Steve Pavlina

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Stephen "Steve" Michael Pavlina (born April 14, 1971 in Santa Monica , California ) is an American entrepreneur, motivational speaker and author. He runs a blog for personal development and published in 2008 the book Personal Development for Smart People (German: Personal Development for Smart People ). Pavlina writes on a wide range of topics. The mass media became aware of him through his lifestyle experiments (e.g. polyphasic sleep ).

Life

Pavlina was a student at the University of California, Berkeley in the early 1990s . His performance was poor as he distracted himself with parties and a series of thefts. On February 4, 1991, Pavlina was arrested for theft in Sacramento, California, and sentenced to 60 hours of community service. He stated that this was the impetus for him to change his life.

Pavlina then studied again at California State University, Northridge and achieved two degrees in just three semesters - the Bachelor of Sciences in Mathematics and Computer Science. Initially, Pavlina was the founder and CEO of Dexterity Software , where he worked as a programmer . Dexterity published the award-winning computer game Dweep , with which it won the 2000 Shareware Industry Award . In 2001 the successor Dweep Gold also won the Shareware Industry Award for best action / acarde game. Steve Pavlina served as the vice president of the Association of Software Professionals in 1999 and its president the following year. At this point, Steve's articles had already become a big part of the software development community. The Hall of Fame describes him as someone with a great and lasting impact on others through his articles and contributions.

In 2004 Steve Pavlina started a blog on personal development. His work at Dexterity Software began to pause until Steve closed the company on October 31, 2006 to focus full-time on his website. On October 15, 2008, his first book Personal Development for Smart People: The Conscious Pursuit of Personal Growth was published (German: The universal principle of self-development: Personality development for intelligent people ).

Website and blog

Pavlina's blog covers topics such as personality development and success, awareness and courage, productivity, motivation and goal setting, career, wealth and business and spirituality. Some of his most popular articles deal with lifestyle, habits and experiments with them, and he reports on their experiences in detail in a diary. Examples include raw veganism and polyamory . In this regard, polyphasic sleep is his most famous experiment; also in connection with an article about getting up early, which was also picked up in the British newspaper The Guardian .

In 2006, a forum was added to his blog to provide a platform for the large volumes of comments on his articles.

In December 2010, Pavlina decided to give up the copyright to his works (with the exception of his book) in order to encourage further circulation. In the course of this, his articles are also translated into other languages ​​by volunteers.

Personal

In October 2009, Steve announced his separation and planned divorce from his wife Erin Pavlina. According to his own statement, Polyamory was one of the motivations for this step after more than 15 years of marriage.

Works

  • Steve Pavlina: The universal principle of self-development: personality development for intelligent people . 1st edition. Goldmann-Verlag, Munich 2010, ISBN 978-3-442-21889-9 (American English: Personal Development for Smart People: The Conscious Pursuit of Personal Growth . Translated by Burkhard Hickisch).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Steve Pavlina: The Meaning of Life: Intro. In: Steve Pavlina. com. June 19, 2005, accessed February 17, 2011 .
  2. ↑ Steve Pavlina: About Steve Pavlina. In: Steve Pavlina. com. Retrieved February 17, 2011 .
  3. ↑ Pavlina: The universal principle of self-development: personality development for intelligent people . 2010.
  4. ↑ Pavlina, Stephen Michael. In: Superior Court of California, County of Sacramento. Archived from the original on July 15, 2011 ; Retrieved February 17, 2011 .
  5. ↑ Steve Pavlina: Graduating College in 3 semesters. In: Steve Pavlina. com. December 4, 2006, accessed February 17, 2011 .
  6. ↑ 2000-1992 SIA Winners. In: Shareware Industry Awards. Archived from the original on June 10, 2008 ; Retrieved February 17, 2011 .
  7. ↑ 2001 SIA Winners and Nominees. In: Shareware Industry Awards. Archived from the original on June 2, 2007 ; Retrieved February 17, 2011 .
  8. ^ A b Association of Shareware Professionals Hall of Fame. In: Association of Shareware.org. Retrieved February 17, 2011 .
  9. ↑ The Indie Guru. In: Escapist Magazine. Retrieved February 17, 2011 .
  10. ↑ Steve Pavlina: Halloween Updates. In: Steve Pavlina. com. October 31, 2006, accessed February 17, 2011 .
  11. ↑ Steve Pavlina: Personal Development Category Archive. In: Steve Pavlina. com. Retrieved February 17, 2011 .
  12. ^ Steve Pavlina: 2009 Focus - Intimate Relationships. In: Steve Pavlina. com. December 31, 2008, accessed February 17, 2011 .
  13. ^ Marco R. Cava: When sleep is just a dream; Overstimulated Americans struggle to get quality rest. In: USA Today. February 27, 2006, p. A1 , accessed February 16, 2011 ( ISSN  0734-7456 ).
  14. ↑ Steve Pavlina: How to Become an Early Riser. In: Steve Pavlina. com. May 23, 2005, accessed December 4, 2007 .
  15. ↑ Oliver Burkeman: Rise and shine. In: The Guardian. February 3, 2007, accessed December 4, 2007 .
  16. ↑ Steve Pavlina: Forums Launched. In: Steve Pavlina. com. November 3, 2006, accessed December 4, 2007 .
  17. ↑ Steve Pavlina: Releasing My Copyrights. In: Steve Pavlina. com. December 15, 2010, accessed April 9, 2011 .
  18. ↑ Steve Pavlina: German translations of the articles on StevePavlina.de. In: Steve Pavlina. de. December 29, 2010, accessed April 9, 2011 .
personal data
SURNAME Pavlina, Steve
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Pavlina, Stephen Michael; Pavlina, Steve (nickname)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American entrepreneur, motivational speaker, and author
DATE OF BIRTH April 14, 1971
PLACE OF BIRTH Santa Monica , California