“Most of us struggle throughout our lives by giving too many fucks in situations where fucks do not deserve to be given.” — Mark Manson Copy Share Image
I hate calendars, and after running my own online business for almost 10 years, I still don't have one. — Mark Manson Business 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 Big things Copy Share Image
“Nobody who is actually happy has to stand in front of a mirror and tell himself that he's happy.” — Mark Manson Happiness 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
I believe productivity is a deeply personal thing. We all have different brains and, therefore, different preferences, perspectives, and situations where we… — Mark Manson Copy Share Image
“We always think that we’re the ones who are fine. It’s everyone else who is screwed up. But” — Mark Manson Copy Share Image
Every new conversation, every new relationship, brings new challenges and opportunities for honest expression. — Mark Manson Challenges Copy Share Image
“superstitions, our worries and our wars; they will gawk at our cruelty. They will study our art and argue over our history.… — Mark Manson Architecture 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 Change 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 Death 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 Death Copy Share Image
In a strange way, I feel like we need to cultivate more boredom in our lives: like, boredom needs to be okay… — Mark Manson Boredom Copy Share Image
Many people get into a relationship as a way to compensate for something they lack or hate within themselves. This is a… — Mark Manson Conditional love Copy Share Image
“Then, as we grow older and enter middle age, something else begins to change. Our energy level drops. Our identity solidifies. We… — Mark Manson Change Copy Share Image
People complain not because something sucks. People complain because they're looking for empathy and to feel connected with those around them. Unfortunately,… — Mark Manson Copy Share Image
“Often the only difference between a problem being painful or being powerful is a sense that we chose it, and that we… — Mark Manson Adversity Copy Share Image
“Because I failed to separate what I felt from what was, I was incapable of stepping outside myself and seeing the world… — Mark Manson Copy Share Image
“Back in Grandpa’s day, he would feel like shit and think to himself, “Gee whiz, I sure do feel like a cow… — Mark Manson Copy Share Image
“Death is the only thing we can know with any certainty. And as such, it must be the compass by which we… — Mark Manson Certainty Copy Share Image
“People get addicted to feeling offended all the time because it gives them a high; being self-righteous and morally superior feels good.… — Mark Manson Copy Share Image
“Once upon a time, there were two youngsters, a boy and a girl. Their families hated each other. But the boy snuck… — Mark Manson Family Copy Share Image
“But now? Now if you feel like shit for even five minutes, you’re bombarded with 350 images of people totally happy and… — Mark Manson Feeling bad 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
“The comedian Emo Philips once said, “I used to think the human brain was the most wonderful organ in my body. Then… — Mark Manson Brain 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 Celebrities Copy Share Image
“Suffering through your fears and anxieties is what allows you to build courage and perseverance.” — Mark Manson Anxiety Copy Share Image
“Happiness is a constant work-in-progress, because solving problems is a constant work-in-progress.” — Mark Manson Happiness Copy Share Image
When people lay around whining to their therapists and ex-wives that they're finally going to 'change' themselves, they are promising something imaginary… — Mark Manson Change Copy Share Image
“I was again fortunate, because this taught me at an early age that making money, by itself, was a lousy metric for… — Mark Manson Copy Share Image
The problem with idealizing love is that it causes us to develop unrealistic expectations about what love actually is and what it… — Mark Manson Expectations Copy Share Image
“we, individually, are responsible for everything in our lives, no matter the external circumstances” — Mark Manson Copy Share Image
“The question is not whether we evaluate ourselves against others; rather, the question is by what standard do we measure ourselves?” — 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 Good life Copy Share Image
“If someone is worse than you, it’s likely because he hasn’t been through all of the painful learning experiences you have.” — 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 Actually living Copy Share Image
“Decision-making based on emotional intuition, without the aid of reason to keep it in line, pretty much always sucks.” — Mark Manson Decision making 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 Adult life Copy Share Image
For whatever reason, when it came out in 1995, 'Infinite Jest' became a cultural event. It was the massive book that was… — Mark Manson Book Copy Share Image
“Commitment allows you to focus intently on a few highly important goals and achieve a greater degree of success than you otherwise… — Mark Manson Commitment Copy Share Image
