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 velocity of your growth is directly proportional to how many uncomfortable situations you are willing to put yourself in.

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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.

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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.

[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.