“But the problem with entitlement is that it makes people need to feel good about themselves all the time, even at the… — Mark Manson Entitlement Copy Share Image
“The avoidance of suffering is a form of suffering. The avoidance of struggle is a struggle. The denial of failure is a… — Mark Manson Adversity Copy Share Image
I think humility - which I think is a very good value to adopt - is basically an extension of understanding your… — Mark Manson Copy Share Image
“As Freud once said, “One day, in retrospect, the years of struggle will strike you as the most beautiful.” — Mark Manson Copy Share Image
“Everything we think and feel about a situation ultimately comes back to how valuable we perceive it to be. Most” — Mark Manson 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
“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
“That's simply reality: if it feels like it's you versus the world, chances are it's really just you versus yourself.” — Mark Manson Copy Share Image
“I once heard an artist say that when a person has no problems, the mind automatically finds a way to invent some.… — Mark Manson Art Copy Share Image
“There’s a certain level of joy and meaning that you reach in life only when you’ve spent decades investing in a single… — Mark Manson Investing Copy Share Image
We usually think of improving our life by adding stuff - like more things, more success, more friends. I think the starting… — Mark Manson Fashion 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
“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 Commitment Copy Share Image
“Ever notice that sometimes when you care less about something, you do better at it? Notice how it’s often the person who… — Mark Manson Copy Share Image
“We all have emotional blind spots. Often they have to do with the emotions that we were taught were inappropriate growing up.… — Mark Manson Blind spots Copy Share Image
Life is a big and complex game. It's the largest open world game known to date. We all begin with different starting… — Mark Manson Game Copy Share Image
“I remember discussing this dynamic with my Russian teacher one day, and he had an interesting theory. Having lived under communism for… — Mark Manson Economic system Copy Share Image
“These five values are both unconventional and uncomfortable. But, to me, they are life-changing. The first, which we’ll look at in the… — Mark Manson Death Copy Share Image
“I came to the startling realization that if there really is no reason to do anything, then there is also no reason… — Mark Manson Death Copy Share Image
“See, I couldn’t control her. No matter how many times I called her, or screamed at her, or begged her to take… — Mark Manson Copy Share Image
“We feel bad about feeling bad. We feel guilty for feeling guilty. We get angry about getting angry. We get anxious about… — Mark Manson Feeling bad 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 Copy Share Image
“It’s strange that in an age when we are more connected than ever, entitlement seems to be at an all-time high. Something… — Mark Manson 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
“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
“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
“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
“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
“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
“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
“Entitlement closes in upon itself in a kind of narcissistic bubble, distorting anything and everything in such a way as to reinforce… — Mark Manson Entitlement 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
“we all must give a fuck about something, in order to value something. And to value something, we must reject what is… — Mark Manson 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
“The avoidance of suffering is a form of suffering. The avoidance of struggle is a struggle. The denial of failure is a… — Mark Manson Failure 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
“here’s something that’s weird but true: we don’t actually know what a positive or negative experience is.” — Mark Manson Experience Copy Share Image
“Self-improvement and success often occur together. But that doesn’t necessarily mean they’re the same thing.” — Mark Manson Improvement Copy Share Image
“It takes just as much energy and delusional self-aggrandizement to maintain the belief that one has insurmountable problems as that one has… — Mark Manson Faith Copy Share Image
