The Do Something principle

Self-awareness is like an onion, with many layers that can be peeled back to reveal deeper insights about us:

1. The outermost layer is our public self. This is the self that we present to the world, and it is crafted to project a certain image. 
2. Our private self,...

Learning to say and hear “no” can actually improve your life in 2 key ways: 

1. When you make a commitment to something, you must say “no” to something else. This doesn’t tie you down, but frees you from trivialities so you can focus on what’s most meaningful (e.g. deepening a relationshi...

Disappointment Panda is a fictional bear who has the superpower of telling people the harsh truth about themselves. Manson uses Disappointment Panda to represent the part of ourselves that is afraid of failure, rejection, and disappointment.

"Disappointment Panda would ...

Many of our modern values (success, positivity, greatness etc) can actually make us more insecure & miserable. The way to be happy and fulfilled, Manson says, is to not give a f*ck about everything we’re told to care about. 

Instead, get clear on what truly matters, focus y...

As we know that problems are inevitable, trying to avoid them makes no sense. Complaining about them and playing the victim card is also not going to help you in any way.

So instead of being controlled by your problems, it is wiser to take responsibility and control them. W...

When we fail, we often have a choice. We can either give up and let the failure define us, or we can learn from our mistakes and use them as an opportunity to grow. Failing forward is about choosing the latter. It's about embracing failure as a part of the learning process and us...

• TAKE RADICAL RESPONSIBILITY. No matter what happens in your life, you can always choose how to react. 
• EMBRACE UNCERTAINTY. The only way to grow is to realize that your perspectives, knowledge, and even your values/beliefs aren’t absolute—they can al...

If you fear death (or are preoccupied with ensuring that people remember you after you’re gone), you won’t be able to live fully.

However, if you’ve confronted your mortality, can accept your life as a passing grain in the timelessness of the universe, and can focus on cont...

To break the cycle of negativity:

1. ACCEPTANCE: The pain of honest confrontation is what generates the greatest trust and respect in your relationships. Mark invites us to think of our self-awareness as an onion. And to imagine our rational self as a

Here’s a paradox: the more you pursue the positives, the more negative you’ll feel. Those who desperately want to be rich, worthy or happy will only end up feeling poorer, more unworthy or unhappy. On the other hand, the more you accept the negatives in your life, the be...