Name: The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck
ISBN: 9780062457738

Mark Manson

#1 New York Times Bestseller Over 1 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 American 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**k is a refreshing slap for a generation to help them lead contented, grounded lives.

A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life

The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck

Justin Schueler

 True happiness occurs only when you find the problems you enjoy having and enjoy solving.

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Karissa Regaliza 

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 American 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**k is a refreshing slap for a generation to help them lead contented, grounded lives.

Interesting book. Lots of things I’ve already been thinking about. 

abhi 

Durante los últimos años, Mark Manson -en su popular blog- se ha afanado en corregir nuestras delirantes expectativas sobre nosotros mismos y el mundo. Ahora nos ofrece su toda su intrépida sabiduría en este libro pionero. Manson nos recuerda que los seres humanos somos falibles y limitados: "no todos podemos ser extraordinarios: hay ganadores y perdedores en la sociedad, y esto no siempre es justo o es tu culpa". Manson nos aconseja que reconozcamos nuestras limitaciones y las aceptemos. Esto es, según él, el verdadero origen del empoderamiento. Una vez que abrazamos nuestros temores, faltas e incertidumbres, una vez que dejamos de huir y evadir y empezamos a confrontar las verdades dolorosas, podemos comenzar a encontrar el valor, la perseverancia, la honestidad, la responsabilidad, la curiosidad y el perdón que buscamos. Este manifiesto es una refrescante bofetada, para que podamos empezar a llevar vidas más satisfechas y con los pies en la tierra.

Un enfoque disruptivo para vivir una buena vida

El sutil arte de que te importe un caraj*

Well, I have a lot to say about this book.

This guy did it right. He wanted to sell a book and put the word "fuck" on the cover, because come on, everyone in our generation wants to read something that says "fuck" on the cover. At the beginning of the book, it seemed to me that the author wanted to give the impression that you're reading a book that's going to be different because it says the word "FUCK," trying to convince the reader that it was a disruptive read. I understand the selling point, and of course he did. If you're someone who's never read anything in their life and doesn't have a shred of common sense or has never questioned anything, this book will seem incredible to you. In my opinion, the beginning seems too forced to keep you reading because of how incoherent I may have sounded at first. As it progresses, it seemed a little better, since, well, you have to understand that in life, the most important thing is to realize that the things that really matter are your values ​​and the little things, not having a hundred million in the bank. But we all know that if we've read and thought about our surroundings, we already know that. Anyone who isn't an idiot knows that.

I give it a two because it entertained me, and I'm not going to discredit the author's work; I'm not just going to say negative things. I like how he expresses his idea about what a problem is and how one triggers another, and how these never end, and that's what keeps us going.

At the end of the day, I think we know that putting together a text isn't that easy—I mean, a whole book. I read a lot of comments about the author being a white man from a wealthy family who wrote a book for white people, and I understand that point, but at least he didn't come off as an idiot who didn't realize what's truly important in life. Or so the book says. People view life and express their opinions based on their experiences, and we should always be mindful of that. So I understand and agree with his opinions. But the author did his job and gave his opinion from his perspective. Maybe he helped another privileged white person realize something.

Overall, the concept of the book is very good, but it's something you could have found written in other books, and written in an easier way, except he said the word "fuck" every 5 minutes. At one point, he started talking about romantic relationships, and I feel like he sometimes lost the thread and dropped other ideas, but in the end, I got back in touch.

I still wonder why he says that to his wife.

Andrea 

Well, I have a lot to say about this book.

This guy did it right. He wanted to sell a book and put the word "fuck" on the cover, because come on, everyone in our generation wants to read something that says "fuck" on the cover. At the beginning of the book, it seemed to me that the author wanted to give the impression that you're reading a book that's going to be different because it says the word "FUCK," trying to convince the reader that it was a disruptive read. I understand the selling point, and of course he did. If you're someone who's never read anything in their life and doesn't have a shred of common sense or has never questioned anything, this book will seem incredible to you. In my opinion, the beginning seems too forced to keep you reading because of how incoherent I may have sounded at first. As it progresses, it seemed a little better, since, well, you have to understand that in life, the most important thing is to realize that the things that really matter are your values ​​and the little things, not having a hundred million in the bank. But we all know that if we've read and thought about our surroundings, we already know that. Anyone who isn't an idiot knows that.

I give it a two because it entertained me, and I'm not going to discredit the author's work; I'm not just going to say negative things. I like how he expresses his idea about what a problem is and how one triggers another, and how these never end, and that's what keeps us going.

At the end of the day, I think we know that putting together a text isn't that easy—I mean, a whole book. I read a lot of comments about the author being a white man from a wealthy family who wrote a book for white people, and I understand that point, but at least he didn't come off as an idiot who didn't realize what's truly important in life. Or so the book says. People view life and express their opinions based on their experiences, and we should always be mindful of that. So I understand and agree with his opinions. But the author did his job and gave his opinion from his perspective. Maybe he helped another privileged white person realize something.

Overall, the concept of the book is very good, but it's something you could have found written in other books, and written in an easier way, except he said the word "fuck" every 5 minutes. At one point, he started talking about romantic relationships, and I feel like he sometimes lost the thread and dropped other ideas, but in the end, I got back in touch.

I still wonder why he says that to his wife.

Just my opinion.

First self-help book I’ve ever read and chapter 8 was my favorite really enjoyed this. 

Edna Aviles

The Subtle Art of Not Giving a -

The author has a very friendly style of writing. He gives a feeling that your friend is talking to you. He has gone through a lot in his life which makes for interesting and informative stories.

Adwait Kulkarni

To be so honest not memorable enough and idk if I carried any of the advice with me and gives very much like business mogul writes book

Angeleeka

I found the examples in this book to be a lot. Also, I get that this is meant to give folks some sort of insight into what may be right from wrong but you gotta consider the gender aspect of it all too. 

be’, tu che uragani lascerai dentro di te?

sabiduría 

Think I would’ve liked it more as not an audiobook

Taylor Christine

Paoovi

Mina

I am being generous with the rating. I like the general idea but not a fan of his sexist examples.

Pratik M

I picked this book up on a lark after seeing it on the bestselling list at the bookstore. I admit that the first few chapters are engrossing and even make sense. It is, at best, an extended version of the serenity prayer i.e. focus on the things you can change and ignore the ones you can't. There are definitely some lessons in there that many of us need to be reminded about but nothing that can't be said in a longish blog post. The latter half of the book simply drags on and focuses mostly on the author's personal life and his life-coach blogging.

I would recommend reading the first 2-3 chapters of the book in couple of hours and then tossing it aside.

Liyah 🤎

If someone gave me this book in SparkNotes form I think I would really like it. He makes great general points but I think his actual writing style and how he chooses to frame his analysis is not for me. 
1. This is the first book I've read in a while by a white male author so the tone is almost jarring for me. 
2. He's too hyperbolic for me and uses language imprecisely in a way that really bugs me. This may come from his style of blog writing though
3. He draws false equivalences like comparing not wanting people to wear offensive costumes to people being upset about the war on Christmas.... those two issues are not the same and even though in 2016 we didn't think about anti-racism the way we do now that's still a tone-deaf take even for its time 

The next few points I want to acknowledge that this book was written in 2016 and so I understand that we didn't talk or think like this yet but still I can only judge it as the reader I am today in 2021.

4. This book is really written on an individual level and doesn't do enough to consider systemic barriers people face and sometimes slip into being a little bootstrappy. Just a simple acknowledgment of racism or sexism would've been enough to a least frame his argument fairly. 
5. I don't like the diet culture. He compares things like bad values to junk food a lot and I am not one for moralizing food. 

All in all, great tips but I probably wouldn't liked it better if it was written by an author with a different tone. I'd be curious to see if the writer feels differently about his analysis and examples since as a society we've grown a bit since 2016.

saturn

mark manson speaking DIRECTLY to you is the most beneficial thing out of this book. he literally calls you out on your shit WHILE YOU’RE DOING IT & it’s so humorous. i enjoyed the read and it really is a good self improvement book take it seriously don’t take it seriously, honestly he won’t give a fuck. i recommend this book to those that think too much

Elisavet Rozaki 

Perfect for people who worry about everything!

For all the hype this book gets, it's totally deserved! There were many moments while listening to this book where I paused and reflected on myself. It's pretty deep, yet easy to grasp at the same time. 

I'm docking it a star because there are some moments that make my feminist heart and mind not too happy, but overall, a good book for some self-reflection. 

Paige Leitner

For all the hype this book gets, it's totally deserved! There were many moments while listening to this book where I paused and reflected on myself. It's pretty deep, yet easy to grasp at the same time. 

I'm docking it a star because there are some moments that make my feminist heart and mind not too happy, but overall, a good book for some self-reflection. 

Rebeca Keren Nuñez

"El Sutil Arte de Que Te Importe un Carajo" de Mark Manson es una obra provocadora que desafía convenciones y ofrece una perspectiva refrescante sobre la vida y la felicidad. Contrariamente a la cultura moderna que promueve la positividad incesante, Manson abraza la realidad de que no podemos evitar todos los problemas y adversidades en la vida.

El autor argumenta que nuestra atención es un recurso limitado y valioso, y debemos elegir cuidadosamente en qué invertimos. Manson desmantela la toxicidad de perseguir constantemente la felicidad y el éxito superficial, alentando a los lectores a enfocarse en lo que realmente importa. A través de anécdotas personales y ejemplos impactantes, el libro desafía las nociones convencionales de autoayuda.

La escritura de Manson es directa, con un toque de irreverencia y humor que engancha al lector. Su estilo accesible y lenguaje sin rodeos hacen que las ideas complejas sean fáciles de entender. A lo largo del libro, Manson presenta principios fundamentales para vivir una vida más auténtica, destacando la importancia de los valores personales y la aceptación de la realidad.

"El Sutil Arte de Que Te Importe un Carajo" no solo ofrece consejos prácticos, sino que también desafía a los lectores a cuestionar sus propias creencias y prioridades. Manson aboga por un enfoque más realista y honesto hacia la vida, alentando a las personas a abrazar sus limitaciones y a encontrar significado en las luchas diarias.

En resumen, este libro es una invitación a reevaluar nuestras prioridades, a soltar las expectativas irracionales y a abrazar la verdadera autenticidad. Con su enfoque directo y perspicacia única, Mark Manson ha creado una obra que resuena con aquellos que buscan una perspectiva diferente sobre la búsqueda de la felicidad y el significado en la vida.

David Mokos

William Buller

Might be a useful and great experience for people who also enjoy spin classes. There are some ideas that help re-frame the concept of apathy vs. not giving a fuck but are ultimately kneecapped by the author's palpable background as a dating coach and confessions like "I grew up well-off and chose poverty so I can be free and become my own boss". Cool.

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ryan

Tadi pagi membaca ulang buku ini, ditulis dgn gaya bahasa yg lumayan enak diikuti membuatku ngga sadar udah satu jam lewat. banyak kalimat yg bikin membuka mata. tapi di saat itulah aku kemudian sadar dan teringat kesan yg kupunya tentang buku ini setahun atau dua tahun lalu: ngelantur.

Iya. Mula2 aku cukup sepakat dgn poin2 yg disampaikan. Ada titik di mana aku ngerasa wah ini sih stoik. Makin jauh dibaca pembahasannya makin kesana kemari. Seperti tulisan yg mestinya selesai satu atau dua bab saja tapi dipanjang2kan. 

Abis baca aku jd tambah pusing. Dan semakin yakin apa yg kubaca barusan cuma fafifu menjelang subuh. Mulanya kamu merasa "wa asik ni ada benernya." Lalu merasa "oke." Kemudian "hmm.. apa iya." "Loh, kok." 

hmm oke deh..

JoAnna

The more I read this book, the more I realized how ignorant the author really was of his own privilege as a white American male. He dismisses the anger of people of color as millennial entitlement, which trivializes the importance of calling out oppression as we see it. Worse, he's unaware of the luck that comes with his good life: he tries to pass off his own successes as something simple to be replicated (quitting his job in finance after 6 weeks to launch a successful business)—the very same thing he condemns celebrities for doing.

Brenna Rutherford

Took a few pages to get me into the story, but after reading it and marking lines i found interesting i kept reading. Good insights with simpel examples on life, love and people around you. What to keep and what not to keep, and how to get an approach on life with less stress and more relief. 

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

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