Mark Manson

So when the agents and editors started coming knocking, right? And they're like, hey, some of these articles are great. We think we could get you a book deal. What do you think about that? It was very exciting. And as somebody who never studied writing or journalism in school,

So when the agents and editors started coming knocking, right? And they're like, hey, some of these articles are great. We think we could get you a book deal. What do you think about that? It was very exciting. And as somebody who never studied writing or journalism in school,

So when the agents and editors started coming knocking, right? And they're like, hey, some of these articles are great. We think we could get you a book deal. What do you think about that? It was very exciting. And as somebody who never studied writing or journalism in school,

So when the agents and editors started coming knocking, right? And they're like, hey, some of these articles are great. We think we could get you a book deal. What do you think about that? It was very exciting. And as somebody who never studied writing or journalism in school,

never studied writing or journalism in school, who had never held down a real job in his life, who didn't even do well in English class as a student, the idea of me publishing a book was just so, oh my God, I can't believe this is happening.

never studied writing or journalism in school, who had never held down a real job in his life, who didn't even do well in English class as a student, the idea of me publishing a book was just so, oh my God, I can't believe this is happening.

never studied writing or journalism in school, who had never held down a real job in his life, who didn't even do well in English class as a student, the idea of me publishing a book was just so, oh my God, I can't believe this is happening.

never studied writing or journalism in school, who had never held down a real job in his life, who didn't even do well in English class as a student, the idea of me publishing a book was just so, oh my God, I can't believe this is happening.

never studied writing or journalism in school, who had never held down a real job in his life, who didn't even do well in English class as a student, the idea of me publishing a book was just so, oh my God, I can't believe this is happening.

who had never held down a real job in his life, who didn't even do well in English class as a student, the idea of me publishing a book was just so, oh my God, I can't believe this is happening. So when I entered into that world, I set what I thought at the time were pretty ambitious goals, which was I want to be a New York Times bestseller at some point in my life.

who had never held down a real job in his life, who didn't even do well in English class as a student, the idea of me publishing a book was just so, oh my God, I can't believe this is happening. So when I entered into that world, I set what I thought at the time were pretty ambitious goals, which was I want to be a New York Times bestseller at some point in my life.

who had never held down a real job in his life, who didn't even do well in English class as a student, the idea of me publishing a book was just so, oh my God, I can't believe this is happening. So when I entered into that world, I set what I thought at the time were pretty ambitious goals, which was I want to be a New York Times bestseller at some point in my life.

who had never held down a real job in his life, who didn't even do well in English class as a student, the idea of me publishing a book was just so, oh my God, I can't believe this is happening. So when I entered into that world, I set what I thought at the time were pretty ambitious goals, which was I want to be a New York Times bestseller at some point in my life.

who had never held down a real job in his life, who didn't even do well in English class as a student, the idea of me publishing a book was just so, oh my God, I can't believe this is happening. So when I entered into that world, I set what I thought at the time were pretty ambitious goals, which was I want to be a New York Times bestseller at some point in my life.

So when I entered into that world, I set what I thought at the time were pretty ambitious goals, which was I want to be a New York Times bestseller at some point in my life. And over the course of my career, I'd like to sell a million books.

So when I entered into that world, I set what I thought at the time were pretty ambitious goals, which was I want to be a New York Times bestseller at some point in my life. And over the course of my career, I'd like to sell a million books.

So when I entered into that world, I set what I thought at the time were pretty ambitious goals, which was I want to be a New York Times bestseller at some point in my life. And over the course of my career, I'd like to sell a million books.

So when I entered into that world, I set what I thought at the time were pretty ambitious goals, which was I want to be a New York Times bestseller at some point in my life. And over the course of my career, I'd like to sell a million books.

So when I entered into that world, I set what I thought at the time were pretty ambitious goals, which was I want to be a New York Times bestseller at some point in my life. And over the course of my career, I'd like to sell a million books.

And at the time, I think because I overestimated the prestige and the power and the size of the traditional publishing industry, those things felt pretty impossible. They felt like things I would have to work towards for 10, 20 years to accomplish. And