The Subtle Art of Not Giving a Fuck

A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life , #1

Downloadable Audiobook

English language

Published Sept. 13, 2016 by HarperAudio.

ASIN:
B01I29Y344
(29 reviews)

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 …

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I'm not one for self help books but this one was tolerable. The beginning and last two chapters are good. The rest is the same self help stuff you can find everywhere but with a search and replace of "Care about" to "Give a F*ck" on the same old texts.

The best idea I drew from the book is that being surrounded by experiences (filtered trough social media) you get pushed to care about much more useless stuff than it's healthy.

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