125: The Most Important Question of Your Life by Mark Manson of MarkManson.net

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Mental Health, Health & Fitness, Education, Self-improvement

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🗓️ 14 April 2016

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Mark Manson was a full-time professional dating coach for men from 2008 to 2011. In 2011, sick of the industry, he wrote his first book, Models: Attract Women Through Honesty, and changed the name and focus of his business to address broader self-development topics for men. The book took off, selling tens of thousands of copies. As he branched out into deeper issues of masculinity, self-worth, and the changing cultural landscape, the site grew. By 2013, he had begun writing about larger cultural issues — gender relations, happiness, ambition, life purpose, and cultural perspectives he had gathered while living in various countries around the world. Despite the fact that the business was still directed at men, thousands of women began reading and asking for advice as well. That same year, he made the leap to his own site and domain, broadening the demographics of his audience. The site exploded, garnering millions of views each month. Episode 125: The Most Important Question of Your Life by Mark Manson of MarkManson.net (Struggle & How You Choose to Suffer). The original post is located here: http://markmanson.net/question Please Rate & Review the Show! Visit Me Online at OLDPodcast.com and Join the Ol' Family to get your Free Gifts! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	This is Optimal Living Daily Episode 125, the most important question of your life
0:06.5	by Mark Manson of Mark Manson.net.
0:30.0	You are listening to Optimal Living Daily, the podcast where you can sit back, relax, and
0:35.9	listen to the best blogs on the planet.
0:38.1	I'm Justin Mollick, the guy who changed majors five times in college.
0:42.3	I'm very excited today because I just found a new author to join the show.
0:47.2	One that was actually requested by a couple of listeners.
0:50.4	Probably a long time ago, like a couple of weeks after I first started the podcast, Patrick
0:54.9	from PatOnPurpose.com recommended this author.
0:58.6	I added him to my list because I really liked his content, but I didn't reach out at
1:03.0	that time.
1:04.0	Very recently, Aaron sent me a message also recommending him, which kind of kicked me back
1:09.6	in a gear, and I finally sent a message and got approval from this new author, who is
1:13.4	Mark Manson.
1:15.3	Just a little bit about him.
1:16.9	Mark was actually a dating coach for three years, starting back in 2008, and getting
1:22.0	sick and tired of the industry.
1:23.3	He wrote his first book, which sold tens of thousands of copies, and he started moving
1:29.4	into more of personal development topics, pretty much only for men.
1:33.6	By 2013, he had branched off even more and found that women were enjoying his post too.
1:39.4	So today, he's getting millions of views every month and has an amazing selection of articles.
1:45.0	The one I'm reading today is one that he refers to often so that you can get a taste of
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