If this is the first time you’re visiting Illuminated Mind, you may be wondering where to start. So my goal here is to give you a road map of sorts for exploring this place.
There are over 150 articles posted on this site on topics including getting paid to doing what you love, finding your passion, personal freedom and more. Below you’ll find a list of mine and reader’s favorites to get your cylinders firing.
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Escaping the 9 to 5 and finding your passion.
- How to Quit Your Day Job
- The Zero Hour Workweek
- Self Qualified & Degree-less: How to Sneak in the Back Door to Your Career
- Unstoppable Passion: How to Eat Inspiration For Breakfast
- The Lie of The Four Hour Work Week.
Tired of typical productivity advice?
- Why People Hate Productivity
- How to Suck at Anything
- Why Trying to be Productive is a Huge Waste of Time
- The Two Most Dangerous Words
- The Cult of Productivity & the Art of Purposeless Living
Finding personal freedom.
- The Death of Becoming Something
- Set Your Head On Fire: The Way of the Liberation Artist
- How to Not Be Anti-You
- If It’s a Good Idea… Don’t Do It
Moving beyond limits, breaking boundaries and decompartmentalizing.
- De-Compartmentalizing Your Life and the Extinction of Boundaries
- If It’s Not Working… Doubt Yourself
- Liberate Your Life: Put Yourself on Auto-Response
Counterintuitive and uncommon advice
- The Number One Self-Development Mistake, And The Fake Growth Addict
- Out of Control (or why balance is overrated)
- The Best Way to Solve a Problem: Give Up
- Limiting Yourself: The Key to Your Success
- The Number One Dream Killer: Doing What Works
Take your time to delve into whatever calls to you. Once you’ve explored a bit, don’t forget to follow me on Twitter and say hello.

Uncover Your Passion, and Reclaim Ownership of Your Dreams
One of the best ways to start living on your own terms is with our flagship book: Reclaim Your Dreams. If you want to start waking up excited about your life, this guide will help you:
- Uncover what really lights you up, and recover dreams you’ve lost
- Find your purpose in a few simple steps
- Start creating a life of freedom and enjoyment, now
“After reading Reclaiming Your Dreams I vowed to quit the 9-to-5 grind and now I’ve done it! I’m nervous but terribly excited about moving forward. Thank you so much.”
—Alex Wells
