MARK MANSON

• I wanted the reward and not the struggle. I wanted the result and not the process. I was in love with not the fight but only the victory. And life doesn’t work that way.

• Who you are is defined by what you’re willing to struggle for.

Happiness comes from solving problems but problems will never end in life, the goal is to have better and meaningful problems. 

We need to choose our struggle because that’s inevitable. You are defined by what you’re willing to struggle for.

Consider the question: What are you willing to struggle for? Because that seems to be a greater determinant of how our lives turn out. Happiness requires struggle. The positive is the side effect of handling the negative. You can only avoid negative experiences for so long before they come ro...