Mark Manson
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"I got my MyFitnessPal. Like, look right here. I got four whiskey sours and my MyFitnessPal. So, all I got to do is skip breakfast and I hit my calories."
"Open up the Google doc and let's just let's just write the intro."
"So I went down to a coffee shop and I just had to work on my little 13-inch MacBook Pro. And I got a lot done."
"I honestly like the the the only online dating experiences I had was a website, little old website called plentyofish.com."
"I used to use this writing software called Scrivener, which was designed for authors writing books. And it sets up you can set all these benchmarks for yourself of like how many words do you want to write a day?"
"I actually use his planner though, his notebook. I think I mentioned this in the procrastination episode, but I use his planner, which is very much centered around time boxing."
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"It has since now blown up and is mostly popularized by Andrew Tate. But the Manosphere guys looked at this research result... they celebrated it."
"He spent his free time compulsively playing Candy Crush on his iPad for hours and hours, every single day. At one point, he bragged to the reporter that he had one of the highest scores in the world."
"ChatGPT kind of sucks as a therapist or coach. It constantly validates you. It doesn't challenge you. It makes up crazy facts about you."
"playing a little bit too much Counter Strike. Go to bed."
"you're probably staying up too late and having too many Red Bulls and monsters"
"I got addicted to the game Overwatch back like 10 years ago. I got addicted so hard, dude. I had practice regimens. I had like a daily warm-up routine. I found a team that I was playing with."
"you're probably staying up too late and having too many Red Bulls and monsters"
"there was a huge book for women called the rules. And I I think first of all I think rules are stupid because they don't account for just the individuality of each person"
"I remember in 2008 there was a book called The Shallows by a guy named Nicholas Carr. If you go back and look at that book now, it is a comprehensive 300-page exercise in how correlation is not causation."
"maybe she you're like a couple inches shorter than she would have wanted on Tinder"
"The self-help hamster wheel is when you binge books, podcasts, and courses so you can feel like you're changing while your actual life is staying exactly the same."
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Clear filters"That's why I use factor. It just removes the friction and it removes the decision-making. This week I had Chipotle rubbed pork chop and it was legitimately one of the best things I ate all week."
"The only meditation app that I personally have ever stuck with. It was created by Sam Harris, the neuroscientist, philosopher, bestselling author, and genuinely one of the sharpest thinkers on consciousness out there right now."
"That's why a few months ago, I started using IM8's Daily Ultimate Essentials. I drink it first thing in the morning. It tastes surprisingly good and it saves me from having to think about wellness for the rest of the day."