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The Personal Guide is a set of short, practical guides to help you feel better and decide better. Each one takes a few minutes to read and ends with something you can try today.

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The story, in 6 chapters

The guides are written to be read in order, like a story. The 15 numbered guides are the Essentials, about an hour of reading. Under some of them, “go deeper” guides explore a topic further, whenever you want. Each guide ends with something to try today and a link to the next one. You can also open any guide on its own.

Where am I now? → Where do I want to go? → How do I get there? → How do I keep the energy? → How do I make room for it? → How do I do it with others? Then check in again.

1

Where am I now?

Aim: Knowing honestly how you are, and why.

1. Check In With How You Feel
2. Why We Feel What We Feel
3. Go deeper: Human needs

2

Where do I want to go?

Aim: A direction that makes everyday choices easier.

3. Find Your Direction
4. Go deeper: Long-Term Goals

3

How do I get there?

Aim: A few good actions you trust, instead of a hundred vague ones.

4. Ideation & Assessment
5. Independent Prioritization
6. Go deeper: Clarity & Alignment
7. Getting Started
8. Go deeper: Tracking and Update

4

How do I keep the energy?

Aim: Enough energy and calm to follow through.

7. Sleeping Well
8. Moving and Eating Well
9. Stress and Overwhelm
10. Go deeper: Fear Management · Growth Mindset
11. Habits Improvement
12. Go deeper: Daily Activities

5

How do I make room for it?

Aim: Time, space and money working for your goals, not against them.

11. Time Spent Identification
12. Saying No
13. Go deeper: Basic Organization Principles · Files & Folder Organization · Managing Commuting Time
14. Mastering Finance Basics
15. Go deeper: When Money Is Tight

6

How do I do it with others?

Aim: People around you who help, and working well together.

14. Connection and Loneliness
15. Close Relationships
16. Go deeper: Collaboration Principles · Speak Clearly and Confidently · When a Discussion Turns into a Fight · Group Decision Making · How Your Organisation Makes Money · Influence and Leadership · Building a Network by Helping Others · How Organisations Organise Themselves

Start the story →

Prefer to browse by theme? See the four pillars: Direction, Mindset & Wellbeing, Organising Your Life and Working with Others.

Keep it going

Reading helps, but change comes from small steps repeated. IntentFlow is a free app to plan your day and keep track of what you want to try.