Episode

#647: Mark Manson — The Path to 'The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck,' The Ups (and Downs) of Success, The Craft of Writing, Personal Reinvention, How to Build a Lean Team, Protecting Boundaries, Decompressing with Fiction, and More
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Published: Fri Dec 30 2022
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Brought to you by Peloton Row premium rower for an efficient workout, Athletic Greens all-in-one supplement, and Eight Sleep’s Pod Cover sleeping solution for dynamic cooling and heating.Mark Manson (@IAmMarkManson) is a three-time #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck as well as other titles. His books have sold nearly 20 million copies worldwide and have reached number one in more than a dozen countries.Since 2008, he has written articles at MarkManson.net, one of the largest personal-development blogs in the world, with more than a million monthly readers. In 2023, a feature film about him and his work will be released in theaters by Universal Pictures. See SubtleArtMovie.com for more details, and click here for the trailer.Please enjoy!*This episode is brought to you by Eight Sleep! Eight Sleep’s Pod Cover is the easiest and fastest way to sleep at the perfect temperature. It pairs dynamic cooling and heating with biometric tracking to offer the most advanced (and user-friendly) solution on the market. Simply add the Pod Cover to your current mattress and start sleeping as cool as 55°F or as hot as 110°F. It also splits your bed in half, so your partner can choose a totally different temperature.For a limited time, Eight Sleep is offering my listeners up to $450 off their Sleep Fit Holiday Bundle, which includes my personal favorite, the Pod 3 Cover. Go to EightSleep.com/Tim to get the exclusive holiday savings. Eight Sleep currently ships within the USA, Canada, the UK, select countries in the EU, and Australia.*This episode is also brought to you by Athletic Greens. I get asked all the time, “If you could use only one supplement, what would it be?” My answer is usually AG1 by Athletic Greens, my all-in-one nutritional insurance. I recommended it in The 4-Hour Body in 2010 and did not get paid to do so. I do my best with nutrient-dense meals, of course, but AG further covers my bases with vitamins, minerals, and whole-food-sourced micronutrients that support gut health and the immune system. Right now, Athletic Greens is offering you their Vitamin D Liquid Formula free with your first subscription purchase—a vital nutrient for a strong immune system and strong bones. Visit AthleticGreens.com/Tim to claim this special offer today and receive the free Vitamin D Liquid Formula (and five free travel packs) with your first subscription purchase! That’s up to a one-year supply of Vitamin D as added value when you try their delicious and comprehensive all-in-one daily greens product.*This episode is brought to you by Peloton Row! Peloton Row delivers personalized rowing workouts to help you learn and master your stroke. Form features like Form Assist and Form Ratings & Insights indicate how to improve your stroke in class in real time and provide a post-class breakdown so you can hit the Row harder next time. And with the ability to customize your target metrics, you become an expert at the level and pace that feels good for you. You get all your cardio and strength in one shot, while protecting your joints and ligaments in a high-intensity, low-impact way. Fun fact: you work 86% of your muscles in only 15 minutes.Right now is the perfect time to get rowing with Peloton Row. Peloton Row offers a variety of classes for all levels plus game-changing features that help you get rowing or advance the rowing you can already do. Explore Peloton Row at OnePeloton.com/Row.*[07:02] Difficult changes and modified default behaviors.[10:22] Be careful what you wish for.[12:14] How Mark’s feature film deal came to be.[15:55] The teamwork that makes Mark’s dream work.[20:26] Sourcing talent.[24:45] How Mark knew he’d found the right agent.[28:36] From Entropy to F*ckery.[47:21] Learning the subtle art of strategic F-bombing.[56:31] Prioritizing health maintenance.[1:04:04] Co-authoring a book with Will Smith.[1:11:34] In a post-slap world, what should we know about the real Will Smith?[1:16:36] How Will Smith depends on and interacts with his team.[1:18:41] Setting the course for the next few years.[1:22:51] How Mark says no to financially tempting projects he doesn’t want to do.[1:31:02] The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck‘s cover story.[1:33:39] Why Mark is pivoting to video production rather than podcasting.[1:37:46] What can we expect from Mark’s future video trajectory?[1:42:56] Staying relevant and creatively fulfilled in a crowded market.[1:44:56] The software Mark uses to compose a book.[1:46:10] Recommended reading,[1:56:51] Parting thoughts.*For show notes and past guests on The Tim Ferriss Show, please visit tim.blog/podcast.For deals from sponsors of The Tim Ferriss Show, please visit tim.blog/podcast-sponsorsSign up for Tim’s email newsletter (5-Bullet Friday) at tim.blog/friday.For transcripts of episodes, go to tim.blog/transcripts.Discover Tim’s books: tim.blog/books.Follow Tim:Twitter: twitter.com/tferriss Instagram: instagram.com/timferrissYouTube: youtube.com/timferrissFacebook: facebook.com/timferriss LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/timferrissPast guests on The Tim Ferriss Show include Jerry Seinfeld, Hugh Jackman, Dr. Jane Goodall, LeBron James, Kevin Hart, Doris Kearns Goodwin, Jamie Foxx, Matthew McConaughey, Esther Perel, Elizabeth Gilbert, Terry Crews, Sia, Yuval Noah Harari, Malcolm Gladwell, Madeleine Albright, Cheryl Strayed, Jim Collins, Mary Karr, Maria Popova, Sam Harris, Michael Phelps, Bob Iger, Edward Norton, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Neil Strauss, Ken Burns, Maria Sharapova, Marc Andreessen, Neil Gaiman, Neil de Grasse Tyson, Jocko Willink, Daniel Ek, Kelly Slater, Dr. Peter Attia, Seth Godin, Howard Marks, Dr. Brené Brown, Eric Schmidt, Michael Lewis, Joe Gebbia, Michael Pollan, Dr. Jordan Peterson, Vince Vaughn, Brian Koppelman, Ramit Sethi, Dax Shepard, Tony Robbins, Jim Dethmer, Dan Harris, Ray Dalio, Naval Ravikant, Vitalik Buterin, Elizabeth Lesser, Amanda Palmer, Katie Haun, Sir Richard Branson, Chuck Palahniuk, Arianna Huffington, Reid Hoffman, Bill Burr, Whitney Cummings, Rick Rubin, Dr. Vivek Murthy, Darren Aronofsky, Margaret Atwood, Mark Zuckerberg, Peter Thiel, Dr. Gabor Maté, Anne Lamott, Sarah Silverman, Dr. Andrew Huberman, and many more.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Chapters
Peloton Row offers a variety of classes for all levels and personalized form features that indicate how to improve your stroke in class in real time, helping you learn and master your rowing techniques according to your own pace.
00:00 - 03:00 (03:00)
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Fitness
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Peloton Row offers a variety of classes for all levels and personalized form features that indicate how to improve your stroke in class in real time, helping you learn and master your rowing techniques according to your own pace.

Episode
#647: Mark Manson — The Path to 'The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck,' The Ups (and Downs) of Success, The Craft of Writing, Personal Reinvention, How to Build a Lean Team, Protecting Boundaries, Decompressing with Fiction, and More
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The Tim Ferriss Show
Katy Milkman, author and host of the podcast "Choiceology," joins Tim Ferriss to discuss how to overcome temptation, stick to good habits, and achieve long-term goals.
03:04 - 12:04 (08:59)
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Self-improvement
Wendy Meddour discusses her intentions in adapting her children's book into a TV show and her skepticism towards Hollywood culture during the process.
12:04 - 17:14 (05:09)
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TV shows
The speaker hires people with graduate degrees in psychology to make sure he is not giving bad advice, and generally hires exceptional talent and sticks with them over a long period of time.
17:14 - 21:15 (04:01)
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Hiring Practices
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The speaker hires people with graduate degrees in psychology to make sure he is not giving bad advice, and generally hires exceptional talent and sticks with them over a long period of time. Applicants through his audience are almost comically overqualified and talented.

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#647: Mark Manson — The Path to 'The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck,' The Ups (and Downs) of Success, The Craft of Writing, Personal Reinvention, How to Build a Lean Team, Protecting Boundaries, Decompressing with Fiction, and More
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The Tim Ferriss Show
The speaker discusses her process for finding the right people to work with her by starting with a large pool and gradually narrowing it down through interviews.
21:16 - 28:19 (07:02)
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hiring
The development of an online marketing and blogging career is compared to the plot of the video game "Katamari Damacy," which follows the journey of a diminutive prince to rebuild the stars and constellation, and the role of peer pressure in sharing content.
28:19 - 34:04 (05:45)
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online marketing
Summary

The development of an online marketing and blogging career is compared to the plot of the video game "Katamari Damacy," which follows the journey of a diminutive prince to rebuild the stars and constellation, and the role of peer pressure in sharing content.

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#647: Mark Manson — The Path to 'The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck,' The Ups (and Downs) of Success, The Craft of Writing, Personal Reinvention, How to Build a Lean Team, Protecting Boundaries, Decompressing with Fiction, and More
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The Tim Ferriss Show
The speaker reflects on a period of his life when he was bartending and writing a blog about mixology and the grind that came with it, looking back with some nostalgia and a sense of romance.
34:04 - 38:23 (04:19)
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Blogging, Bartending, Mixology
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The speaker reflects on a period of his life when he was bartending and writing a blog about mixology and the grind that came with it, looking back with some nostalgia and a sense of romance. However, he also mentions a period of frustration where he compared himself to Tim Ferriss.

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#647: Mark Manson — The Path to 'The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck,' The Ups (and Downs) of Success, The Craft of Writing, Personal Reinvention, How to Build a Lean Team, Protecting Boundaries, Decompressing with Fiction, and More
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The Tim Ferriss Show
Despite writing explicitly about men's dating advice, writer Jordan Harbinger has discovered a sizable audience of women readers.
38:23 - 47:44 (09:20)
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Online Business
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Despite writing explicitly about men's dating advice, writer Jordan Harbinger has discovered a sizable audience of women readers. He also emphasizes the importance of having realistic expectations when building a platform or business online.

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#647: Mark Manson — The Path to 'The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck,' The Ups (and Downs) of Success, The Craft of Writing, Personal Reinvention, How to Build a Lean Team, Protecting Boundaries, Decompressing with Fiction, and More
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The Tim Ferriss Show
A former writer for HuffPost reveals how he discovered that using profanity in article titles can increase Facebook's algorithm metrics.
47:44 - 54:53 (07:09)
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Social Media
The speaker shares his experience with improving his health by not drinking, going to bed early, exercising, and practicing a slow carb diet with occasional fasting.
54:53 - 1:07:11 (12:17)
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Health
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The speaker shares his experience with improving his health by not drinking, going to bed early, exercising, and practicing a slow carb diet with occasional fasting. He also mentions his degenerative disc issues and how he manages them.

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#647: Mark Manson — The Path to 'The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck,' The Ups (and Downs) of Success, The Craft of Writing, Personal Reinvention, How to Build a Lean Team, Protecting Boundaries, Decompressing with Fiction, and More
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The Tim Ferriss Show
A recent podcast involved a conversation about Will Smith's charisma and his ability to adapt to different situations despite facing setbacks in his life.
1:07:15 - 1:11:58 (04:42)
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Will Smith
In this podcast, the speaker interviews a famous person who shares his thoughts on the burden of fame and the challenges that come with it.
1:11:58 - 1:23:02 (11:03)
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Fame
The author shares his rules for accepting speaking engagements, which includes being within an easy distance or a considerable amount of payment since some opportunities may not come back around again.
1:23:02 - 1:28:51 (05:48)
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Authorship
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The author shares his rules for accepting speaking engagements, which includes being within an easy distance or a considerable amount of payment since some opportunities may not come back around again.

Episode
#647: Mark Manson — The Path to 'The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck,' The Ups (and Downs) of Success, The Craft of Writing, Personal Reinvention, How to Build a Lean Team, Protecting Boundaries, Decompressing with Fiction, and More
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The Tim Ferriss Show
This episode discusses the importance of setting boundaries in our personal and professional lives to maintain emotional well-being.
1:28:51 - 1:32:16 (03:25)
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Boundaries
The speaker struggled with the decision of either doing videos or starting a podcast for their content.
1:32:16 - 1:36:32 (04:16)
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Podcasting
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The speaker struggled with the decision of either doing videos or starting a podcast for their content. They compared it to being an avid horse buggy driver in a world where cars are the norm.

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#647: Mark Manson — The Path to 'The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck,' The Ups (and Downs) of Success, The Craft of Writing, Personal Reinvention, How to Build a Lean Team, Protecting Boundaries, Decompressing with Fiction, and More
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The Tim Ferriss Show
In this podcast, the speakers discuss the importance of understanding various aspects of video production, such as lighting and editing, to approach age-old topics from a new direction, and explore new possibilities for storytelling.
1:36:32 - 1:41:06 (04:33)
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Video Production
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In this podcast, the speakers discuss the importance of understanding various aspects of video production, such as lighting and editing, to approach age-old topics from a new direction, and explore new possibilities for storytelling. They also ponder over the inclusion of case studies and real-world tracking of different people to understand themes and replicate psychological research.

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#647: Mark Manson — The Path to 'The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck,' The Ups (and Downs) of Success, The Craft of Writing, Personal Reinvention, How to Build a Lean Team, Protecting Boundaries, Decompressing with Fiction, and More
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The Tim Ferriss Show
The speaker suggests using money as motivation in achieving goals based on research on motivation and sticking to behaviors and goals.
1:41:06 - 1:46:55 (05:49)
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Motivation
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The speaker suggests using money as motivation in achieving goals based on research on motivation and sticking to behaviors and goals. He plans to track and follow an individual who struggles with weight loss, offer them $50,000 if they lose 20 pounds in six months, and study their process and self-defeating beliefs.

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#647: Mark Manson — The Path to 'The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck,' The Ups (and Downs) of Success, The Craft of Writing, Personal Reinvention, How to Build a Lean Team, Protecting Boundaries, Decompressing with Fiction, and More
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The Tim Ferriss Show
After an intense period of work, many people crave to read fiction instead of non-fiction works.
1:46:55 - 1:55:27 (08:32)
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Fiction
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After an intense period of work, many people crave to read fiction instead of non-fiction works. The Last Good Kiss by James Crumley is a highly-recommended, hilarious hard-boiled detective fiction novel to read for those interested in getting started.

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#647: Mark Manson — The Path to 'The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck,' The Ups (and Downs) of Success, The Craft of Writing, Personal Reinvention, How to Build a Lean Team, Protecting Boundaries, Decompressing with Fiction, and More
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The Tim Ferriss Show
The guest discusses the experience of redesigning his website and being embarrassed by the old design, while also exploring the unique challenge of co-writing a sci-fi novel with a partner.
1:55:27 - 2:00:41 (05:14)
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Web Design & Creative Writing
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The guest discusses the experience of redesigning his website and being embarrassed by the old design, while also exploring the unique challenge of co-writing a sci-fi novel with a partner.

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#647: Mark Manson — The Path to 'The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck,' The Ups (and Downs) of Success, The Craft of Writing, Personal Reinvention, How to Build a Lean Team, Protecting Boundaries, Decompressing with Fiction, and More
Podcast
The Tim Ferriss Show
8 Sleep is offering up to $450 off of their Sleep Fit Holiday Bundle, which includes the Pod 3 cover, a tool that helps users fall asleep faster and get more restful sleep overall.
2:00:41 - 2:06:51 (06:09)
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Sleep
Summary

8 Sleep is offering up to $450 off of their Sleep Fit Holiday Bundle, which includes the Pod 3 cover, a tool that helps users fall asleep faster and get more restful sleep overall.

Episode
#647: Mark Manson — The Path to 'The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck,' The Ups (and Downs) of Success, The Craft of Writing, Personal Reinvention, How to Build a Lean Team, Protecting Boundaries, Decompressing with Fiction, and More
Podcast
The Tim Ferriss Show
Peloton Row provides a low-impact, high-intensity workout that combines cardio and strength training to engage the whole body while protecting your joints and ligaments.
2:06:51 - 2:08:12 (01:20)
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Fitness
Summary

Peloton Row provides a low-impact, high-intensity workout that combines cardio and strength training to engage the whole body while protecting your joints and ligaments. With classes for all levels and easily stored equipment, Peloton Row promises a unique and effective fitness experience.

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#647: Mark Manson — The Path to 'The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck,' The Ups (and Downs) of Success, The Craft of Writing, Personal Reinvention, How to Build a Lean Team, Protecting Boundaries, Decompressing with Fiction, and More
Podcast
The Tim Ferriss Show