Back around 1999 to 2003, Steve Pavlina published a series of articles on gamedev.net and on his own site devoted to personal growth and improvement. He posted hundreds of articles on his own site, several were referenced in gamedev.net posts.
In 2010, he posted an “Uncopyright Notice” declaring that he was releasing the rights to reprint and redistribute his many articles, including those on his site and those that he had published elsewhere which did not have copyrights reserved elsewhere. His notice still reserved moral rights, particularly the rights to attribution and integrity of the work.
Unfortunately, time is not kind to Internet resources. Many of his articles have vanished in website updates and archives. I have decided to host a copy of the articles I liked so they will not be lost. Where possible, I have also linked back to the gamedev.net archives when I can find them, and will remove the link when it dies.
Thank you, Steve, for these amazing articles.
Product Development
Building a Successful Indie Business
- Shareware Amateurs vs. Shareware Professionals (gamedev archive)
- If No Independent Developers Are 100 Times Smarter Than You, Then Why Do Some Get 100 Times the Results?
- The Power of Clarity
- To Plan or Not to Plan
- Creating a Business Plan (gamedev archive)
- Basic Negotiating for Fun and Profit (gamedev archive)
- Going Full-Time
- Networking Without the Cables