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Theories Explaining Your Life in Psychology

Theories Explaining Your Life in Psychology

By Mark Manson January 31, 2023DeFuck Your Life2 Comments

Summary of 4 Fascinating Psychological Theories That Explain Your Whole Life: The article explores four psychological theories that shed light on different aspects of human behavior. Terror Management Theory suggests…

The Modern Guide to Practical Dating

The Modern Guide to Practical Dating

By Mark Manson December 31, 2022DeFuck Your Life2 Comments

Summary of Dating Advice: A Practical, Modern Guide: The article discusses how to make yourself more attractive to potential partners. It emphasizes the importance of having a healthy emotional foundation,…

How It Works & Where to Find It

How It Works & Where to Find It

By Mark Manson November 30, 2022DeFuck Your Life2 Comments

Summary of What It Is, How It Works, and Where to Find It: Motivation is not something that comes from within or requires passion or talent. It is a habit…

A Different Guide to Joy

A Different Guide to Joy

By Mark Manson October 31, 2022DeFuck Your Life2 Comments

Summary of An Unconventional Guide to Happiness: The article discusses the misconceptions about happiness, such as the belief that it is something that can be achieved through external circumstances or…

Why Does Struggle Fuel Growth?

By Mark Manson October 10, 2022DeFuck Your Life

Summary of Why Growth Requires Struggle: In summary, people are mistaking sympathy for compassion. Sympathy is feeling bad for someone and wishing they didn’t feel so bad, while compassion involves…

Reality Hurts: Brace Yourself?

By Mark Manson September 7, 2022DeFuck Your Life

Summary of Trigger Warning: Reality Hurts: In The Coddling of the American Mind, Jonathan Haidt and Greg Lukianoff discuss the culture of safety-ism that arose in the early 2010s, which…

By Mark Manson July 18, 2022DeFuck Your Life

Summary of Are You Entertained—Or Addicted?: In David Foster Wallace's novel Infinite Jest, the main theme is that it is possible to be too entertained by media. Wallace wrote the…

Three Principles for a Better Life: What Are They?

By Mark Manson June 12, 2022DeFuck Your Life

Summary of 3 Principles for a Better Life: This principle suggests that we should balance self-acceptance and self-improvement to embrace both simultaneously. This principle encourages us to accept ourselves as…

People are Similar: Why That’s Positive

By Mark Manson May 8, 2022DeFuck Your Life2 Comments

Summary of Everyone Is Mostly the Same... (And Why This Is Good News): The author reflects on their experience of writing a blog and receiving questions and stories from thousands…

My Reaction to Will Smith Smacking Chris Rock

By Mark Manson April 1, 2022DeFuck Your Life2 Comments

Summary of My Response to Will Smith Slapping Chris Rock: The article discusses the culture of celebrity worship, criticizing the tendency for people to idolize and idealize celebrities and then…