Humans are the only animals that tell stories and none more important than the stories we tell about our successes (and failures). When we look at our lives, we find dramatic moments that we believe rightly or wrongly explain how we got to where we are.

The truth, according to Mark Manson, is much more pedestrian. Understanding your history, and forming your future, may be a little more coherent if you understand what Mr. Manson calls the “Breakthrough Fallacy-What Change Actually Looks Like.”