Mark Manson

#1 New York Times Bestselling Author of five books, including "The Subtle Art of Not Giving F*ck". Co-Founder of @Purpose_AI. Host of Solved Podcast.

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The quality of your life is directly proportional to your tolerance for uncertainty.

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The biggest distractions from achieving your life’s biggest goal are likely all of the small goals that don’t even fucking matter.

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“Being hated by idiots is the price you pay for not being one of them.”
— Jean Cocteau

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The best way to help others is to heal yourself.
The best way to heal yourself is to help others.

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“Being hated by idiots is the price you pay for not being one of them.”
— Jean Cocteau

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People criticize you not because you’ve failed where they have succeeded, but because you’ve tried when they’ve been too afraid to.

[Mark Manson @Markmanson]

The biggest distractions from achieving your life’s biggest goal are likely all of the small goals that don’t even fucking matter.

[Mark Manson @Markmanson]

The best way to help others is to heal yourself.
The best way to heal yourself is to help others.

[Mark Manson @Markmanson]

Misery requires a lack of imagination. If you believe things can’t possibly get worse, then you clearly have not thought hard enough about it.

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There is more opportunity than ever before. People just don’t realize it or appreciate it because they are also more distracted than ever before.

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It took me years to realize that if you’re a people-pleaser, healthy boundaries will feel like conflict, and healthy conflict will feel like a world-ending disaster.

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Balance feels unbalanced to an unbalanced person. To change, you have to consciously do what feels abnormal until it begins to feel normal.

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It took me years to realize that if you’re a people-pleaser, healthy boundaries will feel like conflict, and healthy conflict will feel like a world-ending disaster.

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Once you realize that people deal with their own failures by projecting them onto you, you will stop taking shit so personally.

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The best revenge is to build a life that’s so fulfilling and awesome that you forget you ever wanted revenge in the first place.

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Once you realize that people deal with their own failures by projecting them onto you, you will stop taking shit so personally.

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“I was waiting for something extraordinary to happen, but as the years wasted on, nothing ever did unless I caused it.” – Charles Bukowski

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The trick isn’t to stop comparing yourself. It’s impossible.

The trick is to compare yourself for better reasons and to better people.

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@mikewilson I have used tons of em dashes my entire career, they were consciously a big part of my style when I was starting out. Very saddened what's happened to them. Basically stopped using them entirely.

But grammar and style go through trends, like anything. So it might come back.

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Inspiration is a form of social comparison.
A role model is a form of social comparison.
Being coached involves a form of social comparison.

The problem isn’t social comparison. It’s how you’ve chosen to compare.

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You can’t stop comparing yourself to others. But you can choose to compare yourself to people who inspire you and motivate you, rather than ones who make you feel like shit.