A counterintuitive approach to living a better life
English language
Published April 2, 2016 by Harper One.
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. "Fk positivity," Mark Manson says. "Let’s be honest, shit is fked 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 …
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. "Fk positivity," Mark Manson says. "Let’s be honest, shit is fked 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 fk 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 Fk is a refreshing slap for a generation to help them lead contented, grounded lives.
Aunque es un libro de autoayuda, pero no cae en los manidos argumentos falaces de los que hacen uso en esos libros. Una lectura interesante si quieres que los pequeños problemas de la vida te interesen un poco menos.
I'm pretty ambivalent about this book. On one hand it's clear the author has a gift to write in an entertaining way and there are some real life truths in the book. On the other hand the book as a whole doesn't hold together much and the style is blunt, sometimes too blunt.
... um "Überlege Dir, was Dir wirklich wichtig ist" zu sagen. Und ja, der Autor hat eine sehr direkte Art sich auszudrücken; muss man mögen.
Felt a little like sitting on the psychologist’s couch, except that instead of being asked questions, I was being preached to. Quite refreshing, albeit unorthodox.
I like some of the things he says about improving mental health by not judging by others and not always having to be the best and appreciating what you have. But I can't help feeling that "Not Giving a Fuck" is a very privileged position to be in. Those who are disadvantaged by circumstance or discrimination may not have the luxury of this position.
Not giving more fucks than to say this: What a waste of money. It feels like it wants to be one of those terrible mindfulness-books, but written by someone who despite his claims of having grown remains a misogynistic teenager at heart.
Wouldn't recommend, though I don't regret reading it.
What a beautifully written book. You could open it at any page, randomly choose a sentence and it would make for a wonderful quote. Once you started reading, it's hard to stop.
The book is full of great (life-) advice with fitting examples from the author's own experiences.
Lord almighty. Hard pass on the macho Buddhism.
Sometimes I wasn't quite sure where it was going or if it was ever going to get there at all, but I liked his tone and way of thinking, and in the end I think it's cohesive and very intriguing. Would recommend.
I pretty much learned nothing from this book, sadly.
The first 2 chapters were promising, but then it just went down hill. It was very repititive and I can not hear the word “entitled” again.
I can’t help but feel that this entire book could have been on one sheet of paper.
This is not a book in which to find any deep thought. There are some fine common-sense bits, but that common sense is packaged in much the same way L. Ron Hubbard packages his wisdom-isms in his own irony-quote, self-help books, irony-unquote. (The best news, I guess, is that Mark Manson never started a cult.)
There are a few items in this book I would have cherry-picked for myself as a confused twenty-year-old young man, but would that advice back then actually have helped? Doubtful. There are much better books than this I should have read. This just feels like something written by a recovering, secret, pick-up-artist/men's-rights-activist.
The author really wants you to know he's had sex with a lot of very beautiful women, all while telling you that really powerful people rarely brag.
If F*cks were stars, I would give this book none.
To the point.
This is an amazing book.
I watched a random video YouTube recommended about the "Do Something" principle, which led me to this book. It turned out I had already read Mark Manson's other book - Models. Thinking this would be a lame, feel-good, increase self-esteem piece of fluff, I still picked it up. To my utter surprise, this was a great book, it asked some really good questions and had some great ideas, which I won't spoil but summarizing here for you.
Overall, entertaining and useful, what more can a guy ask of a book?
As someone who often claims not to give a fuck, you mught think I don't have anything more to learn on the subject, but this book raises a lot of good points and gave me a lot to think about.
