How to Submit an Article to Better Humans

Coach Tony
Jul 27, 2017 · 3 min read

Note: this information has been updated and you’ll find the current version here: Write for Better Humans.

The goal here is to produce the world’s most trusted advice in personal development.

Our fundamental rule is that we only want advice that the author has personal experience with. For that reason, our authors are either academics, coaches, or aggressive self-experimenters.

To submit an article please fill out our article submission form. In general, we pay for most articles here. If you are just looking for an audience to publish to and don’t need to get paid, please note that in your submission.


What types of articles are we looking for?

The second is that the goal of the article is to change the reader’s life for the better. We don’t care about curiosities or philosophy. We want inspiration followed by clear, direct instructions that anyone could follow.

If you can follow those two fundamental rules, then we’re interested in almost any personal development topic. This field doesn’t have one-size fits-all advice, so we love diversity of viewpoints.


Do we have a style guide?


Suggested Types of Articles

Along those lines, I want to call out some article types.

Personal accomplishment turned tutorial

Promising personal experiment turned tutorial

How to do X to achieve Y

Complete guide to the science of…

Complete guide to achieving…


Suggested Topics

The only guidance I would give you is to not be afraid of covering fundamental or standard topics. What’s “New” about Better Humans is the style of writing (tested advice from applied practitioners written with behavior design in mind). That means the topics don’t have to be new.

Better Humans

Better Humans is a collection of the world's most trustworthy writing on human potential and self improvement by coaches, academics, and aggressive self-experimenters. Articles are based on deep personal experience, science, and research. No fluff, book reports, or listicles.

Coach Tony

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Evangelist for great coaches and excellent personal development advice. CEO/Founder of Coach.me. Publisher of Better Humans & Better Programming.

Better Humans

Better Humans is a collection of the world's most trustworthy writing on human potential and self improvement by coaches, academics, and aggressive self-experimenters. Articles are based on deep personal experience, science, and research. No fluff, book reports, or listicles.

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