Mark Manson
maddykutechno.substack.com
Mark Manson | The World Is Fucked and I’m Pretty Sure It’s the Internet’s Fault
We don't always control what happens to us. But we always control how we interpret what happens to us, as well as how we respond.
In an age of abundance, our issue is not scarcity, it's having too much. Whereas all the previous generations were striving to make more, do more, know more, we must strive to do less. Narrow our focus and care for our attention as a precious resource that can be taken from us.
In the age of information overload, expertise is not knowing lots and lots of stuff—rather, it’s the ability to sort the useful from the useless.
When we are focused on ourselves in a crisis, we become overwhelmed and panic. When we are focused on others, we can rise above our fear and act.
What You Can Never Change:
1. The past
2. The world
3. Other people
What You Can Always Change:
1. Your attitude
2. Your assumptions
3. Your beliefs
Lesson I learned from playing poker:
You can get dealt the best cards and still lose. You can get dealt terrible cards and still win.
Your choices are all that matter.
Take comfort:
No one actually knows what the hell they're doing. Everyone is just working off their current best guess.
When life gives you lemons, lean back and squeeze that shit into your eyeballs. Then glare back at life and say, "that all you got, motherfucker?"
The “subtle art” of not giving a fuck is really the art of discovering that it is up to you to choose what is worth caring about and what is not. And now there’s a journal to assist you with mastering that art.
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