Steve Pavlina (born April 14, 1971) is an American self-help author, motivational speaker and entrepreneur. He is the author of the web site and blog dedicated to personal development, StevePavlina.com and the book Personal Development for Smart People. He writes on a broad range of topics, but his lifestyle experiments (eg. polyphasic sleep) have generated some mainstream media interest.
Pavlina was a student at University of California, Berkele...
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Steve Pavlina (born April 14, 1971) is an American self-help author, motivational speaker and entrepreneur. He is the author of the web site and blog dedicated to personal development, StevePavlina.com and the book Personal Development for Smart People. He writes on a broad range of topics, but his lifestyle experiments (eg. polyphasic sleep) have generated some mainstream media interest.
Pavlina was a student at University of California, Berkeley in the early nineties. He performed poorly at his studies, distracted by socialising and the excitement of stealing. On February 4, 1991, Pavlina was arrested for grand theft in Sacramento, CA and given 60 hours of community service. -- he claims that this was the impetus he needed to turn his life around.
Pavlina says he then went on to earn two college degrees from California State University, Northridge in just three semesters (also incorporating advanced placement credits for courses he had taken in high school).
Prior to starting his...
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