Here's how I finally broke the cycle of crippling FOMO.| Mark Manson
How to be patient in a world full of distractions. And reap the rewards.| Mark Manson
Why anyone and everyone can benefit from meditation. What meditation is and how to do it.| Mark Manson
Self-esteem isn't the silver bullet some people think it is, but it's still important. It just depends on how and where you're getting your self-esteem.| Mark Manson
Welcome, Player One, to a strategy guide for the game known as Life.| Mark Manson
Stability or change, freedom or commitment, individuality or conformity... how to be content in this paradoxical life?| Mark Manson
Step 1: Slap yourself in the face. Hard, preferably.| Mark Manson
Read and listen to "This Is Water", David Foster Wallace's famous commencement speech about education and finding meaning in everyday life.| Mark Manson
"We're all going to die, all of us. What a circus! That alone should make us love each other, but it doesn't. We are terrorized and flattened by trivialities; we are eaten up by nothing."| Mark Manson
Emotional intelligence is a set of skills you can get better at with practice. Here are five skills you can cultivate to make you a more emotionally intelligent person.| Mark Manson
How are you supposed to be confident about something when you have nothing to feel confident about?| Mark Manson
Nearly every culture around the world encourages sacrifice today for a better tomorrow. So why is delayed gratification so hard?| Mark Manson
Meta-awesomeness is a term I invented for when someone recognizes that something about themselves is uncool, which then ironically makes them cool.| Mark Manson
Why our assumption that our parents are so responsible for how we turn out may actually be false...| Mark Manson
A difficult lesson in life is learning how to let go of broken relationships, our pasts, and even parts of ourselves. This is how I've learned to deal with loss in my life.| Mark Manson
Social media is blamed for many of today's social ills, but this only serves to shield us from the harsh reality that it is us who are at fault.| Mark Manson
We all judge and measure each other by our own standards. Accepting this goes a long ways in understanding others.| Mark Manson
Learn the most common reasons why you fail to achieve your goals and dreams.| Mark Manson
Most people can't just sit with uncertainty, with not knowing what will happen. And this fear of the unknown makes us do some strange things.| Mark Manson
A sarcastic look at what makes one miserable and how to be better at it.| Mark Manson
Why the idea that we can get everything we want out of life is flawed, and how we should deal with it...| Mark Manson
I hate The Secret. There, I said it. I know I’m a self-development blogger and I’m supposed to keep everything light and airy and full of poop jokes, but fuck it — I hate it. It’s an awful book. And it needs to be said.| Mark Manson
My 20s certainly were dramatic. Here are some of the things I learned.| Mark Manson
The ultimate goal of self-improvement can be paradoxically self-defeating. This is what healthy self-improvement looks like.| Mark Manson
Sometimes our dreams aren't really what we think they are. And sometimes we're better off not following them.| Mark Manson
Over 600 people, age 40 and older, weigh in on what they wish they knew when they were 30. A few of them might surprise you.| Mark Manson
Eight reasons why you can’t trust yourself, as demonstrated by psychology.| Mark Manson
It's possible to be self-aware to some degree and still be unhappy and unfulfilled. And while self-awareness has many benefits, it is, by itself, not the point. This is how you can cultivate and develop healthy self-awareness in your own life.| Mark Manson
Our emotions often paralyze us when we face the most important decisions of our lives. Learn how to break free.| Mark Manson
Our ability to focus attention on what we need is core to living a happy, healthy life. But smartphones are polluting our attention.| Mark Manson
There is one belief from which all other self-development flows. Learn what it is.| Mark Manson
The only way to make real progress in your life is to admit that you're always wrong. Find out why this is a good thing.| Mark Manson
Most people think regret is a universally bad thing. But if you look a little closer, regret actually serves a very useful purpose in our lives.| Mark Manson
Traumatic experiences are a fact of life for virtually everyone. There's nothing fun about them either. But there is a way to grow from your pain.| Mark Manson
If we’re really honest with ourselves, we all have a little self-loathing going on from time to time. Here are some ways to hate yourself a little less.| Mark Manson
Comparing yourself to others is an innate part of our nature and that’s unlikely to change anytime soon. What we can change is the basis of that comparison.| Mark Manson
Trying to prove that you're special only feeds insecurity.| Mark Manson
If you have to try to be cool, you will never be cool. If you have to try to be happy, then you will never be happy.| Mark Manson
The most important question you will ever ask yourself might surprise you. Find out what it is here.| Mark Manson
Most of us struggle throughout our lives by giving too many fucks in situations where fucks do not deserve to be given.| Mark Manson
There’s this guy. World-renowned billionaire. Tech genius. Inventor and entrepreneur. Athletic and talented and handsome with a jaw so chiseled it looks like Zeus came down from Olympus and carved the fucker himself.| Mark Manson