2022 | |
May 9May 9 | The Biggest Lesson I’ve Learned From You |
April 1Apr 1 | On Slaps and Celebrity |
March 7Mar 7 | The Life Cycle of Outrage |
February 8Feb 8 | How Trust Runs the World |
January 3Jan 3 | What in the World Are You Doing? |
2021 | |
December 13Dec 13 | The Point Is to Stop |
November 8Nov 8 | The Limits of Belief |
November 5Nov 5 | 3 Life Lessons I Learned From Will Smith |
October 4Oct 4 | You Are What You Consume |
September 6Sep 6 | What Is Wisdom? |
August 9Aug 9 | The Benefits of Time |
June 7Jun 7 | Social Media Isn’t the Problem… We Are |
April 12Apr 12 | Behind the Scenes: The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck Documentary |
March 15Mar 15 | The Virtue of Delayed Gratification |
February 15Feb 15 | 4 Ways My Views Have Changed |
February 15Feb 15 | Why I Am Not a Stoic |
January 11Jan 11 | The Surprising Science of Goal Setting (And Why You’re Probably Doing It Wrong) |
2020 | |
December 28Dec 28 | My Favorite Books of 2020 |
December 28Dec 28 | 1,273 People Share Their Best Life Lessons from 2020 |
December 18Dec 18 | The Fear of the Unknown |
December 4Dec 4 | The Dunning-Kruger Effect: The Paradox of Our Own Ignorance |
November 23Nov 23 | The “Once in a Lifetime” Paradox |
November 23Nov 23 | 5 Boring Ways to Become More Creative |
November 16Nov 16 | How to Get Better |
November 12Nov 12 | How to Overcome Your Limiting Beliefs |
November 9Nov 9 | Every Reaction Is an Over-Reaction |
November 9Nov 9 | 5 Common Beliefs That Can Subtly Screw You Over |
October 26Oct 26 | It’s a Slow-Moving Car Wreck and We’re All In It |
October 19Oct 19 | The Law of Unintended Consequences |
October 12Oct 12 | The Best Way to Resolve Your Shame |
October 8Oct 8 | How to Overcome Loneliness |
September 28Sep 28 | 8 Logical Fallacies That Mess Us All Up |
September 21Sep 21 | The Cognitive Biases that Make Us All Terrible People |
September 7Sep 7 | Why We All Need Philosophy |
August 3Aug 3 | The Best and the Worst of Someone |
August 3Aug 3 | 5 Steps to Becoming Insanely, Spectacularly, Wildly Successful… or Whatever |
July 15Jul 15 | Understanding Your Emotions |
June 29Jun 29 | 3 Reasons Why You Make Terrible Decisions (And How to Stop) |
June 1Jun 1 | How to Make Sense of the Chaos and Uncertainty |
May 25May 25 | The Dangers of Distrust |
May 25May 25 | 5 Ways to Build Resilience and Conquer Adversity |
April 5Apr 5 | Surviving the Looming Mental Health Crisis |
March 16Mar 16 | 6 Books That Will Help You Grow From Your Pain |
February 24Feb 24 | How to Forgive But Not Forget |
February 3Feb 3 | The Great “Meaning” Trend |
February 3Feb 3 | How to Let Go of Your Regrets |
January 20Jan 20 | Why You Should Quit the News |
2019 | |
December 30Dec 30 | My 2019 in Review… And 62 Book Reviews |
December 30Dec 30 | 10 Important Lessons We Learned From the 2010s |
December 8Dec 8 | The 3 Paradoxes of Life |
November 24Nov 24 | How to Overcome Your Demons |
November 11Nov 11 | How to Build Self-Esteem (And Does It Even Matter?) |
October 28Oct 28 | Three Months Later: Does the Attention Diet Work? |
October 28Oct 28 | How to Be Patient in an Impatient World |
October 11Oct 11 | The Death of Tourism – Thoughts After 10 Years of World Travel |
October 11Oct 11 | 5 Tenets of a Negative Self-Help |
September 23Sep 23 | How to Get Motivated and Take Action |
September 9Sep 9 | 4 Principles of Productivity |
August 14Aug 14 | 5 Relationship Books Everyone Should Read |
August 13Aug 13 | Vulnerability: The Key to Better Relationships |
July 11Jul 11 | The Best Parts of Travel Are the Things You Don’t Remember |
July 11Jul 11 | No, You Can’t Make a Person Change |
July 1Jul 1 | 5 Mindsets That Create Success |
June 27Jun 27 | The Attention Diet |
June 10Jun 10 | Managing Your Mental Health |
May 23May 23 | Lifelong Learning: How to Continuously Learn and Grow |
May 14May 14 | #FakeFreedom |
April 29Apr 29 | The Paradox of Progress |
April 29Apr 29 | The Uncomfortable Truth |
April 11Apr 11 | 5 Skills to Help You Develop Emotional Intelligence |
March 14Mar 14 | Is No One Safe From the Bullshit? |
March 14Mar 14 | Personal Values: How to Know Who You Really Are |
February 8Feb 8 | If Self-Discipline Feels Difficult, Then You’re Doing It Wrong |
January 14Jan 14 | 3 Core Components of a Healthy Relationship |
2018 | |
December 31Dec 31 | The 2018 End of Year Recap — Oh, and 63 Book Reviews |
December 31Dec 31 | 5 Books That Explain Why It Seems the World Is So Fucked |
November 19Nov 19 | 5 Principles for Making Better Life Decisions |
October 16Oct 16 | Why We Hold On to Bad Beliefs |
October 16Oct 16 | How to Deal With Conflict (A Choose-Your-Own-Adventure Guide) |
September 13Sep 13 | Why Being an Asshole Can Be a Valuable Life Skill |
August 16Aug 16 | How I Ended Up Working With Will Smith |
August 16Aug 16 | The One Rule for Life |
July 19Jul 19 | Stop Trying to Change Yourself |
June 7Jun 7 | Why the Best Things in Life Are All Backwards |
May 3May 3 | Fuck Your Perfectionism |
May 3May 3 | The Three Levels of Self-Awareness |
April 9Apr 9 | How to Change Your Life |
April 5Apr 5 | On Rock Music and Writing: The Fight to Stay Creative in the Face of Success |
April 5Apr 5 | 6 Things People Should Give Fewer Fucks About |
March 14Mar 14 | How to Find The Perfect Career |
March 1Mar 1 | How to Grow the Fuck Up: A Guide to Humans |
February 14Feb 14 | 4 Terrible Reasons to Get Married (And 4 Really Good Ones) |
January 25Jan 25 | How to Let Go: Learning to Deal With Loss |
2017 | |
December 28Dec 28 | My 10 Favorite Books of 2017 |
December 27Dec 27 | 5 Best Books for Dealing With Anxiety and Depression |
November 30Nov 30 | Why You Should Read Fiction |
November 30Nov 30 | Fuck Your Feelings |
November 16Nov 16 | 10 Cool Things About the Brain and What It Means for You |
November 16Nov 16 | The Fear of Missing Out: Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Instagram |
October 26Oct 26 | How to Grow From Your Pain |
October 5Oct 5 | 3 Simple Ideas That Will Make You Smarter Than Most People |
October 5Oct 5 | The Real Value of Money |
September 21Sep 21 | When to Break Up With Someone and When to Stick It Out |
September 14Sep 14 | The Most Important Skill in Life |
September 14Sep 14 | Happiness Is Not Enough |
September 1Sep 1 | How to Get Over Someone and Move On with Your Life |
August 18Aug 18 | How to Become a Better Learner |
August 17Aug 17 | A Brief History of Romantic Love and Why It Kind of Sucks |
July 20Jul 20 | What’s the Point of Self-Improvement Anyway? |
June 22Jun 22 | What’s the Problem With Feminism? |
June 1Jun 1 | The Creative Advantages of Ignorance |
June 1Jun 1 | What’s the Problem With Masculinity? |
May 12May 12 | How to Be More Productive by Working Less |
April 28Apr 28 | The Paradox of Success |
April 27Apr 27 | The Surprising Benefits of Being (Slightly) Crazy |
April 13Apr 13 | Smartphones Are the New Cigarettes |
March 31Mar 31 | Further Reading and References for The Subtle Art |
March 30Mar 30 | Life Is a Video Game—Here Are the Cheat Codes |
March 9Mar 9 | Reflections on Aging |
March 9Mar 9 | The Meaning of Life Is a Ham Sandwich |
February 23Feb 23 | The World Is Fucked and I’m Pretty Sure It’s the Internet’s Fault |
February 10Feb 10 | The 5 Levels of Friendship |
February 9Feb 9 | The Disease of More |
January 30Jan 30 | How to Be Happy (Or At Least Hate Your Life Slightly Less) |
January 26Jan 26 | The Responsibility/Fault Fallacy |
January 19Jan 19 | 11 Shitty Things We All Do But Never Admit |
2016 | |
December 31Dec 31 | The Most Important Year of My Life |
December 15Dec 15 | 6 Books That Make You Less of a Horrible Person |
December 9Dec 9 | 3 Unexpected Benefits of Marriage |
December 8Dec 8 | 1,500 People Give All the Relationship Advice You’ll Ever Need |
November 1Nov 1 | The Real Cost of Freedom |
October 27Oct 27 | The American Dream Is Killing Us |
October 20Oct 20 | 3 Important Life Skills Nobody Ever Taught You |
August 26Aug 26 | The Need to Always Prove Yourself in America |
August 24Aug 24 | The Feedback Loop From Hell |
July 28Jul 28 | Is It Just Me, Or Is the World Going Crazy? |
July 18Jul 18 | The Liberation of Not Knowing |
June 30Jun 30 | 9 Steps to Hating Yourself a Little Less |
June 16Jun 16 | I, For One, Welcome Our AI Overlords |
June 9Jun 9 | The Future of Self |
June 2Jun 2 | Living In the Age of Outrage |
May 19May 19 | The Virtue of Doubt |
May 5May 5 | Why You Can’t Trust Yourself |
March 31Mar 31 | How Your Insecurity Is Bought and Sold |
March 17Mar 17 | Maybe You Don’t Know What Love Is |
February 11Feb 11 | An Open Letter to Brazil (versão em português) |
January 28Jan 28 | 5 Massive Books That Are Worth Your Time |
January 7Jan 7 | Your Goals Are Overrated |
2015 | |
December 17Dec 17 | Shut Up and Be Patient |
November 23Nov 23 | Why I Have a Potty Mouth |
October 22Oct 22 | Screw Finding Your Passion |
September 17Sep 17 | Romance Is Like Alcohol |
August 20Aug 20 | How to Start a Cult and Save the World |
August 6Aug 6 | How to Survive a Long Distance Relationship |
July 20Jul 20 | 5 Things That Should Be Taught in Every School |
July 12Jul 12 | How to Stop Procrastinating |
June 18Jun 18 | In Defense of Being Average |
June 4Jun 4 | The No-Bullshit Way to Find “The One” |
May 21May 21 | The Four Stages of Life |
April 23Apr 23 | Why People Cheat in Relationships |
April 2Apr 2 | 7 Books That Will Change How You See the World |
March 12Mar 12 | The Only Way to Be Truly Confident in Yourself |
February 26Feb 26 | The Staggering Bullshit of “The Secret” |
January 8Jan 8 | The Subtle Art of Not Giving a Fuck |
2014 | |
December 4Dec 4 | In the Future, Our Attention Will Be Sold |
November 6Nov 6 | 63 Steps to Survive the Worst Moments of Your Life |
October 16Oct 16 | How To Break Hearts and Risk Losing Everything |
October 12Oct 12 | Mark Goes to the Movies: Into the Wild |
October 2Oct 2 | No, You Can’t Have It All |
September 18Sep 18 | 7 Strange Questions That Help You Find Your Life Purpose |
September 3Sep 3 | 5 Life Lessons From 5 Years of Traveling the World |
August 30Aug 30 | Mark Goes to the Movies: American Beauty |
August 28Aug 28 | It’s Not All Your Parents’ Fault |
August 6Aug 6 | Your Next Big Life-Changing Breakthrough Is Already Happening |
July 4Jul 4 | Love Is Not Enough |
May 27May 27 | How We All Miss the Point on School Shootings |
May 21May 21 | The Four Engines that Accelerate Language and Life |
May 9May 9 | 6 Healthy Relationship Habits Most People Think Are Toxic |
April 23Apr 23 | Why I Chose Who I Chose |
April 22Apr 22 | How to Land Your Dream Job |
March 20Mar 20 | 10 Life Lessons to Excel in Your 30s |
March 6Mar 6 | 10 Life Lessons I Learned from Surviving My 20s |
February 20Feb 20 | The Hidden Costs of Happiness |
February 13Feb 13 | 3 Simple Explanations for Why You’re Still Single |
January 23Jan 23 | A Brief History of Male/Female Relations |
January 9Jan 9 | How We Judge Others is How We Judge Ourselves |
2013 | |
December 11Dec 11 | 3 Things School Taught You Without You Even Realizing It |
November 21Nov 21 | Why I’m Wrong About Everything (And So Are You) |
November 6Nov 6 | The Most Important Question of Your Life |
October 30Oct 30 | 9 Subtle Lies We All Tell Ourselves |
October 10Oct 10 | Stop Trying to Be Happy |
October 2Oct 2 | 7 Things Sex Education Should Have Taught Us But Didn’t |
September 19Sep 19 | Find What You Love and Let It Kill You |
September 5Sep 5 | How Do You Measure Your Life? |
August 29Aug 29 | Winning the Mental Battle of Weight Loss: How One Man Lost 266 Pounds |
August 22Aug 22 | Being Special Isn’t So Special |
August 15Aug 15 | Why Everyone on the Internet Is an Asshole |
August 8Aug 8 | 6 Signs You’re in a Toxic Relationship |
August 5Aug 5 | The Rise of Extremism |
July 29Jul 29 | You Already Have Everything You Need |
July 22Jul 22 | Why Some Dreams Should Not Be Pursued |
July 18Jul 18 | 12 Stupid Things People Care About Way Too Much |
July 10Jul 10 | The Dark Side of the Digital Nomad |
July 8Jul 8 | Fuck Yes or No |
May 28May 28 | Change Your Mind About Dating |
May 22May 22 | How to Read Faster and Retain More |
May 16May 16 | How Disney Ruined Sex for Everyone |
April 16Apr 16 | How Terrorism Works |
April 11Apr 11 | Sex and Our Psychological Needs |
April 2Apr 2 | Why Everyone You Date Is a Psycho |
March 14Mar 14 | 5 Life Lessons I Learned From Playing Guitar |
February 14Feb 14 | How to Break Up Gracefully |
February 11Feb 11 | Why People Commit Suicide |
February 6Feb 6 | 20 Paradoxes That Are True |
January 21Jan 21 | The Bad Acid Trip |
January 17Jan 17 | You’re Okay |
January 14Jan 14 | The Guide to Strong Relationship Boundaries |
January 11Jan 11 | “Check, Please” – A Short Story About Perspective |
January 4Jan 4 | The Dismal State of Flirting in English-Speaking Cultures |
2012 | |
December 17Dec 17 | Shut Up and Be Grateful |
December 12Dec 12 | 5 Problems With the Self-Help Industry |
December 7Dec 7 | Your Two Minds |
November 30Nov 30 | How to 80/20 Your Life |
November 10Nov 10 | The Guide to Being Miserable |
October 19Oct 19 | The Borders of Sexual Harassment |
October 8Oct 8 | An Open Letter to My 18-Year-Old Self |
September 20Sep 20 | Wanderlust |
September 3Sep 3 | The Prime Belief |
August 29Aug 29 | The Theory of Meta-Awesomeness |
August 21Aug 21 | 10 Reasons Why You Fail |
August 13Aug 13 | How to Make Your Own Luck |
July 14Jul 14 | How to Quit Your Day Job and Travel the World |
July 10Jul 10 | 10 Things Most Americans Don’t Know About America |
June 15Jun 15 | Minimalism |
June 12Jun 12 | It’s Complicated: Why Relationships and Dating Can Be So Hard |
June 4Jun 4 | The Rise and Fall of Ken Wilber |
May 24May 24 | 25 Tips to Learn a Foreign Language |
May 14May 14 | Diversify Your Identity |
May 1May 1 | Analysis Paralysis |
April 26Apr 26 | Evolution and Sexual Behavior |
April 24Apr 24 | Do You Need Therapy? |
April 16Apr 16 | The Ipanema Boardwalk |
April 13Apr 13 | Meditation: Why You Should Do It |
April 9Apr 9 | When The Fall Comes |
March 28Mar 28 | Are You an Emotional Vampire? |
March 27Mar 27 | Pornography Can Ruin Your Sex Life |
February 21Feb 21 | The Simple Joys Are the Most Meaningful |
2011 | |
December 13Dec 13 | Attachment Styles and How They Affect Your Relationships |
December 6Dec 6 | A Dust Over India |
December 2Dec 2 | Interviewing Like a Boss |
November 28Nov 28 | How I Quit Smoking For Good |
November 17Nov 17 | My Girlfriend Just Dumped Me |
October 31Oct 31 | Your Honest-to-God Guide to STDs |
September 5Sep 5 | The Levels of Eye Contact |
August 20Aug 20 | Giving Good Advice Without Being a Condescending Asshole |
May 17May 17 | Woman Lovers and Woman Haters |
January 21Jan 21 | The Three Loves Theory |
2010 | |
December 22Dec 22 | The Wisdom of Surfing |
December 18Dec 18 | Compatibility and Chemistry in Relationships |
September 19Sep 19 | The Zen Dilemma |
August 9Aug 9 | This Is Water |