers!
-Dustin
Love people with a generous heart so thanks Peter for the great resource. I was pleased to pass it along to my community.
Great list Peter – I’ve read a few, but not as many as I like (if only Kindle was available outside the US, I’d read a lot more of them – I hate reading books on the computer screen!). And thank you for including my tips book in the list.
I’ve just added a few more ebooks:
4 Steps to Create the Life You Desire – Ellie Walsh, Living the Law of Attraction
Break-Up Blueprint: 3 Simple Secrets on How to Begin to Heal Your Broken Heart – Eris Huemer, Love Eris
Change How You Communicate – Leona Dawson, Transformative Living
Opening Doors: A Mini Guide to Blissful Guide to Blissful Living – Laurel Vespi, Stone Circle Coaching
The Woman’s Relationship Bible – Hayden Tompkins, Through The Illusion
Enjoy! :)
This list must have taken you a long time. Thanks for the link love. I’ll be checking this list out tonight.
Just added a couple of new e-books:
Clutter 101: The Definitive Guide To De-Cluttering Your Life – James Mallinson, Organize IT
Thinkonomics – Rev. Ike, Science of Living Online
gracias amigo :) for putting me on the list, very much appreciated….keep up the great work…keep shining my friend…
“your past does not equal your future, unless you let it” – Ivan Campuzano
ivan your blog thoughts are mazing
Hi,
I’ve got one to add:
I’ve really enjoyed “The Little Guide To Beating Procrastination, Perfectionism and Blocks: a Manual For Artists, Activists, Entrepreneurs, Academics and Other Ambitious Dreamers”
http://lifelongactivist.com/downloads
I’ve also looked at “The HIAPy Guide to Finding Work in a Tough Job Market” on the same page but haven’t read it all.
Thanks for the list!
Pearl
This is a great list Peter. Very resourceful and a excellent reference.
Hi Peter, this is a wonderful resource! I just got to know about several new ebooks which I’m downloading at the moment.
I just released a few free ebooks which I would love to include in your list if possible. I’m sure these will be great resources for your readers to check out.
They are:
– The Essential Guide To Personal Excellence – 113 pages of personal excellence goodness http://celestinechua.com/blog/2010/04/free-ebook-the-very-best-of-tpeb-celebrating-1-year-of-excellence/
– 6 other free ebooks which can be found at: http://celestinechua.com/blog/free-ebooks/
* * The Meaning of Life: Discover Your Real Purpose
* * How To Successfully Achieve Any Goal
* * Most Inspiring Quotes of All Time (Over 300+ Quotes!)
* * How To Overcome Procrastination
* * How To Deal With Disappointment
* * How To Move On From Relationships
May I be so bold as to add my own ebook: 101 Tips for Living a Simple, Healthy, Organized Life: http://tinyurl.com/2ctps9f
Thanks for the list… I’ve got my reading cut out for me.
No problem Christine! I added your ebook to the list.
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Wow, what a great list Peter! Thank you for taking the time to put this together, you’ve just given me a great resouce I can share.
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Cheers. :)
Thank you so much for this list. Not only is a great way for all of us to learn new things, but we also get to know new bloggers and their books and find great ways to link to each other. Thanks so much!
Futhark Lifehack – Buily Your Ideal Life
Hi,
Wow this is an extremely impressive list! It’s great to know that there is still valuable information for free out there. I would be honoured if you were happy to include my recent effort to the list:
‘How to Make a Living From Your Passions’ http://www.live-consciously.com/ebook.
Thank you and keep up the great work!
Leigh
i have to add one book to this list The prophet by khalil gibran and it is great book which helps in knowing better about life
Thanks Peter. What a great list of free books. I know what I’ll be doing for the next couple of months…reading free ebooks! Thanks again.
We also have a range of free personal development tools available here for people interested in growing spiritually: http://www.newlifeawakening.com/free-personal-development/
Awesome!
I just keep reading and reading, this list sounds like a nice invitation to get me an ebook…
Kindle?
We also have a range of free personal development tools available here for people interested in growing spiritually:http://www.successfullifechange.com
Wow! When they say this is a great list, they mean it! I’ve book marked the page and am currently downloading a great many of these, but is it okay if I add my own to this list?
My new book ‘how to Be a Dragon in Six Easy Steps’ is available on Smashwords for free till the end of October with this coupon code: EE44P. It’s mostly geared towards teenagers and young adults dealing with approval addiction and a negative personal image among other things.
Here’s to great reading!
https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/348408
Thanks for this great list, Peter. Some excellent resources here.
I did notice that couple of the links I clicked on were no longer valid. In particular, the 84 Tips on Overcoming Procrastination link works, but takes you to an empty page on a dating site.
If you’re interesting in replacing it with another free book on procrastination, I would humbly request that you include a link to my free ebook on the same topic.
https://themotivationmindset.com/overcoming-procrastination-1/