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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 - he says that he partly achieved this by attending a college that was generous in awarding advanced placement credits for courses he had taken in high school, thus reducing his required course..

Steve added a public forum to his website in 2006 where readers can post about a myriad of personal development subjects.

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, case #91M01363, 1991-04-02
14. Graduating College in 3 Semesters
15. Ask Steve - Rapid-Fire Questions
16. Student Graduates College in Only Two Semesters
17. http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/2006/11/forums-launched/

• Gallagher, David F. (2001-06-13), "They Give It Away, Get Plenty Back", The New York Times, p. 23 {{citation}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)CS1 maint: date and year (link)
• Sutton, Neil (2001-07-20), "Calgary association aims to crack pirates", Computer Dealer News, 17 (15): 30, ISSN 1184-2369 {{citation}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)CS1 maint: date and year (link)
• Loftus, Tom (2003-07-31). "Fast, cheap and everywhere". MSNBC.
• Sosnowski, Carolyn J (2007-04-01), "Even if Your Boss Didn't Spell It Out, Writing Is Part of Your Job Description", Information Outlook, 11 (4): 11, ISSN 1091-0808 {{citation}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)CS1 maint: date and year (link)
• Belkin, Lisa (2007-05-31), "Time Wasted? Perhaps It's Well Spent", The New York Times, p. 2 {{citation}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)CS1 maint: date and year (link)

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