Manson: Marrying well is the highest-leverage decision in life
Mark Manson · The Confidence Expert: How To Build UNSHAKEABLE Self Confidence | Mark Manson · Dec 4, 2025 · at 1:07:19
Author Mark Manson discusses why partner selection profoundly influences every major life outcome beyond just romance.
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“I personally think marrying well is, like, the single highest leveraged decision of your entire life. And also not marrying well is also a very high leverage decision. Like, it just, it is just the force multiplier on all of your outcomes across life, and it's not just your career outcomes, it's your happiness outcomes, it's your health outcomes, it's all sorts of things, your social life. It, a good spouse makes everything better, and a bad spouse will make everything worse.”
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