The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life

The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life

by Mark Manson
The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life

The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life

by Mark Manson

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Overview

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If you’re tired of caring too much about things that just aren’t worth it, look no futher. The unapologetic and in-your-face Mark Manson is here to help you find real happiness, as opposed to pretending to be happy; to focus on the what you should care about, instead of what you need to stop caring about.

#1 New York Times Bestseller More than 10 million Copies Sold

In this generation-defining self-help guide, a superstar blogger cuts through the crap to show us how to stop trying to be "positive" all the time so that we can truly become better, happier people.

For decades, we’ve been told that positive thinking is the key to a happy, rich life. "F**k positivity," Mark Manson says. "Let’s be honest, shit is f**ked and we have to live with it." In his wildly popular Internet blog, Manson doesn’t sugarcoat or equivocate. He tells it like it is—a dose of raw, refreshing, honest truth that is sorely lacking today. The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F**k is his antidote to the coddling, let’s-all-feel-good mindset that has infected modern society and spoiled a generation, rewarding them with gold medals just for showing up.

Manson makes the argument, backed both by academic research and well-timed poop jokes, that improving our lives hinges not on our ability to turn lemons into lemonade, but on learning to stomach lemons better. Human beings are flawed and limited—"not everybody can be extraordinary, there are winners and losers in society, and some of it is not fair or your fault." Manson advises us to get to know our limitations and accept them. Once we embrace our fears, faults, and uncertainties, once we stop running and avoiding and start confronting painful truths, we can begin to find the courage, perseverance, honesty, responsibility, curiosity, and forgiveness we seek.

There are only so many things we can give a f**k about so we need to figure out which ones really matter, Manson makes clear. While money is nice, caring about what you do with your life is better, because true wealth is about experience. A much-needed grab-you-by-the-shoulders-and-look-you-in-the-eye moment of real-talk, filled with entertaining stories and profane, ruthless humor, The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck is a refreshing slap for a generation to help them lead contented, grounded lives.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780062457714
Publisher: HarperCollins
Publication date: 09/13/2016
Pages: 224
Sales rank: 2,068
Product dimensions: 8.30(w) x 5.60(h) x 0.80(d)

About the Author

About The Author
Mark Manson is the New York Times bestselling author of The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck (more than ten million copies sold worldwide) and a star blogger. Manson sold more than 250,000 copies of his self-published book, Models: Attract Women Through Honesty. Before long, his off-the-cuff voice was resonating with a much broader audience via his brilliantly counterintuitive essays on happiness. With titles like “The Most Important Question of Your Life,” “The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck,” and “No, You Can’t Have It All,” his work was reposted by Elizabeth Gilbert, Chris Hemsworth, Will Smith, and Chelsea Handler. His site—markmanson.net—is read by two million people each month. Manson lives in New York City.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Don't Try 1

The Feedback Loop from Hell 5

The Subtle Art of Not Giving a Fuck 14

So Mark, What the Fuck Is the Point of This Book Anyway? 20

Chapter 2 Happiness Is a Problem 23

The Misadventures of Disappointment Panda 26

Happiness Comes from Solving Problems 30

Emotions Are Overrated 33

Choose Your Struggle 36

Chapter 3 You Are Not Special 41

Things Fall Apart 47

The Tyranny of Exceptionalism 57

B-b-b-but, If I'm Not Going to Be Special or Extraordinary, What's the Point? 60

Chapter 4 The Value of Suffering 63

The Self-Awareness Onion 70

Rock Star Problems 76

Shitty Values 81

Denning Good and Bad Values 86

Chapter 5 You Are Always Choosing 90

The Choice 91

The Responsibility/Fault Fallacy 95

Responding to Tragedy 102

Genetics and the Hand We're Dealt 105

Victimhood Chic 110

There Is No "How" 112

Chapter 6 You're Wrong About Everything (But So Am I) 115

Architects of Our Own Beliefs 120

Be Careful What You Believe 123

The Dangers of Pure Certainty 129

Manson's Law of Avoidance 136

Kill Yourself 139

How to Be a Little Less Certain of Yourself 141

Chapter 7 Failure Is the Way Forward 147

The Failure/Success Paradox 149

Pain Is Part of the Process 153

The "Do Something" Principle 158

Chapter 8 The Importance of Saying No 164

Rejection Makes Your Life Better 170

Boundaries 172

How to Build Trust 181

Freedom Through Commitment 186

Chapter 9 …And Then You Die 190

Something Beyond Our Selves 195

The Sunny Side of Death 200

Acknowledgments 211

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