How the Thinking Brain Maintains a Sense of Hope

The thinking brain is always trying to envision some sort of better future for yourself. It's like tricking your feeling brain into something that you want to do. We only value things in our lives in proportion to how much we feel we have to give up for it. And so I just through all my work and all my books, I consistently make the argument that pain and suffering is important.

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Mark Manson graduated from college and entered the workforce at one of the worst possible times: the Great Recession of 2008. After bouncing around several odd jobs and living on his friend’s couch, he became a full-time blogger and bestselling author. In today’s episode, Mark discusses the downfalls of hope and why we’ll never be satisfied unless we face Mark’s uncomfortable truth of life head-on.

Mark’s most recent book, Everything is F*cked: A Book About Hope, debuted at #1 on the New York Times Bestseller list. Mark is most known for writing The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life, which came out in 2016 and has become a massive global bestseller with over 8 million copies sold worldwide.

In this episode, Hala and Mark will discuss:

- How Mark became a blogger and an author

- Why Mark recommends that people start a podcast or YouTube channel over blogging

- Why we manufacture crises

- The opposite of happiness is hopelessness

- The uncomfortable truth of life

- Thinking brain vs. feeling brain

- The problem with avoiding pain

- Using pain to strengthen relationships

- How an adult mind differs from a child or adolescent mind

- Fake freedom vs. real freedom

- And other topics…

Mark Manson is a bestselling author, speaker, podcaster and blogger. He is a 2x #1 New York Times bestselling author and has sold over 13 million books. He writes life advice that is science-based and pragmatic. He offers several online courses on topics such as resilience, building a better life, emotional mastery, finding purpose, healthy relationships, challenging beliefs, social connection, healthy dating, and overcoming anxiety. He aims to equip his audience with meaningful and realistic skills that enable them to live mature and fulfilling lives and generate ideas that could potentially change the world.

Resources Mentioned:

Mark’s Blog: https://markmanson.net/articles

Mark’s YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0TnW9acNxqeojxXDMbohcA

Mark’s Books: https://markmanson.net/books

Mark’s Website: https://markmanson.net/

Mark’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/markmanson/

Mark’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/IAmMarkManson?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor

Tim Feriss’s Four-Hour Work Week: https://www.amazon.com/4-Hour-Workweek-Escape-Live-Anywhere/dp/0307465357

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