Children, purpose, and tradeoffs

Mark Manson joins Matt & Abby for a thoughtful, honest conversation about modern self-help, personal responsibility, and what actually leads to a meaningful life. They talk marriage as a “long conversation,” the dangers of toxic positivity, dating apps, friendship, death, and how Mark’s thinking has evolved since writing The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck.

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Chapters:

00:00 - Mark Manson

03:12 - Disappointment Panda

06:45 - Titling The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck

13:00 - sponsor: CashApp

14:37 - Religious influence

19:15 - Dangers of self help

21:59 - How my views have changed

23:50 - Personal responsibility

26:34 - sponsor: audible

27:44 - Children and purpose

34:41 - Importance of community

39:45 - sponsor: square

41:40 - Three factors of friendship

46:33 - Quality of Life

53:15 - sponsor: Nutrafol

56:25 - Death

1:00:16 - Marriage: the Long Conversation

1:03:19 - The trap of dating apps

1:07:53 - Keeping score in marriage

1:13:18 - Launching a new self help app

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