“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 Copy Share Image
Aside from birthing me my first grey hairs and keeping me up at night more times than I'd like to count, 'The… — Mark Manson Art 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
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
“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 start caring way too much about that new TV show or how many likes we're getting on Facebook or what our… — Mark Manson 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
“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
“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
“Judges don’t get to choose their cases. When a case goes to court, the judge assigned to it did not commit the… — Mark Manson Constitution Copy Share Image
“But now? Now if you feel like shit for even five minutes, you’re bombarded with 350 images of people totally happy and… — Mark Manson Feeling bad 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 Copy Share Image
“Everything worthwhile in life is won through surmounting the associated negative experience. Any attempt to escape the negative, to avoid it or… — Mark Manson Copy Share Image
“This is why our problems are recursive and unavoidable. The person you marry is the person you fight with. The house you… — Mark Manson Dream job Copy Share Image
“Everyone and their TV commercial wants you to believe that the key to a good life is a nicer job, or a… — Mark Manson 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
“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
“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 Copy Share Image
Many people come to self-help material because they feel like something is wrong with them or the way they are. The problem… — Mark Manson Copy Share Image
“The truth is, there are healthy forms of love and unhealthy forms of love. Unhealthy love is based on two people trying… — Mark Manson Health 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
“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
“Emotions are simply biological signals designed to nudge you in the direction of beneficial change." ... "In other words, negative emotions are… — Mark Manson Call to action Copy Share Image
“Once you accept the premise that a life is worthwhile only if it is truly notable and great, then you basically accept… — Mark Manson Human population Copy Share Image
“And yet, if they were able to go deeper and look at their underlying values, they would see that their original analysis… — Mark Manson Happiness Copy Share Image
At the core of all human behavior, the good feelings we all want are more or less the same. Therefore, what we… — Mark Manson Copy Share Image
“This is why not giving a fuck is so key. This is why it’s going to save the world. And it’s going… — Mark Manson 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 Copy Share Image
“When a culture’s standard of success is to “be extraordinary,” it then becomes better to be at the extreme low end of… — Mark Manson Success 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 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
“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
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
“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
“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
“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
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
“One of those realizations was this: that life itself is a form of suffering. The rich suffer because of their riches. The… — Mark Manson Family Copy Share Image
