The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life
#1 New York Times Bestseller Over 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**k is a refreshing slap for a generation to help them lead contented, grounded lives. Product DetailsISBN-13: 9780062457714 Media Type: Hardcover Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Publication Date: 09-13-2016 Pages: 224 Product Dimensions: 5.50(w) x 8.30(h) x 1.00(d)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 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 Show More