Just because you fall in love with someone doesn't necessarily mean they're a good partner for you to be with over the… — Mark Manson Fall in love Copy Share Image
“To most women, a man with no neediness is like a woman with perfect tits and a gorgeously sculpted ass.” — Mark Manson Copy Share Image
“Self-improvement and success often occur together. But that doesn’t necessarily mean they’re the same thing.” — Mark Manson Improvement Copy Share Image
“It takes just as much energy and delusional self-aggrandizement to maintain the belief that one has insurmountable problems as that one has… — Mark Manson Faith Copy Share Image
“here’s something that’s weird but true: we don’t actually know what a positive or negative experience is.” — Mark Manson Experience Copy Share Image
“Travel is a fantastic self-development tool, because it extricates you from the values of your culture and shows you that another society… — Mark Manson Culture Copy Share Image
“When viewed from this perspective, personal growth can actually be quite scientific. Our values are our hypotheses: this behavior is good and… — Mark Manson Growth Copy Share Image
“Commitment makes decision-making easier and removes any fear of missing out; knowing that what you already have is good enough, why would… — Mark Manson Commitment Copy Share Image
We start caring way too much about that new TV show or how many likes we're getting on Facebook or what our… — Mark Manson Bad Copy Share Image
“Now I live in New York. I have a house and furniture and an electric bill and a wife. None of it… — Mark Manson Absolute freedom Copy Share Image
“Outrage is like a lot of other things that feel good but over time devour us from the inside out. And it’s… — Mark Manson Outrage Copy Share Image
We all have great aspirations for ourselves, but if you expect yourself to change the world tomorrow, then you're going to just… — Mark Manson Aspirations Copy Share Image
“When the standard of success becomes merely acting—when any result is regarded as progress and important, when inspiration is seen as a… — Mark Manson Inspiration Copy Share Image
“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… — Mark Manson Adversity 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
“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 Offended 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 Feel Copy Share Image
“Then, about a year later, something funny began to happen. As I looked back on our relationship, I started to notice problems… — Mark Manson Great Boyfriend Copy Share Image
“The common cultural narratives would tell me that I somehow failed myself, that I’m a quitter or a loser, that I just… — Mark Manson Narratives Copy Share Image
“When I was in high school, my math teacher Mr. Packwood used to say, “If you’re stuck on a problem, don’t sit… — Mark Manson Art work Copy Share Image
“Essentially, we become more selective about the fucks we're willing to give. This is something called maturity. It's nice; you should try… — Mark Manson Maturity Copy Share Image
“the philosopher Alan Watts used to refer to as “the backwards law”—the idea that the more you pursue feeling better all the… — Mark Manson Backwards Copy Share Image
“Failure itself is a relative concept. If my metric had been to become an anarcho-communist revolutionary, then my complete failure to make… — Mark Manson Failure Copy Share Image
We don't know what change is because we don't know what the hell we are. If I wake up tomorrow and do… — Mark Manson Change Copy Share Image
Self-publishing provides more freedom and control, but it also provides more risk. Publishing provides more credibility and promotion, but your vision can… — Mark Manson Business Copy Share Image
How do I control my emotions? How do I stop getting angry so often, or how do I stop being sad? And… — Mark Manson Control 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 Happiness Copy Share Image
One of the problems of modern society, or the post-Internet age, is that there are so many things bombarding us that we… — Mark Manson Age Copy Share Image
I started my blog back in 2009 because every Internet business and marketing seminar I watched at the time told me I… — Mark Manson Blog Copy Share Image
“And as a result, I soon took to chasing women the same way a cocaine addict takes to a snowman made out… — Mark Manson Addict Copy Share Image
My belief is that we all already care about something important. We all already know what is important and meaningful for ourselves.… — Mark Manson Belief Copy Share Image
“ALL OF THIS “EVERY PERSON CAN BE EXTRAORDINARY AND ACHIEVE GREATNESS” STUFF IS BASICALLY JUST JERKING OFF YOUR EGO. IT’S A MESSAGE… — Mark Manson Achieve greatness Copy Share Image
“Entitlement closes in upon itself in a kind of narcissistic bubble, distorting anything and everything in such a way as to reinforce… — Mark Manson Entitled Copy Share Image
“If your metric for the value “success by worldly standards” is “Buy a house and a nice car,” and you spend twenty… — Mark Manson Success Copy Share Image
The first step in making better choices is to simply be brutally honest about your own behavior to yourself. What are the… — Mark Manson Behavior Copy Share Image
“The problem is that the pervasiveness of technology and mass marketing is screwing up a lot of people’s expectations for themselves. The… — Mark Manson Technology Copy Share Image
“not having problems in the first place. To be happy we need something to solve. Happiness is therefore a form of action;… — Mark Manson First place Copy Share Image
“It’s worth remembering that for any change to happen in your life, you must be wrong about something. If you’re sitting there,… — Mark Manson Change Copy Share Image
I was a big party guy in my twenties, and kind of a playboy as well. I adopted a lot of values… — Mark Manson Cool 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 Afraid Copy Share Image
