How to Find and Live by Your Values, Solved

SOLVED with Mark Manson

Mark Manson

Self-improvement, Education

4.9 • 4.1K Ratings

🗓️ 1 May 2025

⏱️ 247 minutes

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Summary

Welcome to the first episode of the Solved Podcast. Today, we are solving your values. Over eight years ago, I wrote The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck—a book that, underneath all the swearing and irreverence, was really about one thing: values. What do you care about? What’s actually worth your time, your energy, your life? So in this kickoff episode of SOLVED, Drew and I are going deep into why your values are the foundation of everything—your happiness, your mental health, your relationships, your sense of meaning—and why so many of us today feel so lost. We break down the difference between chasing cheap dopamine hits and building real fulfillment, why not all values are created equal, how to figure out what your true values are, how to change your values, how to start living out your values more fully, and how values silently shape your decisions and relationships every day. If you’ve ever felt stuck, directionless, or like you’re living someone else’s life, this episode is the wake-up call you need. It’s time to stop drifting through life and start giving a fck about the right things. Forget the rest. Welcome to SOLVED. Get the Values companion guide for this episode: https://solvedpodcast.com/values Sign up for my newsletter, Your Next Breakthrough. It will help make you a less awful person: ⁠⁠https://markmanson.net/breakthrough⁠⁠ Get clarity on what actually matters. Try Purpose, Mark's AI mentor app that learns your patterns, challenges your blind spots, and helps you take action. Get 7 days free at purpose.app/solved⁠ Chapters 09:31 CHAPTER 1: What are Values? 1:05:01 CHAPTER 2: Values and Your Relationships 1:37:25 CHAPTER 3: Where Do Values Come From? 2:14:34 CHAPTER 4: Identifying Your Core Values 2:48:53 CHAPTER 5: How to Change Your Values 3:21:56 CHAPTER 6: Lessons and Takeaways Follow Mark Mark’s IG: https://www.instagram.com/markmanson Solved IG: https://www.instagram.com/solvedpodcast/ Twitter: https://x.com/markmanson LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/markmanson/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@IAmMarkManson Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	This is a very serious podcast, Drew.
0:02.7	I can tell already, yes.
0:04.7	How can you tell?
0:05.6	Well, the jacket you're wearing.
0:08.8	I figured.
0:09.3	You're a blazer today.
0:10.4	I figured somebody needs to take this seriously around here.
0:14.0	Oh, okay.
0:15.4	It's, you know, we're doing values today.
0:19.1	It's a very deep philosophical topic. It's a new podcast. You know,
0:24.7	somebody's got to be a professional in the building. I know you just woke up like 20 minutes ago.
0:30.7	I did. You know, ran a comb through your hair. I didn't even do that. You didn't even do that.
0:38.3	You just have a barbarian over here.
0:40.7	Well, I'm glad you're keeping it classy for us.
0:43.0	You're welcome.
0:43.9	Yeah.
0:44.1	The inaugural episode of the Solve podcast, my God, we've been working on this thing for so
1:00.5	freaking long.
1:00.7	It seems like a very long time at this point while still doing the other podcast.
1:04.6	I know.
1:05.5	I know.
1:06.1	It's almost like six months of prep for this.
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