OK, I'm as lazy as the next guy. Full disclosure. And I often feel guilty about it. — Mark Manson Copy Share Image
“Inspiration → Motivation → Action → Inspiration → Motivation → Action → Etc. Your” — Mark Manson Inspiration Copy Share Image
“Technology has solved old economic problems by giving us new psychological problems.” — Mark Manson Economic problems Copy Share Image
“That’s true in relationships, in a career, in building a great lifestyle—in everything.” — Mark Manson Lifestyle Copy Share Image
“Our values determine the metrics by which we measure ourselves and everyone else.” — Mark Manson Data Copy Share Image
“when a person has no problems, the mind automatically finds a way to invent some.” — Mark Manson Copy Share Image
“Improvement at anything is based on thousands of tiny failures,” — Mark Manson Failure Copy Share Image
Everything has an opportunity cost, and the big things we want in life - like happiness and healthy relationships and wealth -… — Mark Manson Big things Copy Share Image
“I have both some good news and some bad news for you: there is little that is unique or special about your… — Mark Manson Copy Share Image
“It’s the backwards law again: the more you try to be certain about something, the more uncertain and insecure you will feel.… — Mark Manson Copy Share Image
There's a paradox with self-improvement, and it is this: the ultimate goal of all self-improvement is to reach the point where you… — Mark Manson Copy Share Image
Don't hang out with a bunch of people who drag you down when you can hang out with one person who makes… — Mark Manson 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
Generally, our first idea of what our business is going to be is not the right one. It takes a few iterations;… — Mark Manson Business 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
“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 Experiences Copy Share Image
In our culture, many of us idealize love. We see it as some lofty cure-all for all of life's problems. Our movies… — Mark Manson History Copy Share Image
“But while investing deeply in one person, one place, one job, one activity might deny us the breadth of experience we’d like,… — Mark Manson Investing Copy Share Image
Writing/reading is like visiting another person's brain. And a short book or article is like a short stay. You come in, have… — Mark Manson Books Copy Share Image
“The difference between a healthy and an unhealthy relationship comes down to two things: 1) how well each person in the relationship… — Mark Manson Health 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
“happiness comes from the same thing: caring about something greater than yourself, believing that you are a contributing component in some much… — Mark Manson Happiness 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 Copy Share Image
“Having lived under communism for so many generations, with little to no economic opportunity and caged by a culture of fear, Russian… — Mark Manson Trust Copy Share Image
“All of human civilization... is basically a result of immortality projects: the cities and governments and structures and authorities in places today… — Mark Manson Death Copy Share Image
“Most people correctly identify a person like Jimmy as a raging narcissistic ass-hat. That’s because he’s pretty blatant in his delusionally high… — Mark Manson Entitlement 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 Commitment Copy Share Image
“Outrage porn": rather than report on real stories and real issues, the media find it much easier (and more profitable) to find… — Mark Manson Fake news Copy Share Image
“Right now, anyone who is offended about anything--whether it's the fact that a book about racism was assigned in a university class,… — Mark Manson Books Copy Share Image
“This is the basic root of all happiness. Whether you’re listening to Aristotle or the psychologists at Harvard or Jesus Christ or… — mark manson Cell phone Copy Share Image
“They’re told that they’re afraid of failure, of rejection, of someone saying no. But that’s not it. Sure, rejection hurts. Failure sucks.… — Mark Manson Afraid of failure Copy Share Image
“lot of this fear of failure comes from having chosen shitty values.” — Mark Manson Failure Copy Share Image
“The solution to one problem is merely the creation of the next one.” — Mark Manson Creation Copy Share Image
“after all, you have to go out there and discover what seems worth investing yourself in.” — Mark Manson Copy Share Image
“and the magnitude of your success is based on how many times you’ve failed at something.” — Mark Manson Copy Share Image
“And we feel motivation only when we feel enough emotional inspiration.” — Mark Manson Inspiration Copy Share Image
“our beliefs are malleable, and our memories are horribly unreliable.” — Mark Manson Faith Copy Share Image