OK, I'm as lazy as the next guy. Full disclosure. And I often feel guilty about it. — Mark Manson About Copy Share Image
“and instead punish them for trying anything new or not preordained.” — Mark Manson Punish Copy Share Image
“The old saying goes that no matter where you go, there you are.” — Mark Manson Goes Copy Share Image
“Action isn’t just the effect of motivation; it’s also the cause of it.” — Mark Manson Action Copy Share Image
“Improvement at anything is based on thousands of tiny failures,” — Mark Manson Failure Copy Share Image
“when a person has no problems, the mind automatically finds a way to invent some.” — Mark Manson Invent Copy Share Image
“If you think about a young child trying to learn to walk, that child will fall down and hurt itself hundreds of… — Mark Manson Children Copy Share Image
Real happiness comes from discovering a sense of importance in one's actions and in one's life. — Mark Manson Discovering 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… — Mark Manson Life Copy Share Image
“The key to a good life is not giving a fuck about more; it’s giving a fuck about less, giving a fuck… — Mark Manson Good life Copy Share Image
“We are always in the process of approaching truth and perfection without actually ever reaching truth or perfection.” — Mark Manson Truth Copy Share Image
“This confines us and stifles us. We can be truly successful only at something we’re willing to fail at.” — Mark Manson Fail Copy Share Image
“Commitment gives you freedom because you’re no longer distracted by the unimportant and frivolous.” — Mark Manson Commitment Copy Share Image
Seeking approval and people pleasing forces you to alter your actions and speech to no longer reflect what you actually think or… — Mark Manson Alter 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 Entitlement Copy Share Image
“And then we have all the mass media that constantly expose us to stellar success after success, while not showing us the… — Mark Manson Mass media Copy Share Image
“Much of the self-help world is predicated on peddling highs to people rather than solving legitimate problems. Many self-help gurus teach you… — Mark Manson Denial Copy Share Image
“We have evolved to always live with a certain degree of dissatisfaction and insecurity, because it’s the mildly dissatisfied and insecure creature… — Mark Manson Dissatisfaction Copy Share Image
“We all have emotional blind spots. Often they have to do with the emotions that we were taught were inappropriate growing up.… — Mark Manson Blind spots 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 Game Copy Share Image
“Ever notice that sometimes when you care less about something, you do better at it? Notice how it’s often the person who… — Mark Manson Achieving Copy Share Image
“Now that I’m in my thirties, I can finally recognize that commitment, in its own way, offers a wealth of opportunity and… — Mark Manson Commitment Copy Share Image
“After all, that constant pressure to be something amazing, to be the next big thing, will be lifted off your back. The… — Mark Manson Good book Copy Share Image
“The ticket to emotional health, like that to physical health, comes from eating your veggies—that is, accepting the bland and mundane truths… — Mark Manson Emotional health Copy Share Image
“By “boundaries” I mean the delineation between two people’s responsibilities for their own problems. People in a healthy relationship with strong boundaries… — Mark Manson Boundaries Copy Share Image
“If pursuing the positive is a negative, then pursuing the negative generates the positive. The pain you pursue in the gym results… — Mark Manson Courage and perseverance Copy Share Image
“The paradox of choice: the more options we're given, the less satisfied we become with whatever we choose, because we're aware of… — Mark Manson Adventure Copy Share Image
“We suffer for the simple reason that suffering is biologically useful. It is nature’s preferred agent for inspiring change. We have evolved… — Mark Manson Human evolution Copy Share Image
“These five values are both unconventional and uncomfortable. But, to me, they are life-changing. The first, which we’ll look at in the… — Mark Manson Death Copy Share Image
“I remember discussing this dynamic with my Russian teacher one day, and he had an interesting theory. Having lived under communism for… — Mark Manson Economic system Copy Share Image
