Create a Personal Curriculum (Without Turning It Into Homework)

The Amy Porterfield Show

Amy Porterfield

Entrepreneurship, Business, Marketing

4.9 • 5K Ratings

🗓️ 13 January 2026

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

How to Design Intentional Self-Learning That Actually Sticks Sometimes the best ideas don’t come from articles or books. They come from scrolling TikTok late at night and thinking, wait… that’s actually really smart. That’s exactly what happened when I stumbled across the idea of a personal curriculum. At its core, a personal curriculum is about intentional self-learning. Instead of consuming random podcasts, books, and content and hoping it all adds up, you decide what you want to learn, why it matters right now, and how you’re going to approach it in a way that fits your real life. In this episode, I’m sharing how I took the traditional, academic version of a personal curriculum and reimagined it into something relaxed, supportive, and actually enjoyable. I’ll walk you through the simple quarterly framework I’m using, the three categories I chose for myself, and how you can create your own without pressure, guilt, or overwhelm. HERE ARE THE 3 KEY TAKEAWAYS FROM THIS EPISODE: 1️⃣ Intentional Learning Beats Random Consumption – A personal curriculum gives your learning direction. Instead of dabbling in everything, you choose a focused timeframe, clear categories, and meaningful topics so your growth actually moves you forward. 2️⃣ Quarterly Curriculums Create Focus Without Pressure – Monthly plans can feel rushed and yearly plans can feel overwhelming. A 90-day personal curriculum gives you structure, flexibility, and a natural reset point to reassess what’s working. 3️⃣ Your Curriculum Should Support Your Future Self – The most powerful learning is aligned with who you’re becoming. When you choose topics that move you closer to your future self, personal growth feels exciting instead of exhausting. CHAPTERS: 00:00 Personal Curriculum: Intentional Self-Learning 05:32 Start Your 90-Day Focus 06:51 Future Self One-Sheet Guide 10:34 Simple Personal Growth Plan 13:44 Exploring Unseen Perspectives 17:17 Quarterly Coaching Goals Revealed 19:37 Seeking Coaching Podcast Recommendations 24:48 Curiosity-Driven Learning Matters 27:10 Creating My Own Journaling System 29:47 Organized Life with Planners 34:02 Designing Your Personal Curriculum 36:19 Assign Learning Inputs 39:41 Designing Your Personal Curriculum RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE: AI Prompt to Design Your Future Self AI Prompt to Create Your Personal Curriculum The Coaching Habit by Michael Bungay Stanier Dear Gabby Podcast by Gabby Bernstein Full Focus Planner Cloth & Paper Notion Watch this episode on YouTube Connect with the wonderful Nancy Levin, Levin Life Coach Academy MORE FROM ME Follow me on Instagram @amyporterfield SUBSCRIBE & REVIEW If you loved this episode, please take a moment to subscribe and leave a review on Apple Podcasts! Your support helps us reach more entrepreneurs who need these insights. 🎙 Thanks for tuning in to The Amy Porterfield Show! See you next week!

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0:00.0	My guest today is a dear friend of mine.
0:02.5	One of them goes, that one over there, she's big money.
0:04.8	And it was my guest today.
0:05.9	Her name is Amy Porterfield.
0:07.3	Amy Porterfield, the ever amazing bestselling author of two weeks notice, Miss Amy
0:12.5	Porterville.
0:15.0	Sometimes I lied to my husband, Hobie, and I tell him that I read an article about some topic I want him to pay attention to while I
0:22.9	explain it because if I told him I found it on TikTok, he just instantly discounts it.
0:28.4	Like he doesn't pay attention. So if I tell him I read an article, he kind of leans in a little
0:32.9	bit more. So right now, I feel like I want to tell you that I read an article about this topic I'm going to
0:38.2	teach you about, but the reality is I learned about it from TikTok and on Instagram as well,
0:44.3	but it's good. So stay with me here. So it's this concept of creating a personal curriculum. And because
0:51.9	I used to create curriculum in my corporate job and now create it for my
0:56.3	digital courses, you better believe it caught my attention. Now, a personal curriculum is all about
1:03.0	intentional self-learning. It's taken from the academic structure of creating a curriculum or
1:09.5	a syllabus for, let's say, a college course, which I don't
1:13.6	really want to revisit those days, but that's really where it originated. Now, there's this
1:18.1	woman online. Her name is Elizabeth Jean. She's been credited for bringing this into mainstream.
1:24.1	I don't know if she's the first one who talked about it, but she's all over the internet talking about it. So I'll link to her in the show notes because I like to give credit
1:30.9	where credit is due. But really, there's many women. I haven't seen a man talk about it yet, but
1:36.3	there's many women talking about this in social media. Now, the way I first saw it online,
1:43.1	it was very academic.
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