“If we’re unwilling to fail, then we’re unwilling to succeed.” — Mark Manson Failure Copy Share Image
“There are no other opportunities to keep growing and improving, and yet it’s growth that generates happiness, not a long list of… — Mark Manson Growth Copy Share Image
“And while there's nothing wrong with good business, the problem is that giving too many fucks is bad for your mental health.… — Mark Manson Business Copy Share Image
“The biggest aphrodisiac in the world is someone who likes you, genuinely likes you. A woman's desire is to be desired. But… — Mark Manson Desire Copy Share Image
“The setting of proper boundaries doesn’t mean you can’t help or support your partner or be helped and supported yourself.” — Mark Manson Copy Share Image
“Many people measure their self-worth based on how much money they make... once one is able to provide for basic physical needs… — Mark Manson Money Copy Share Image
“Psychologists sometimes refer to this concept as the 'hedonic treadmill': the idea that we're always working hard to change our life situation,… — Mark Manson Life Copy Share Image
“Being open with your insecurities paradoxically makes you more confident and charismatic around others.” — Mark Manson Copy Share Image
“if you’re dreaming of something all the time, then you’re reinforcing the same unconscious reality over and over: that you are not… — Mark Manson Dreams Copy Share Image
“Technology has solved old economic problems by giving us new psychological problems. The internet has not just open-sourced information, it has also… — Mark Manson Information age Copy Share Image
“We are wired to become dissatisfied with whatever we have and satisfied by only what we do not have.” — Mark Manson Copy Share Image
“Bukowski once wrote, “We’re all going to die, all of us. What a circus! That alone should make us love each other,… — Mark Manson Life 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 Energy Copy Share Image
“Don't hope for a life without problems,' the panda said. 'There's no such thing. Instead, hope for a life full of good… — Mark Manson Hope Copy Share Image
“People who base their self-worth on being right about everything prevent themselves form learning from their mistakes. They lack the ability to… — Mark Manson Being right Copy Share Image
Real happiness comes from discovering a sense of importance in one's actions and in one's life. — Mark Manson Happiness Copy Share Image
“We suffer for the simple reason that suffering is biologically useful. It is nature’s preferred agent for inspiring change.” — Mark Manson Inspiring change Copy Share Image
“then you basically accept the fact that most of the human population (including yourself) sucks and is worthless. And this mindset can… — Mark Manson Human population Copy Share Image
“I’ll give you a minute to unpretzel your brain and maybe read that again: Wanting positive experience is a negative experience; accepting… — Mark Manson Feeling better 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 Life Copy Share Image
“we, individually, are responsible for everything in our lives, no matter the external circumstances” — Mark Manson Life 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 Time Copy Share Image
“lot of this fear of failure comes from having chosen shitty values.” — Mark Manson Failure 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
When the standard of success becomes merely acting - when any result is regarded as progress and important, when inspiration is seen… — Mark Manson Acting Copy Share Image
