Mark is the bestselling author of The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck and Everything is F*cked: A Book About Hope. His most popular book, The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck, was the most read non-fiction book in the world in 2017. Mark began writing as a blogger in 2009 and his site, markmanson.net, is now read by more than 15 million people each year. Mark's next book, Will (the memoir of Will Smith), is now available for pre-order.

[2:21] - How Mark's e-commerce and blogging attempts led him to self-help writing

[10:05] - Persisting through failures to find success

[15:27] - Traveling the world for several years

[19:24] - Perspectives on choosing a place to live for the long term

[26:08] - Comparing the quality of life in America to other countries

[33:31] - Finding "chosen struggles" and battling attention hijacking

[49:47] - Using death to influence our life decisions

[55:33] - Mark's views on handling success

[1:01:17] - Lessons learned from working with Will Smith

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