Mark Manson

And I lost track of what drove me, what motivated me. So my 30s, I think, was... very much getting a lot of clarity on what I stand for, what I want to do with my life. Because when you're young, when you're in your 20s, you think about missions and purpose and all these goals and dreams you have, right? And it's all very exciting and it's all in the future, right? I've got plenty of time.

And I lost track of what drove me, what motivated me. So my 30s, I think, was... very much getting a lot of clarity on what I stand for, what I want to do with my life. Because when you're young, when you're in your 20s, you think about missions and purpose and all these goals and dreams you have, right? And it's all very exciting and it's all in the future, right? I've got plenty of time.

And I lost track of what drove me, what motivated me. So my 30s, I think, was... very much getting a lot of clarity on what I stand for, what I want to do with my life. Because when you're young, when you're in your 20s, you think about missions and purpose and all these goals and dreams you have, right? And it's all very exciting and it's all in the future, right? I've got plenty of time.

And I lost track of what drove me, what motivated me. So my 30s, I think, was... very much getting a lot of clarity on what I stand for, what I want to do with my life. Because when you're young, when you're in your 20s, you think about missions and purpose and all these goals and dreams you have, right? And it's all very exciting and it's all in the future, right? I've got plenty of time.

And I lost track of what drove me, what motivated me. So my 30s, I think, was... very much getting a lot of clarity on what I stand for, what I want to do with my life. Because when you're young, when you're in your 20s, you think about missions and purpose and all these goals and dreams you have, right? And it's all very exciting and it's all in the future, right? I've got plenty of time.

And I lost track of what drove me, what motivated me. So my 30s, I think, was... very much getting a lot of clarity on what I stand for, what I want to do with my life. Because when you're young, when you're in your 20s, you think about missions and purpose and all these goals and dreams you have, right? And it's all very exciting and it's all in the future, right? I've got plenty of time.

And I lost track of what drove me, what motivated me. So my 30s, I think, was... very much getting a lot of clarity on what I stand for, what I want to do with my life. Because when you're young, when you're in your 20s, you think about missions and purpose and all these goals and dreams you have, right? And it's all very exciting and it's all in the future, right? I've got plenty of time.

And I lost track of what drove me, what motivated me. So my 30s, I think, was... very much getting a lot of clarity on what I stand for, what I want to do with my life. Because when you're young, when you're in your 20s, you think about missions and purpose and all these goals and dreams you have, right? And it's all very exciting and it's all in the future, right? I've got plenty of time.

And I lost track of what drove me, what motivated me. So my 30s, I think, was... very much getting a lot of clarity on what I stand for, what I want to do with my life. Because when you're young, when you're in your 20s, you think about missions and purpose and all these goals and dreams you have, right? And it's all very exciting and it's all in the future, right? I've got plenty of time.

I'm going to work my ass off for years and decades and all this stuff. I think once you get to your mid or late 30s, you start realizing that how long and how difficult it is to accomplish one dream or goal. And you realize you really don't have enough bandwidth to do more than one or two more of those in your whole life. Suddenly your mortality becomes a lot more real.

I'm going to work my ass off for years and decades and all this stuff. I think once you get to your mid or late 30s, you start realizing that how long and how difficult it is to accomplish one dream or goal. And you realize you really don't have enough bandwidth to do more than one or two more of those in your whole life. Suddenly your mortality becomes a lot more real.

I'm going to work my ass off for years and decades and all this stuff. I think once you get to your mid or late 30s, you start realizing that how long and how difficult it is to accomplish one dream or goal. And you realize you really don't have enough bandwidth to do more than one or two more of those in your whole life. Suddenly your mortality becomes a lot more real.

I'm going to work my ass off for years and decades and all this stuff. I think once you get to your mid or late 30s, you start realizing that how long and how difficult it is to accomplish one dream or goal. And you realize you really don't have enough bandwidth to do more than one or two more of those in your whole life. Suddenly your mortality becomes a lot more real.

I'm going to work my ass off for years and decades and all this stuff. I think once you get to your mid or late 30s, you start realizing that how long and how difficult it is to accomplish one dream or goal. And you realize you really don't have enough bandwidth to do more than one or two more of those in your whole life. Suddenly your mortality becomes a lot more real.

I'm going to work my ass off for years and decades and all this stuff. I think once you get to your mid or late 30s, you start realizing that how long and how difficult it is to accomplish one dream or goal. And you realize you really don't have enough bandwidth to do more than one or two more of those in your whole life. Suddenly your mortality becomes a lot more real.

I'm going to work my ass off for years and decades and all this stuff. I think once you get to your mid or late 30s, you start realizing that how long and how difficult it is to accomplish one dream or goal. And you realize you really don't have enough bandwidth to do more than one or two more of those in your whole life. Suddenly your mortality becomes a lot more real.

I'm going to work my ass off for years and decades and all this stuff. I think once you get to your mid or late 30s, you start realizing that how long and how difficult it is to accomplish one dream or goal. And you realize you really don't have enough bandwidth to do more than one or two more of those in your whole life. Suddenly your mortality becomes a lot more real.

I'm going to work my ass off for years and decades and all this stuff. I think once you get to your mid or late 30s, you start realizing that how long and how difficult it is to accomplish one dream or goal. And you realize you really don't have enough bandwidth to do more than one or two more of those in your whole life. Suddenly your mortality becomes a lot more real.

I'm going to work my ass off for years and decades and all this stuff. I think once you get to your mid or late 30s, you start realizing that how long and how difficult it is to accomplish one dream or goal. And you realize you really don't have enough bandwidth to do more than one or two more of those in your whole life. Suddenly your mortality becomes a lot more real.

I really just need to pick the one hill I'm willing to die on because life is short. And that's all I'm going to have the energy and the mental power for. So my 30s was very much just getting a lot of clarity and focus. It's like, okay, I accomplished all these things. What do I want to use this stuff for? What is the point of all of this? What's the point of selling 20 million books?