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Modern life sells the lie that we can and should care about everything — and that pressure is wrecking our focus, sanity, and relationships. This talk confronts the cultural urge to chase more attention, more achievements, and more approval, and reframes success as the disciplined act of choosing what to value and what to ignore. Drawing on the research and blunt clarity of The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck, Mark Manson lays out a practical approach to values-driven decision making that rejects performative positivity and vague “hustle” narratives. He combines behavioral science, candid storytelling, and on-the-ground examples from his writing and audience work to show how people and teams can stop wasting energy and start making better trade-offs. PERFECT FOR TEAMS & LEADERS WHO ARE: • Overloaded by competing priorities and ready to stop reacting to every new distraction and trend • Rebuilding culture after rapid growth, mergers, or pivoting strategies and need clearer prioritization • Coaching managers who must empower teams to make choices without endless consensus or approval-seeking • Individual contributors who feel stuck in choice paralysis and need practical methods to pick and commit YOUR AUDIENCE WILL WALK AWAY WITH: • A straight-forward way to evaluate what deserves your time, attention, and emotional investment • Tactical language and examples to normalize difficult trade-offs with teams and peers • Techniques for turning uncomfortable boundaries into sustainable productivity and clearer goals • A renewed permission to prioritize deeply held values over superficial metrics of success When you stop treating attention like a limitless resource, you reclaim time, clarity, and the power to build work that matters.

Hope in our era is paradoxical: we have more tools than ever to improve life, yet our expectations and despair rise in tandem. This talk dismantles the comforting myths about instant optimism and shows how real hope is a rigorous, often uncomfortable practice that requires responsibility and realistic thinking. Using the themes and research from Everything Is F*cked: A Book About Hope, Mark Manson explores why conventional self-help platitudes fail and how to cultivate durable agency in chaotic environments. He pairs psychological findings with candid personal anecdotes to reveal the difference between escapist hope and actionable hope that fuels resilience, innovation, and long-term commitment. PERFECT FOR TEAMS & LEADERS WHO ARE: • Leading through prolonged uncertainty and needing frameworks to sustain morale without false positivity • Trying to shift culture from blame and short-term fixes to accountability and long-range problem solving • Supporting employees experiencing burnout and seeking realistic pathways back to engagement • Organizations that want to foster creative risk-taking while keeping teams grounded in reality YOUR AUDIENCE WILL WALK AWAY WITH: • A clearer model of how hope functions and practical steps to cultivate it without denial • Conversation starters and language for leaders to reframe setbacks as sources of durable learning • Approaches to balance empathy and accountability when supporting struggling colleagues • Confidence to lead with honesty, which increases trust and long-term team cohesion When hope is practiced honestly, it becomes the engine for sustainable progress rather than a cosmetic fix.

We’re surrounded by advice on how to “optimize” everything — productivity, brands, careers — but optimization without meaning simply amplifies anxiety. This talk reframes meaning not as a luxury, but as a decision framework that affects how we hire, lead, and live. Mark Manson synthesizes his writing on values, relationships, and responsibility into actionable insights organizations can use to strengthen culture and individual fulfillment. He highlights how clearer values reduce churn, how honest relationships improve collaboration, and how meaning-focused goals change the metrics leaders should track. Rather than prescribing platitudes, he offers research-backed practices and storytelling that cut through noise. PERFECT FOR TEAMS & LEADERS WHO ARE: • Rethinking performance metrics to include sustainable engagement and purpose-driven outcomes • Building teams where psychological safety and honest feedback are prioritized over superficial harmony • Designing employee experiences that connect day-to-day work with larger organizational purpose • Individuals seeking pragmatic ways to align career moves with deeper personal values YOUR AUDIENCE WILL WALK AWAY WITH: • Concrete questions to diagnose whether projects and roles actually align with stated values • Tools to foster candid, constructive conversations that strengthen team trust and performance • Examples of role design and goal-setting that preserve meaning while delivering results • A roadmap to shift from vanity metrics to indicators that reflect sustained human and business health When meaning guides decisions, organizations and people stop drifting — they start building toward a future that matters.