By Mark Manson
Even if you’re not one for self-help books, you’ll want to read this.
Mark Manson’s The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck provides insight that contradicts the common advice in self-help books.
Manson frequently refers to stereotypical “self-help”: standing in front of a mirror telling yourself you’re beautiful because you feel as though you’re not beautiful, or visualization exercises about being more successful because you feel as though you are not successful enough already. He argues that these self-help techniques fixate on the positive, only reminding us of what we lack.
When a person truly feels beautiful or successful, they don’t feel like they need to prove it. What common self-help techniques only teach us, over and over, is to reinforce the idea that we are not that.
Instead, Manson tells you how it is: you may never amount to anything ground-breaking, or you may never achieve your dreams, so stop giving a f*ck and just do what you care about.
Manson offers a counterintuitive approach to living the good life. He gives insight on topics often neglected in typical self-helps: death, social media, depression, victimization, poor values, and many more.
I recommend this book to anyone, even if you feel as though you’re happy enough, because the unique approach to courage, progress, and self-improvement is told from a new perspective. I especially recommend this book to college students, it’s a rather quick and easy read, but once you start you won’t want to put it down. The humor is appealing to college-aged students, and it touches on topics that students are going to be experiencing soon: career paths, relationships, family aging, etc. The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck revolves around an interesting philosophy dressed up for today’s society in a humorous and unapologetic tone.
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