Steve Pavlina

Background Steve was born and raised in Los Angeles, the eldest of four kids. During his childhood, Steve went to a private Jesuit high school. He claims that this was the impetus he needed to turn his life around, he also claims that he was let off a much worse sentence owing to a mistake in the legal process.

Prior to starting his personal development site, Pavlina founded Dexterity Software, an independent computer game developer and publisher. He described in a blog post how he transitioned from one identity (as a game publisher, forum participant etc.) into a public speaker and self-help blogger, by removing shortcuts from his desktops and favorites, reducing anything gamer-related, such as contacts, obligations, e-mails, and relationships, in order to be surrounded by an environment that completely reinforced the new identity.

Steve Pavlina served as Vice President of the Association of Software Professionals (ASP) in 1999 and President of the ASP in 2000. 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 15, 2008, Hay House published Pavlina's book Personal Development For Smart People. The book expands upon several topics featured on his blog.

Personal development blog Pavlina's blog covers topics such as personal development and success; consciousness and courage; productivity, motivation and goal setting; career, wealth and business; and spirituality. One trial he allegedly performed involved polyphasic sleep, with a related article on early rising appearing in the British newspaper The Guardian and other newspapers and magazines. He has also promoted veganism, having been one since 1997.

On December 15, 2010, Steve Pavlina released all the content he had created until that date (excluding his book Personal Development For Smart People), as well as all content that he would create in the future (unless explicitly specified) in the public domain.

Influence In 2013, actress Lindsay Lohan got a tattoo based on the "truth, love, power" triangle from Steve Pavlina's book, blogging an image from Pavlina's book representing the triangle.