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Steve's blog covers topics such as personal development and success; consciousness and courage; productivity, motivation and ] setting; career, wealth and business; and spirituality<ref></ref>. Some of his most popular writing is around lifestyle experimentation, where Steve will try a different style of living and transparently blog about the day-to-day experience. His most famous experiment in this regard is with ]<ref>{{Citation | last1 = della Cava | first1 = Marco R. | title = When sleep is just a dream; Overstimulated Americans struggle to get quality rest | newspaper = USA Today | date = ] | pages = A1 | issn = 07347456 | year = 2006 | url = http://www.usatoday.com/educate/college/healthscience/articles/20060305.htm }}</ref>, with a related article on early rising<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/2005/05/how-to-become-an-early-riser/ | title=How to Become an Early Riser | author=Pavlina, Steve | date=May 23, 2005 | accessdate=2007-12-04}}</ref> appearing in the the ] newspaper '']''.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/weekend/story/0,,2003777,00.html | title=Rise and shine | author=Burkeman, Oliver | publisher=The Guardian | date=February 3, 2007 | accessdate=2007-12-04}}</ref> Steve's blog covers topics such as personal development and success; consciousness and courage; productivity, motivation and ] setting; career, wealth and business; and spirituality<ref></ref>. Some of his most popular writing is around lifestyle experimentation, where Steve will try a different style of living and transparently blog about the day-to-day experience. His most famous experiment in this regard is with ]<ref>{{Citation | last1 = della Cava | first1 = Marco R. | title = When sleep is just a dream; Overstimulated Americans struggle to get quality rest | newspaper = USA Today | date = ] | pages = A1 | issn = 07347456 | year = 2006 | url = http://www.usatoday.com/educate/college/healthscience/articles/20060305.htm }}</ref>, with a related article on early rising<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/2005/05/how-to-become-an-early-riser/ | title=How to Become an Early Riser | author=Pavlina, Steve | date=May 23, 2005 | accessdate=2007-12-04}}</ref> appearing in the the ] newspaper '']''.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/weekend/story/0,,2003777,00.html | title=Rise and shine | author=Burkeman, Oliver | publisher=The Guardian | date=February 3, 2007 | accessdate=2007-12-04}}</ref>


After being arrested for grand theft in Sacramento, CA and given 60 hours of community service<ref></ref>, Steve claims that this was the impetus he needed to turn his life around. He claims to have earned two college degrees in three semesters <ref></ref> from ]<ref name="StevePavlina.com"></ref>. In addition, he attended a college that was generous in awarding AP (advanced placement) credits for courses he had taken in high school, so his required course load was reduced and he did not earn all required graduation credits by taking classes<ref> </ref>. After being arrested for grand theft in Sacramento, CA and given 60 hours of community service<ref></ref>, Steve claims that this was the impetus he needed to turn his life around. He claims to have earned two college degrees in three semesters <ref></ref> from ]<ref name="StevePavlina.com"></ref>. In addition, he attended a college that was generous in awarding AP (advanced placement) credits for courses he had taken in high school, so his required course load was reduced and he did not earn all required graduation credits by taking classes<ref> </ref>. Steve recently added a public forum section to his website were readers can post about a myriad of personal developement subjects. Recently there have been complaints that the forum has become extremely liberal due to it's moderators and has had documented conservative writings removed without reason.


==References== ==References==

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Stephen Michael Pavlina
Born (1971-04-14) April 14, 1971 (age 53)
Santa Monica, California
Occupation(s)Blogger, Motivational speaker, Author
SpouseErin Pavlina

Steve Pavlina is the author of a popular web site and blog dedicated to personal development, StevePavlina.com. He writes on a broad range of topics, but his lifestyle experiments (eg. polyphasic sleep) have generated the most interest. He has written a book, 'Personal Development for Smart People', but the book has not yet been released.

Background

Prior to starting his personal development site, Steve was the founder and CEO of Dexterity Software as well as a software developer at that company. Dexterity published the award-winning computer game Dweep. In 2000, Dweep won the Shareware Industry Award. In 2001, the sequel Dweep Gold won the Shareware Industry Award for Best Action/Arcade Game (beating out Arkanoid for the honour).

Steve Pavlina served as Vice President of the Association of Shareware Professionals (ASP) in 1999 and President of the ASP in 2000. By this stage, Steve's writings in the software development community were already having a significant and inspiring impact. The ASP's Hall of Fame page describes him as having had "a significant, lasting influence on others via his articles and postings".

On October 31, 2006, Steve Pavlina closed Dexterity Software and retired from game development in order to focus on a web site and blog dedicated to personal development, StevePavlina.com.

StevePavlina.com

Steve's blog covers topics such as personal development and success; consciousness and courage; productivity, motivation and goal setting; career, wealth and business; and spirituality. Some of his most popular writing is around lifestyle experimentation, where Steve will try a different style of living and transparently blog about the day-to-day experience. His most famous experiment in this regard is with polyphasic sleep, with a related article on early rising appearing in the the British newspaper The Guardian.

After being arrested for grand theft in Sacramento, CA and given 60 hours of community service, Steve claims that this was the impetus he needed to turn his life around. He claims to have earned two college degrees in three semesters from California State University, Northridge. In addition, he attended a college that was generous in awarding AP (advanced placement) credits for courses he had taken in high school, so his required course load was reduced and he did not earn all required graduation credits by taking classes. Steve recently added a public forum section to his website were readers can post about a myriad of personal developement subjects. Recently there have been complaints that the forum has become extremely liberal due to it's moderators and has had documented conservative writings removed without reason.

References

  1. Personal Development for Smart People Forums
  2. The Meaning of Life: Intro
  3. About Steve Pavlina
  4. http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1401922759/105-9229573-7870842?ie=UTF8&tag=dexteritysoft-20&linkCode=xm2&camp=1789&creativeASIN=1401922759
  5. 2000-1992 Shareware Industry Award Winners
  6. 2001 Shareware Industry Awards Winners and Nominees
  7. ^ Association of Shareware Professionals Hall of Fame
  8. The Escapist : The Indie Guru
  9. Personal Development
  10. della Cava, Marco R. (2006-02-27), "When sleep is just a dream; Overstimulated Americans struggle to get quality rest", USA Today, pp. A1, ISSN 0734-7456 {{citation}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)CS1 maint: date and year (link)
  11. Pavlina, Steve (May 23, 2005). "How to Become an Early Riser". Retrieved 2007-12-04.
  12. Burkeman, Oliver (February 3, 2007). "Rise and shine". The Guardian. Retrieved 2007-12-04.
  13. County of Sacramento Court record for Steve Pavlina
  14. Graduating College in 3 Semesters
  15. Ask Steve - Rapid-Fire Questions
  16. Student Graduates College in Only Two Semesters
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