Mark is the bestselling author of The Subtle Art of Not Giving a Fck and Everything is Fcked: A Book About Hope. His most popular book, The Subtle Art of Not Giving a Fck, was the most read non-fiction book in the world in 2017. Mark began writing as a blogger in 2009 and his site, markmanson.net, is now read by more than 15 million people each year. Mark's next book, Will* (the memoir of Will Smith), is now available for pre-order.
[2:21] - How Mark's e-commerce and blogging attempts led him to self-help writing
[10:05] - Persisting through failures to find success
[15:27] - Traveling the world for several years
[19:24] - Perspectives on choosing a place to live for the long term
[26:08] - Comparing the quality of life in America to other countries
[33:31] - Finding "chosen struggles" and battling attention hijacking
[49:47] - Using death to influence our life decisions
[55:33] - Mark's views on handling success
[1:01:17] - Lessons learned from working with Will Smith
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