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Mark Manson: The Hard Truth About Success & Happiness | Human Behavior | E342
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Mark Manson spent his twenties traveling the world, chasing success, and observing human psychology and behavior. Through years of blogging, he built a loyal audience and landed his first book deal. By 32, he had surpassed all his career goals, including becoming a bestselling author. But the massive success of The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck came faster than he expected, leaving him lost and questioning his purpose. In this episode, Mark returns with his refreshingly blunt insights on success, happiness, and fulfillment. He shares actionable strategies for personal development and explains why chasing the wrong goals leads to disappointment. In this episode, Hala and Mark will discuss: (00:00) Introduction (01:29) How Traveling Shaped His Mindset (05:11) From Blogging to Bestselling Author (15:44) Why Happiness is Overrated (18:20) Navigating His Rapid Career Growth (22:21) The Psychology of Passion and Skill (24:29) Reinventing Himself as an Entrepreneur (27:02) The Value of Love and Marriage (31:11) Why Dating Apps Fail You (34:24) Tips on Building Lasting Relationships (39:20) How to Make the Right Commitment (41:42) Turning Writing into a Successful Business (47:58) Scaling a Business Across Multiple Platforms Mark Manson is a three-time New York Times bestselling author and entrepreneur. His books, including The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck, have sold over 20 million copies in 75+ languages worldwide. He has also built a thriving online business, offering courses, podcasts, and one of the most popular self-improvement newsletters. Known for his brutal honesty and dry humor, Mark is a leading voice in personal growth and mindset. Sponsored By: Shopify - youngandprofiting.co/shopify Open Phone - openphone.com/profiting Airbnb - airbnb.com/host Indeed - indeed.com/profiting RobinHood - robinhood.com/gold Factor - factormeals.com/factorpodcast Rakuten - rakuten.com Microsoft Teams - aka.ms/profiting Active Deals - youngandprofiting.com/deals Resources Mentioned: Mark Manson: Next-Level Adulting | E65: https://youngandprofiting.co/3QTorz0 Mark’s Book, The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: https://amzn.to/41Rwq5Y Mark’s Book, Everything Is F*cked: https://amzn.to/4izRx27 Mark’s Podcast, The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: https://bit.ly/3Dgjw8l Key YAP Links Reviews - ratethispodcast.com/yap Youtube - youtube.com/c/YoungandProfiting LinkedIn - linkedin.com/in/htaha/ Instagram - instagram.com/yapwithhala/ Social + Podcast Services: yapmedia.com Transcripts - youngandprofiting.com/episodes-new Entrepreneurship, Entrepreneurship Podcast, Business, Business Podcast, Self Improvement, Self-Improvement, Personal Development, Starting a Business, Strategy, Investing, Sales, Selling, Psychology, Productivity, Entrepreneurs, AI, Artificial Intelligence, Technology, Marketing, Negotiation, Money, Finance, Side Hustle, Mental Health, Career, Leadership, Mindset, Health, Growth Mindset, Positivity, Critical Thinking, Robert Greene, Chris Voss, Robert Cialdini, Mark Manson
Chapter 1: How did traveling shape Mark Manson's mindset?
I write self-help for people who hate self-help. My book, The Subtle Art of Not Giving a Fuck, it sold a million copies, I think, within six or eight months. I never planned for anything after this in my life, and I'm only 32 years old, so what the hell am I supposed to do next?
What have you learned about happiness over the years?
Happiness is overrated. The more you think about and worry about happiness, the more you remove it from yourself. People get causation backwards. So the assumption is like, well, if I just find what I love, then I'll get really good at that thing. It's actually the other way around. People tend to fall in love with the thing they're really good at.
What have you learned about happiness over the years?
Happiness is overrated. The more you think about and worry about happiness, the more you remove it from yourself. People get causation backwards. So the assumption is like, well, if I just find what I love, then I'll get really good at that thing. It's actually the other way around. People tend to fall in love with the thing they're really good at.
What is your advice for all the single people out there?
The only real dating advice is self-improvement. Marriage is supposed to limit your freedom, right? But I found that it was completely liberating because that's the magic sign. That's the sign of like, this has legs. This is going to last for a long time.
What is your advice for all the single people out there?
The only real dating advice is self-improvement. Marriage is supposed to limit your freedom, right? But I found that it was completely liberating because that's the magic sign. That's the sign of like, this has legs. This is going to last for a long time.
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Chapter 2: What is the story behind Mark Manson's first bestselling book?
Chapter 3: Why does Mark Manson believe happiness is overrated?
What have you learned about happiness over the years?
Happiness is overrated. The more you think about and worry about happiness, the more you remove it from yourself. People get causation backwards. So the assumption is like, well, if I just find what I love, then I'll get really good at that thing. It's actually the other way around. People tend to fall in love with the thing they're really good at.
What is your advice for all the single people out there?
The only real dating advice is self-improvement. Marriage is supposed to limit your freedom, right? But I found that it was completely liberating because that's the magic sign. That's the sign of like, this has legs. This is going to last for a long time.
Chapter 4: How did rapid success impact Mark Manson's career?
What is your advice for all the single people out there?
The only real dating advice is self-improvement. Marriage is supposed to limit your freedom, right? But I found that it was completely liberating because that's the magic sign. That's the sign of like, this has legs. This is going to last for a long time.
Young Improfiters, what is the key to a fulfilling life lies not in chasing happiness, but embracing discomfort. Today, I'm sitting down with Mark Manson. He's the best-selling author of The Subtle Art of Not Giving a Fuck and the host of the podcast of the same name. Mark was on the show on episode number 65. This was during the early days of the pandemic.
Young Improfiters, what is the key to a fulfilling life lies not in chasing happiness, but embracing discomfort. Today, I'm sitting down with Mark Manson. He's the best-selling author of The Subtle Art of Not Giving a Fuck and the host of the podcast of the same name. Mark was on the show on episode number 65. This was during the early days of the pandemic.
And in that conversation, we talked about adulting and his book, Everything is Fucked. Today, I'm so excited to have him back on the pod because we're not in lockdown and we get a chance to explore some of his transformative rules for living.
And in that conversation, we talked about adulting and his book, Everything is Fucked. Today, I'm so excited to have him back on the pod because we're not in lockdown and we get a chance to explore some of his transformative rules for living.
In this episode, Mark is going to share his always refreshingly blunt insights and give us some actionable strategies that challenge conventional wisdom and will help you redefine your past to a more meaningful life. Mark, welcome back to Young and Profiting. Mark, welcome to Young and Profiting podcast.
In this episode, Mark is gonna share his always refreshingly blunt insights and give us some actionable strategies that challenge conventional wisdom and will help you redefine your past to a more meaningful life. Mark, welcome back to Young and Profiting. Mark, welcome to Young and Profiting podcast.
It's great to be here. Thanks for having me.
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Chapter 5: What is Mark Manson's perspective on purpose and meaning?
I don't think there's anything necessarily special about them, but I don't know, it's switching over to a new decade, so it makes sense to take a little bit of extra time, take stock of your life, and consider what's changed.
So I learned that you believe that you hit all your career goals, or at least the ones that you had, by age 32. So that means you must have been doing something right in your 20s. And you say that your 20s were especially dramatic. So why were your 20s so dramatic? What were your 20s like for you?
So I learned that you believe that you hit all your career goals, or at least the ones that you had, by age 32. So that means you must have been doing something right in your 20s, and you say that your 20s were especially dramatic. So why were your 20s so dramatic? What were your 20s like for you?
And what were some of the things that you did to ensure that you would hit all these career goals by your early 30s? And what were some of the things that you did to ensure that you would hit all these career goals by your early 30s?
My 20s, I very much optimized for novelty, experimentation, and self-discovery, which I think are good things for young people in general to optimize for. I probably went a little bit too hard on all that stuff. I spent most of my 20s living as a nomad. I spent most of those years living abroad. I was never nailed down in a specific city, country, relationship.
My 20s, I very much optimized for novelty, experimentation, and self-discovery, which I think are good things for young people in general to optimize for. I probably went a little bit too hard on all that stuff. So I spent most of my 20s living as a nomad. I spent most of those years living abroad. I was never nailed down in a specific city, country, relationship.
I was traveling around the world partying a lot. That had both benefits and drawbacks. The benefits was that it exposed me to a very wide variety of experiences and people at a very young age. I think I probably got ahead of the curve in terms of understanding myself and understanding people and understanding culture. And I think that will play into some of the success of the books.
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Chapter 6: How did Mark Manson redefine his career and personal goals?
So I was traveling around the world, partying a lot. And that had both benefits and drawbacks. The benefits was that it exposed me to a very wide variety of experiences and people at a very young age. So I think I probably got ahead of the curve in terms of understanding myself and understanding people and understanding culture. And I think that will play into some of the success of the books.
It got me a little bit behind the curve in terms of I was out drinking and partying a lot. And I wasted a lot of time on some silly and stupid things and probably didn't work as hard as I could have or should have at certain points. It's one of these weird things. It's impossible to know if that trade-off was worth it.
It got me a little bit behind the curve in terms of I was out drinking and partying and a lot. And I wasted a lot of time on some silly and stupid things and probably didn't work as hard as I could have or should have at certain points. So it's one of these weird things. It's impossible to know if that trade-off was worth it.
But as a 40-year-old now, I look back at my 25, 26-year-old self, and I'm like, bring it down a notch, right? Do you really need to go out on a Wednesday night? There's probably better things you could have done. But ultimately, I think because of the nature of the industry that I'm in, which essentially is...
But as a 40-year-old now, I think back, I look back at my 25, 26-year-old self and I'm like, bring it down a notch, right? Do you really need to go out on a Wednesday night? Like, there's probably better things you could have done.
observing and commenting on human nature, noticing psychological concepts, cultural trends, being able to appeal and address a wide international audience. I do think that lifestyle ended up kind of inadvertently helping me quite a bit in my career for those reasons. I did technically meet all my career goals at 32.
But ultimately, I think because of the nature of the industry that I'm in, which essentially is observing and commenting on human nature, noticing psychological concepts, cultural trends, being able to appeal and address a wide international audience, I do think that lifestyle ended up kind of inadvertently helping me quite a bit in my career for those reasons.
Part of that is that I think the success of my book, The Subtle Art of Not Giving a Fuck, just vastly outstripped any expectation I ever had. And part of that too is that I was probably thinking too small at the time. And I guess we could get into each of those things individually if you want. But that's my 20s in a nutshell, I think.
I did technically meet all my career goals at 32. Part of that is that I think the success of my book, The Subtle Art of Not Giving a Fuck, just vastly outstripped any expectation I ever had. And part of that too is that I was probably thinking too small at the time. And I guess we could get into each of those things individually if you want. But that's my 20s in a nutshell, I think.
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Chapter 7: What insights does Mark Manson share about passion and skill?
Why don't you take us to the story of writing your first book? What expectations did you have and how did it surprise you?
It was a very different time back then. So just to give a little background, I started blogging in 2007. By 2009, I'd eked out a very small full-time income. And by 2012 or 13, I'd grown a pretty significant audience online. So by the time my stuff really started to take off, I was five or six years in. I'd been scraping by. I'd been living in a lot of countries that were very cheap to live in.
It was a very different time back then. So just to give a little background, I started blogging in 2007. By 2009, I'd eked out a very small full-time income. And by 2012 or 13, I'd grown a pretty significant audience online. So by the time my stuff really started to take off, I was five or six years in. I'd been scraping by. I'd been living in a lot of countries that were very cheap to live in.
And suddenly I find myself, I have a bunch of articles going viral on Facebook and Twitter at the time. And I find myself with millions of readers. And back then, what's known today as the creator economy didn't really exist back then.
And suddenly I find myself, I have a bunch of articles going viral on Facebook and Twitter at the time. And I find myself with millions of readers. And back then, what's known today as the creator economy didn't really exist back then.
So back then, the roadmap was just build an audience online and then that can get your foot in the door to go make a TV show or get a book published or make an album, right? So back then, the roadmap was just build an audience online and then that can get your foot in the door to go make a TV show or get a book published or make an album, right?
And how old were you at this point?
I was 27.
So young. I didn't realize that. And how old were you at this point?
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