Mark Manson

Confidence is really just the ability to unapologetically like yourself.

Scarcity dictates what’s meaningful. ㅤ When you are alone, a relationship feels meaningful. When you’re in a relationship, time to yourself feels meaningful. ㅤ When you are overworked, time off feels meaningful. When you have plenty of downtime, work feels meaningful. ㅤ The scarcity never gets solved, it simply changes form.

Happiness requires struggle. Without struggle, the world would lack meaning and our joys would feel empty. ㅤ Be grateful for your struggles, because within them is the constant opportunity for purpose.

Worrying is a cheap replacement for caring. Complaining is a cheap replacement for fixing. Outrage is a cheap replacement for supporting. ㅤ It’s easy to tear down. It’s much harder to build up.

People watch how you treat yourself to know how to treat you. ㅤ Therefore, the best way to win respect is to respect yourself first.

A person's potential for success is likely proportional to: ㅤ - Their willingness to embarrass themselves in front of others - Their ability to have difficult conversations - Their understanding of their own limitations

The trick to self-improvement is to make plenty of mistakes…but to never make the same one twice.

Most of your stress doesn’t come from having too much to do—it comes from not doing the things that actually matter to you. ㅤ The weight you carry isn’t the work itself, but the meaninglessness of it.

What a time to be alive

If you’re not failing, you’re not learning. If you’re not learning, you’re not growing. If you’re not growing, you’re not living. Living without failing is failing to live.

No one knows how much shit you’ve been through to simply make it where you are today. ㅤ Be proud.

The worst blame others because they want to feel better. ㅤ The best blame themselves because they want to be better.

We are all choosing what to give a fuck about, whether we realize it or not. ㅤ If you’re not asking yourself the important questions of what to care about, the forces around you will decide your values for you.