“The truth is that there’s no such thing as a personal problem. If you’ve got a problem, chances are millions of other… — Mark Manson Problem 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
“Some of the most difficult and stressful moments of our lives also end up being the most formative and motivating. Some of… — Mark Manson Motivation 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
“If it's down to me being screwed up, or everybody else being screwed up, it is far, far, far more likely that… — Mark Manson Copy Share Image
“In my life, I have given a fuck about many things. I have also not given a fuck about many things. And… — Mark Manson Copy Share Image
“For individuals to feel justified in doing horrible things to other people, they must feel an unwavering certainty in their own righteousness,… — Mark Manson Entitlement Copy Share Image
“The only way to solve our problems is to first admit that our actions and beliefs up to this point have been… — Mark Manson Change Copy Share Image
“During the first couple years I worked for myself, entire weeks would go by without my accomplishing much, for no other reason… — Mark Manson Copy Share Image
“But for some reason, it appears that more and more people, particularly young people, are forgetting this. Numerous professors and educators have… — Mark Manson Education Copy Share Image
“We joke online about “first-world problems,” but we really have become victims of our own success. Stress-related health issues, anxiety disorders, and… — Mark Manson Depression Copy Share Image
“Fear and anxiety and sadness are not necessarily always undesirable or unhelpful states of mind; rather, they are often representatives of the… — Mark Manson Anxiety Copy Share Image
“Good values are 1) reality-based, 2) socially constructive, and 3) immediate and controllable. Bad values are 1) superstitious, 2) socially destructive, and… — Mark Manson Creativity 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 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 Certainty 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 Copy Share Image
“Defining Good and Bad Values Good values are 1) reality-based, 2) socially constructive, and 3) immediate and controllable. Bad values are 1)… — Mark Manson Good and bad Copy Share Image
“We are actually often happier with less. When we’re overloaded with opportunities and options, we suffer from what psychologists refer to as… — Mark Manson Choice Copy Share Image
Self Help is a notoriously crowded market, but I believe that I've successfully differentiated myself in a few ways. For one, most… — Mark Manson Copy Share Image
“If we follow the “do something” principle, failure feels unimportant. When the standard of success becomes merely acting—when any result is regarded… — Mark Manson Failure Copy Share Image
“Uncertainty is the root of all progress and all growth. As the old adage goes, the man who believes he knows everything… — Mark Manson Doubt Copy Share Image
“Life is about not knowing and then doing something anyway. All of life is like this. It never changes. Even when you’re… — Mark Manson Fairy dust Copy Share Image
“What determines your success isn’t, “What do you want to enjoy?” The relevant question is, “What pain do you want to sustain?”… — Mark Manson Happiness Copy Share Image
“conventional life advice—all the positive and happy self-help stuff we hear all the time—is actually fixating on what you lack. It lasers… — Mark Manson Copy Share Image
“Life is essentially an endless series of problems. The solution to one problem is merely the creation of the next one. Don't… — Mark Manson Life Copy Share Image
“Improvement at anything is based on thousands of tiny failures, and the magnitude of your success is based on how many times… — Mark Manson Failure Copy Share Image
“Stress-related health issues, anxiety disorders, and cases of depression have skyrocketed over the past thirty years, despite the fact that everyone has… — Mark Manson Depression Copy Share Image
“I asked myself a simple question: “Would I rather make decent money and work a job I hated, or play at Internet… — Mark Manson Copy Share Image
“With this value, to not pursue my own projects became the failure—not a lack of money, not sleeping on friends’ and family’s… — Mark Manson Failure Copy Share Image
I think people who become compulsive about fitness or eating right, a lot of the time it's out of fear that they're… — Mark Manson Copy Share Image
One thing that I think most people don't notice is that if you're sitting around telling yourself, 'I want to be happier,'… — Mark Manson Copy Share Image
Whether you're from Egypt or Argentina or Singapore or Canada, you have a need to feel important, a need to feel secure,… — Mark Manson Culture 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 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
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
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
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
“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
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
“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
