The problem with the self-esteem movement is that it measured self-esteem by how positively people felt about themselves. But a true and accurate mea… - Mark Manson

But a true and accurate measurement of one’s self-worth is how people feel about the negative aspects of themselves.

Purpose has seasons. What drove you through your 20s will exhaust you in your 40s.

Growth means letting your previous selves die without calling it failure.

Uncertainty also relieves us of our judgment of ourselves. Then we don’t know if we’re lovable or not; we don’t know how attractive we are; we don’t know how successful we could potentially become. The only way to achieve these things is to remain uncertain of them and be open to finding them out through experience. Uncertainty is the root of all progress and all growth. As the old adage goes, the man who believes he knows everything learns nothing. We cannot learn anything without first not knowing something.

As a general rule, we’re all the world’s worst observers of ourselves.