Mark Manson Quotes

I may not be able to work for anybody else again. I may just have to work for myself.

My goal is to try to avoid a regular job.

My dream was to not work for anyone. There's only so many things I was good at - and how am I not going to work for anyone? I just don't want people telling me what to do.

I've been lucky enough to primarily work for myself over the years.

Freelancers are 'free' because they take risks - they don't like being told what to do. That's both exciting and daunting, because you have to police you.

I'm in the process of trying to find something that I could do on my own.

To me, success was not having to have a boss and not having a day job. I've been living my own version of success since the early '90s when I first got signed. I haven't had a job since then.

I've taken the leap of faith to stop punching the company time clock and start working for myself. I'm now the CEO of Starfish Media Group, my production company, in New York City.

I thought, if I went into business I'd be able to control my own destiny.

I always feel freelance writers are leading a heroic life. I think that is the real writer's life. On the other hand, it's good to have another job. It gives you something to do.

I wanted to be my own boss. I was fascinated by airlines and how I could change travel for the average person. Then I wanted to diversify.

While still working for others, your goal at some point must be to carve out little areas that you can operate on your own, cultivating entrepreneurial skills.

I wanted to see if I could make a living off of having fun.

I've been able to become an entrepreneur and an independent artist.

We don't want to wait on someone to hire us and give us a check. We want to create our own opportunities.

I had been an independent entrepreneur from the beginning, and I felt I could do it myself. I didn't want to get a job.

I'm my own boss, you know?

There are great advantages of making things on the independent market. There's freedom and control there, and kind of a cleanness to the process that I like.

I'm a private contractor now. I choose my clients, not the other way around.

In business for yourself, not by yourself.

I'm a businessman as well as an entertainer. The reason why is because I want to own whatever I'm doing. I don't want to work for other people forever.

I was raised with a sense of entrepreneurship - my father owned a roofing business, and I grew up with the idea that you never want someone telling you what you can and cannot do.

The thought of me not having to clock in for a job anymore is something that I can't really put into words, aside from 'amazing' and 'awesome.'

I want to work for myself, and I do work for myself. I make plenty of money working for myself.

The self-owned and -operated business is the freest life in the world.