Personal Manifesto Course: Design Your Life
Design Your Personal Manifesto: is a compact, high-impact course that blends philosophy, psychology, and cutting-edge productivity science to help you craft a living blueprint for a purposeful life.
Through concise, studio-quality videos, you’ll explore timeless ideas—from Aristotle’s Arete and Stoic virtue ethics to Viktor Frankl’s search for meaning, Stephen Covey’s “Begin with the End in Mind,” Cal Newport’s deep-work discipline, and Brian Moran’s 12-Week Year execution model. Each lesson distills these principles into clear, actionable steps, so you move seamlessly from reflection to tangible results.
The curriculum walks you through six cornerstone modules:
Mission Statement—distill your “why” into a single, magnetic sentence.
Vision Mapping—paint a vivid five-year future and an ideal day snapshot.
Core Values & Virtues—apply the Golden Mean to anchor unshakable principles.
Roles & Arete Goals—define every hat you wear and the excellence each demands.
Light vs. Dark Energy—clarify choices that fuel or drain your potential.
Yearly Theme & 12-Week Sprints—convert big aspirations into weekly wins.
Every module pairs its video deep dive with downloadable worksheets and reflection prompts, ensuring you finish each section with concrete outputs—not just theory. By course end you’ll hold a customized, aesthetically formatted Personal Manifesto (digital or printable) ready for daily or weekly review, plus a 90-day action plan that keeps your mission front-and-center.
Enroll today and trade loose goals for clear focus. You’ll leave with a framework that sharpens decisions, increases productivity, and rekindles joy and purpose—so clarity isn’t a dream but a lived reality, guiding every project, relationship, and opportunity you touch.
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Intro
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Module 1
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Lesson 1: Personal Manifesto Intro
Join Blake Anderson as he guides you through the process of creating your own personal manifesto. In this course, Blake covers essential components such as crafting a personal mission statement, identifying core values, and setting 12-week goals. He also delves into defining different roles and responsibilities, and discusses the balance of light and dark energy in your life.
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Lesson 2: Podcast Overview
Join us as we explore the transformative journey of intentional living through the creation of a personal manifesto. Learn how this vital navigational tool acts as a living document, capturing your overarching vision, core values, and actionable short-term goals.
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Module 2
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Lesson 1: Creating Your Personal Mission Statement: Core Values & Vision
Blake Anderson guides you through the process of creating your own personal mission statement, including core values and a vision statement. Drawing from Stephen Covey's principles and David Allen's productivity advice, Blake offers practical tips and exercises to help you understand your ultimate mission in life.
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Lesson 2: Essentialism and Crafting Your Personal Manifesto
Essentialism and Crafting Your Personal Manifesto: The Key to Success In this episode, we delve into the concept of essentialism and how it can improve your productivity and focus. Drawing insights from the book 'Essentialism', we discuss the importance of identifying the 'vital few' activities that contribute the most to your success and happiness, and eliminating the 'trivial many'.
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Lesson 3: The Stoic Approach to Mortality and Life's Purpose
In this episode, we explore the Stoic concept of mortality and how understanding the brevity of life can shape your mission and legacy. Drawing insights from the book '4,000 Weeks,' we discuss the importance of radical acceptance and focusing on what truly matters.
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Lesson 4: Existential Therapy and Crafting Your Personal Manifesto
In this episode, we explore key concepts from existential therapy, including the four primary concerns: death, freedom, isolation, and meaninglessness. We delve into the notion of the Stoic golden mean, virtue ethics, and Stephen Covey’s principle of 'beginning with the end in mind.'
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Lesson 5: Module 2 Podcast Overview
This episode will guide you in drafting a mission statement, creating a vivid vision for your future, identifying core values, and setting up a regular review system. Discover how to mentally create before physically manifesting your dreams, and gain practical insights on transforming your life with intentionality and focus.
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Module 3
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Lesson 1: Personal Mission Statement, Vision, and Values
In this episode, learn how to craft your personal mission statement, vision, and values as part of your personal manifesto. Using OmniOutliner, the video demonstrates how to succinctly define your ultimate mission, envision your future lifestyle, and outline your core values. Incorporate AI tools to refine your thoughts, create detailed vision statements, and enhance your manifesto with images.
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Lesson 2: Module 3 Podcast Summary
The episode guides listeners through understanding and crafting the core elements of a manifesto, including personal mission, vision, and core values. Insights from Blake Anderson, a lead therapist and teacher, offer practical steps to move from abstract concepts to tangible actions.
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Module 4
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Lesson 1: Defining Your Roles and Responsibilities
In this lesson, the focus is on defining roles and responsibilities using principles from Stoic philosophy. The instructor outlines key areas of focus in business, work, and personal life, emphasizing high-impact activities for productivity. Drawing from Cal Newport's 'Deep Work' and David Sparks' productivity concepts, the video stresses the importance of roles over goals.
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Lesson 2: Harnessing Light and Dark Energy
In this episode, we delve into the concepts of 'light energy' and 'dark energy' as part of creating your personal manifesto. Building on the previous lesson about defining your roles and ideals, we discuss why it's important to align with your potential and avoid negative influences.
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Lesson 3: Yearly Themes and 12-Week Goals
In this episode, we delve into the concepts of yearly themes and 12-week goals as part of creating a personal manifesto. The speaker discusses the benefits of having a yearly theme to guide your primary focus for the year, drawing from productivity podcasts, books, and personal experiences. The episode also introduces the 12-week year approach, which involves setting and achieving goals within a three-month timeframe for better focus and accountability.
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Lesson 4: Module 4 Podcast Summary
In this episode, we explore the art of designing a purposeful life aligned with your deepest values and goals. Delve into concepts from Blake Anderson's course, such as defining your roles and responsibilities, harnessing the dual nature of motivation (light and dark energy), and setting guiding yearly themes. Discover the powerful framework of the 12 Week Year to maintain focus and achieve significant progress with practical strategies and actionable steps.
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Outro
Meet your instructor
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Meet your instructor ✳
Therapist & Instructor
Blake Anderson, RSW, MSW, BA
Blake Anderson, MSW, RSW, BA
Inside Design Your Personal Manifesto, therapist-instructor Blake Anderson, MSW, RSW distills 100+ productivity books, 13 years of clinical practice, and degrees in Philosophy & Social Work into one compact, high-impact program. You’ll build a single master document that keeps your mission, five-year vision, core values, roles, yearly theme, and 12-week goals front-and-center—so every choice moves life in the right direction.
Craft the Blueprint for a Life on Purpose
Still drifting through “default mode”?
If your goals live in random notebooks…if your calendar is stuffed yet nothing feels meaningful…if you know you have more potential but can’t see the road map—this course is for you.
Why most high-achievers stall
Loose, fuzzy goals → zero daily direction
Competing roles (parent, partner, professional) → chronic overwhelm
Endless “productivity hacks” → busywork, not progress
No single document tying mission, vision, values, and execution together
The solution: A living Personal Manifesto
What you’ll learn
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By distilling your mission, vision, and core values into a single living document, you'll gain unwavering clarity about why you're here and where you're headed. This sharp focus cuts through overwhelm, simplifies decision-making, and aligns every project--personal or professional--with what matters most, so you move forward with confidence instead of second-guessing.
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The course converts big aspirations into a practical system: yearly themes, 12-week sprints, and weekly wins. You’ll leave with a customized action plan that marries Stoic Arete, Covey’s “end in mind,” and modern agile tactics, ensuring steady momentum rather than stalled resolutions. Expect measurable results—whether that’s launching a side business, deepening relationships, or leveling up health—within the first three months.
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Describe your lesson with a short suExploring “light energy” vs. “dark energy” helps you recognize habits that fuel your growth and those that sabotage it. Coupled with proven psychological tools (CBT reframes, deep-work rituals, and gratitude prompts), you’ll build a resilient mindset that keeps motivation high, buffers stress, and rekindles everyday joy—transforming productivity from a grind into a fulfilling flow state.

Sneak Peak: Watch the Intro
Proven Benefits
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Articulate exactly why you’re here and what matters next.
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Convert grand visions into 12-week sprints and daily lead measures.
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Balance parent, partner, professional, and personal growth without burnout.
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Leverage Light-Energy practices, Stoic memento mori, and review rituals.
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Item description
Why Learn with Blake Anderson?
Therapist-Coach, MSW, RSW – 13+ years guiding clients from drift to direction.
Productivity Scholar – Read and field-tested 100+ leading books (GTD, Essentialism, Deep Work, 4,000 Weeks, etc.).
Integral Approach – Blends philosophy, psychology, and evidence-based planning frameworks into clear, step-by-step action.
Course FAQ
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It all begins with an idea. Maybe you want to launch a business. Maybe you want to turn a hobby into something more. Or maybe you have a creative project to share with the world. Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.
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No. All worksheets are provided in PDF, Word, and Google-Docs formats. Optional demos show OmniOutliner, Obsidian, and Canva, but a simple notebook works just as well.
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The templates include guided prompts, examples, and AI-ready text boxes. You’ll answer bite-size questions; the course helps you polish them into a clear, one-sentence mission, vivid vision, and values list.
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We fuse philosophy (Stoic virtue, Aristotle’s Arete), psychology (CBT, Frankl’s meaning), and productivity science (Covey, Deep Work, 12-Week Year). You don’t just set goals—you build an integrated framework that ties daily actions to your deepest “why.”
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Plan on roughly 4--6 hours to watch all videos and skim the PDFs, plus another 1--2 hours to complete the reflection exercises--but the course is entirely self-paced. You can binge it in a weekend or spread the modules over several weeks; lifetime access means you can revisit lessons, download worksheets, and track your progress whenever you're ready for the next layer of healing.
Finish with Two Deliverables
Your Personalized Manifesto (digital or printable, beautifully formatted)
90-Day Action Plan — weekly scoreboard, reflection prompts, and accountability tips
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