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I Took Mark Manson’s Advice: Write 2 Articles a Week for a Year

I got some pretty stellar results. Here is how I did it, the challenges I faced, and the results I got.

Matt Gangloff
8 min readApr 8, 2022
Stolen from Mark’s Website. That’s cool, right?

When you type “How to Figure Out What I’m Doing with My Life” into Google, an article called 7 Strange Questions That Help You Find Your Life Purpose is one of the first results.

I click it and read the article.

Then, I download an ebook called Life Purpose: How to Find Direction and Create Your Calling from the same site. Before I know it, I’m subscribed to an email list. I’m a paying member of a website for some dude I’ve never heard of.

Oh, wait. I have heard of him, at least his book.

It’s Mark Manson, one of the most popular bloggers on the planet, certified potty mouth, and author of the mega best-seller, The Subtle Art of Not Giving a Fuck. His tagline is Life Advice That Doesn’t Suck and that’s mostly true.

But I’m not here for life advice. I’m here for career advice.

I’m here because I wanna be him. Okay, that’s creepy. I want to do what he did. I want my job to be working on my own shit, talking about it, and getting paid for it. I mean, is there any better job on the planet? To get paid for working on…

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Matt Gangloff
Matt Gangloff

Written by Matt Gangloff

I teach the how-to’s of Post-Traumatic Growth: How to heal and grow, find a new mission, become your best self and build a meaningful life. www.mattgangloff.com

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