“Disappointment Panda would be the hero that none of us would want but all of us would need. He'd be the proverbial… — Mark Manson Junk food Copy Share Image
“In the long run, completing a marathon makes us happier than eating a chocolate cake. Raising a child makes us happier than… — Mark Manson Chocolate cake Copy Share Image
“But it’s a generation later and the data is in: we’re not all exceptional. It turns out that merely feeling good about… — Mark Manson Feeling good Copy Share Image
“Or you’re so worried about doing the right thing all the time that you become worried about how much you’re worrying. Or… — Mark Manson Doing the right thing Copy Share Image
Happiness is not something you achieve. It's not something you do or someplace you get to. Happiness is something you inhabit. — Mark Manson Achieve 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 Death Copy Share Image
“Being wrong opens us up to the possibility of change. Being wrong brings the opportunity for growth. It means not cutting your… — Mark Manson Change 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
“Don’t hope for a life without problems. There’s no such thing. Instead, hope for a life full of good problems.” — Mark Manson Hope Copy Share Image
If someone is better than you at something, then it's likely because she has failed at it more than you have. If… — Mark Manson Better 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 Change Copy Share Image
“There are some experiences that you can have only when you’ve lived in the same place for five years, when you’ve been… — Mark Manson Five years Copy Share Image
“Responsibility and fault often appear together in our culture. But they're not the same thing.” — Mark Manson Culture 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 Psychology Copy Share Image
“But there are also problems that we aren’t at fault for, yet we are still responsible for them. For example, if you… — Mark Manson Newborn baby Copy Share Image
“A fixation on happiness inevitably amounts to a never-ending pursuit of “something else”—a new house, a new relationship, another child, another pay… — Mark Manson Children Copy Share Image
“My recommendation: don’t be special; don’t be unique. Redefine your metrics in mundane and broad ways. Choose to measure yourself not as… — Mark Manson Define yourself Copy Share Image
Success is self-defined. You can choose what you think success is, and you can always change your mind. — Mark Manson Change Copy Share Image
“This, in a nutshell, is what “self-improvement” is really about: prioritizing better values, choosing better things to give a fuck about. Because… — Mark Manson Better life 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 Life Copy Share Image
“The point is this: we all must give a fuck about something, in order to value something. And to value something, we… — Mark Manson 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 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
“Most of us commit to action only if we feel a certain level of motivation.” — Mark Manson Motivation Copy Share Image
