(light music)
(hospital machines beeping)
- [Mark] You're going to die one day.
I just wanted to remind you.
- [Automated Voice] Stand clear.
- [Mark] This is me, Mark Manson and I wrote a book.
It's about self-esteem.
You deserve to be special and unique and extraordinary.
(glass and metal crunching)
Actually, that's bullshit.
♪ We'll be singing, ♪
♪ when we're winning. ♪
♪ We'll be singing. ♪
It's about positivity.
(joyful laughter)
♪ I get knocked down, but I get up again, ♪
♪ You're never gonna keep me down. ♪
♪ I get knocked down. ♪
You go on social media and you feel like a loser.
(swimmer hoots)
The message is that a better life is about more, more, more.
Making a lot of money might make you feel good
but it won't make your kids love you.
- Oh!
- [Mark] Our brain is kind of
playing this game with us.
To give a fuck about everything.
A nicer job, low fat milk,
your SPF and ozone, social media, who's the CEO?
(indistinct garble of words)
Then we'll live happily ever after.
(dog growling)
♪ I get knocked down, ♪
There's only a few things
in life that are ever worth giving a fuck about.
♪ But I get up again. ♪
It'd be a hell of a lot easier
if I could just hit you with six easy steps to life success.
But to really get into this stuff,
you've gotta feel it.
And to feel it,
♪ I get knocked down. ♪
I guess I'm gonna have to dig up some old painful sh...
(slurping through straw)
♪ But I get up again ♪
♪ You're never gonna keep me down. ♪
(bell rings)