“our values determine the nature of our problems, and the nature of our problems determines the quality of our lives. Values” — Mark Manson Copy Share Image
Like anything worth doing in life, happiness takes time and patience and consistency. — Mark Manson Copy Share Image
People want to offer opportunities to people they care about. They want to help people they believe are good people or have… — Mark Manson Copy Share Image
What I really, really love is writing. If I can just write and make a really nice living out of that, why… — Mark Manson Copy Share Image
Everything has an opportunity cost, and the big things we want in life - like happiness and healthy relationships and wealth -… — Mark Manson Copy Share Image
“I didn’t choose this life; I didn’t choose this horrible, horrible condition. But I get to choose how to live with it;… — Mark Manson Copy Share Image
“Many celebrities are probably just as clueless about life as the people who gawk at them and follow their every move.” — Mark Manson Copy Share Image
“Happiness is a constant work-in-progress, because solving problems is a constant work-in-progress.” — Mark Manson Copy Share Image
When most people set out to change their lives, they often focus on all the external stuff, like a new job or… — Mark Manson Copy Share Image
If I ask you, 'What do you want out of life?' and you say something like, 'I want to be happy and… — Mark Manson Copy Share Image
“I once heard an artist say that when a person has no problems, the mind automatically finds a way to invent some.… — Mark Manson Copy Share Image
Life is a big and complex game. It's the largest open world game known to date. We all begin with different starting… — Mark Manson Copy Share Image
“There’s a certain level of joy and meaning that you reach in life only when you’ve spent decades investing in a single… — Mark Manson Copy Share Image
We usually think of improving our life by adding stuff - like more things, more success, more friends. I think the starting… — Mark Manson Copy Share Image
“Because when we give too many fucks, when we choose to give a fuck about everything, then we feel as though we… — Mark Manson Copy Share Image
In our culture, many of us idealize love. We see it as some lofty cure-all for all of life's problems. Our movies… — Mark Manson Copy Share Image
“Everything worthwhile in life is won through surmounting the associated negative experience. Any attempt to escape the negative, to avoid it or… — Mark Manson Copy Share Image
“Indifferent people are afraid of the world and the repercussions of their own choices. That’s why they don’t make any meaningful choices.… — Mark Manson Copy Share Image
“Everybody enjoys what feels good. Everyone wants to live a carefree, happy, and easy life, to fall in love and have amazing… — Mark Manson Copy Share Image
“One of those realizations was this: that life itself is a form of suffering. The rich suffer because of their riches. The… — Mark Manson Copy Share Image
“When we force ourselves to stay positive at all times, we deny the existence of our life’s problems. And when we deny… — Mark Manson Copy Share Image
“Life is about not knowing and then doing something anyway. All of life is like this. It never changes. Even when you’re… — Mark Manson Copy Share Image
“I came to the startling realization that if there really is no reason to do anything, then there is also no reason… — Mark Manson Copy Share Image
“We don't actually know what a positive or negative experience is. Some of the most difficult and stressful moments of our lives… — Mark Manson Copy Share Image
“we, individually, are responsible for everything in our lives, no matter the external circumstances” — Mark Manson Copy Share Image
“The key to a good life is not giving a f*** about more; its giving a f*** about less, giving a f***… — Mark Manson Copy Share Image
“Many people become so obsessed with being "right" about their life that they never end up actually living it.” — Mark Manson Copy Share Image
“Then say hello to your midlife crisis, because the problem that drove you your entire adult life was just taken away from… — Mark Manson Copy Share Image
“Everything worthwhile in life is won through surmounting the associated negative experience.” — Mark Manson Copy Share Image
I'm your typical highly educated, progressive white dude. I've lived my life resisting racism both within myself and in the society around… — Mark Manson Copy Share Image
“Don’t hope for a life without problems. There’s no such thing. Instead, hope for a life full of good problems.” — Mark Manson Copy Share Image
“happiness comes from the same thing: caring about something greater than yourself, believing that you are a contributing component in some much… — Mark Manson Copy Share Image
“Action → Inspiration → Motivation If you lack the motivation to make an important change in your life, do something—anything, really—and then… — Mark Manson Copy Share Image
Death is important for a couple reasons. The first is that death creates scarcity in our life, which therefore gives our decisions… — Mark Manson Copy Share Image
“And this is what’s so dangerous about a society that coddles itself more and more from the inevitable discomforts of life: we… — Mark Manson Copy Share Image
“A more interesting question, a question that most people never consider, is, “What pain do you want in your life? What are… — Mark Manson Copy Share Image
“As the existential philosopher Albert Camus said (and I’m pretty sure he wasn’t on LSD at the time): ‘You will never be… — Mark Manson Copy Share Image
“Once you accept the premise that a life is worthwhile only if it is truly notable and great, then you basically accept… — Mark Manson Copy Share Image
At the core of all human behavior, the good feelings we all want are more or less the same. Therefore, what we… — Mark Manson Copy Share Image
Many people come to self-help material because they feel like something is wrong with them or the way they are. The problem… — Mark Manson Copy Share Image
“What pain do you want in your life? What are you willing to struggle for?” Because that seems to be a greater determinant of… — Mark Manson Copy Share
“death is the light by which the shadow of all of life’s meaning is measured.” — Mark Manson Copy Share
“Many people measure their self-worth based on how much money they make... once one is able to provide for basic physical needs (food shelter,… — Mark Manson Copy Share
“Because when you give too many fucks—when you give a fuck about everyone and everything—you will feel that you’re perpetually entitled to be comfortable… — Mark Manson Copy Share
“Once upon a time, there were two youngsters, a boy and a girl. Their families hated each other. But the boy snuck into a… — Mark Manson Copy Share
“If it's down to me being screwed up, or everybody else being screwed up, it is far, far, far more likely that I'm the… — Mark Manson Copy Share
“If you’re miserable in your current situation, chances are it’s because you feel like some part of it is outside your control—that there’s a… — Mark Manson Copy Share
Every new conversation, every new relationship, brings new challenges and opportunities for honest expression. — Mark Manson Copy Share
“With great power comes great responsibility.” It is true. But there’s a better version of this quote, a version that actually is profound, and… — Mark Manson Copy Share
“If someone is better than you at something, then it’s likely because she has failed at it more than you have.” — Mark Manson Copy Share
“Or let’s say you have an anger problem. You get pissed off at the stupidest, most inane stuff, and you have no idea why.… — Mark Manson Copy Share
“Some examples of good, healthy values: honesty, innovation, vulnerability, standing up for oneself, standing up for others, self-respect, curiosity, charity, humility, creativity. Some examples… — Mark Manson Copy Share
“That's simply reality: if it feels like it's you versus the world, chances are it's really just you versus yourself.” — Mark Manson Copy Share
Generally, our first idea of what our business is going to be is not the right one. It takes a few iterations; to get… — Mark Manson Copy Share
“Commitment gives you freedom because you’re no longer distracted by the unimportant and frivolous.” — Mark Manson Copy Share
