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
“Happiness is a constant work-in-progress, because solving problems is a constant work-in-progress.” — Mark Manson Happiness 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
“I was again fortunate, because this taught me at an early age that making money, by itself, was a lousy metric for… — Mark Manson Fortunate 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
Every new conversation, every new relationship, brings new challenges and opportunities for honest expression. — Mark Manson Challenges 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 Ones 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
“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
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 other words, negative emotions are a call to action. When you feel them, it’s because you’re supposed to do something. Positive… — Mark Manson Call to action Copy Share Image
“I said something like, “I’m really sorry you died.” He laughed. I don’t remember exactly what his words were, but he said… — Mark Manson Crying Copy Share Image
I think my approach to a creative career was very entrepreneurial. Even though I'm a writer, I've always viewed my work much… — Mark Manson Career 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
“As we get older, with the benefit of experience (and having seen so much time slip by), we begin to notice that… — Mark Manson Heartbreak Copy Share Image
“All of human civilization, he says, is basically a result of immortality projects: the cities and governments and structures and authorities in… — Mark Manson Art form Copy Share Image
“Growth is an endlessly iterative process. When we learn something new, we don’t go from “wrong” to “right.” Rather, we go from… — Mark Manson Growth 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
“Some examples of good, healthy values: honesty, innovation, vulnerability, standing up for oneself, standing up for others, self-respect, curiosity, charity, humility, creativity.… — Mark Manson Center of attention Copy Share Image
“The big story for me personally over the past few years has been my ability to open myself up to commitment. I’ve… — Mark Manson Long haul Copy Share Image
“Our lives today are filled with information from the extremes of the bell curve of human experience, because in the media business… — Mark Manson Addiction Copy Share Image
“Beliefs of this sort—that I’m not attractive enough, so why bother; or that my boss is an asshole, so why bother—are designed… — Mark Manson Certainty 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
I believe productivity is a deeply personal thing. We all have different brains and, therefore, different preferences, perspectives, and situations where we… — Mark Manson Believe 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 Choose Copy Share Image
“I believe that today we’re facing a psychological epidemic, one in which people no longer realize it’s okay for things to suck… — Mark Manson Epidemic Copy Share Image
“we all must give a fuck about something, in order to value something. And to value something, we must reject what is… — Mark Manson Fuck Copy Share Image
“Very few animals on earth have the ability to think cogent thoughts to begin with, but we humans have the luxury of… — Mark Manson Animal Copy Share Image
“Improvement at anything is based on a thousand of tiny failures, ...and the magnitude of your success is based on how many… — Mark Manson Failure 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 Copy Share Image
“Question #3: Would being wrong create a better or a worse problem than my current problem, for both myself and others? This” — Mark Manson Problem solving Copy Share Image
“If you want to change how you see your problems, you have to change what you value and/or how you measure failure/success.… — Mark Manson Change Copy Share Image
“A person who actually has a high self-worth is able to look at the negative parts of his character frankly—” — Mark Manson Character Copy Share Image
“You are already choosing, in every moment of every day, what to give a fuck about, so change is as simple as… — Mark Manson Change Copy Share Image
“Anyone who has read a lot can tell you that the best ideas you take from a certain book often have nothing… — Mark Manson Book Copy Share Image
“The real potential of becoming An Artist Nobody Likes was far, far scarier than remaining An Artist Nobody’s Heard Of.” — Mark Manson Artist Copy Share Image
“Negative emotions are a necessary component of emotional health. To deny that negativity is to perpetuate problems rather than solve them.” — Mark Manson Emotional health Copy Share Image
“We can be truly successful only at something we’re willing to fail at. If we’re unwilling to fail, then we’re unwilling to… — Mark Manson Failure Copy Share Image
