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Manson: personal growth is just the process of lying to yourself less
Are you staying in toxic relationships because you're terrified of the void that follows? Dr. Elena Santos explores Mark Manson's provocative claim that most of our misery stems from a 'scarcity mindset' and an addiction to keeping score. The twist? Your desperate pursuit of 'optimization' and 'perfection' is actually the very thing preventing you from being happy—true peace only arrives when you embrace the fact that it's 'idiots all the way down' and stop lying to yourself about what you actually want.
Jun 30, 2025