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Mark Manson

Né(e): March 09, 1984 – Austin, Texas, United States

Mark Manson is an American author and blogger whose work focuses on personal development, relationships, and modern meaning-making. He is best known for The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck, along with Everything Is F*cked and Models; his books have sold millions of copies worldwide and been translated broadly.

Biographie et Parcours de l'Auteur

Mark Manson grew up in Austin, Texas, and his route into authorship was not a conventional literary one. Before he became known for blunt, research-informed advice, he has described himself as a failed musician who moved to Boston for college, earned a degree in International Relations and Business from Boston University in 2007, and briefly tried working at an investment bank before quitting. Soon afterward he began building an online business and the earliest version of his blog, and from 2009 he spent roughly seven years living and working around the world. That period of travel, self-examination, and internet entrepreneurship helped shape the unsentimental, conversational style that later became his signature. ((https://markmanson.medium.com/about))

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Happiness requires struggle
-The Most Important Question of Your Life
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Who you are is defined by the values you are willing to struggle for
-The Most Important Question of Your Life
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The desire for more positive experience is itself a negative experience. And, paradoxically, the acceptance of one’s negative experience is itself a positive experience
-The Feedback Loop From Hell
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Everything worthwhile in life is won through surmounting the associated negative experience
-The Feedback Loop From Hell
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The more something threatens your identity, the more you will avoid doing it
-The Real Reason Why You Procrastinate So Much
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Embrace embarrassment. Feeling foolish is part of the path to achieving something important, something meaningful
-7 Strange Questions That Help You Find Your Life Purpose
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One day, you and everyone you love will die
-The Uncomfortable Truth
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We’re all flawed creatures. And that’s OK
-You’re Okay
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Perfection is the process of improvement itself
-You’re Okay
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Maturity is what happens when one learns to only give a fuck about what’s truly fuckworthy
-The Subtle Art of Not Giving a Fuck

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