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15.1k reviews for:
The Subtle Art of Not Giving a #@%!: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life
Mark Manson
3.52 AVERAGE
15.1k reviews for:
The Subtle Art of Not Giving a #@%!: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life
Mark Manson
3.52 AVERAGE
"If we follow the 'do something' principle, failure feels unimportant. When the standard of success becomes merely acting—when any result is regarded as progress and important, when inspiration is seen as a reward rather than a prerequisite—we propel ourselves ahead. We feel free to fail, and that failure moves us forward." (162)
This book came for me at the right time. If I read more self-help books, it might not have been as useful, but I don't and it was. That being said, this book is not written for me. Mark Manson is a white dude talking to other white dudes (just look at the list of blurbs on the back). The logic he uses to help people figure out their values, that's universal. But his examples are far from it. Manson assumes that the epitome of your desires is, I kid you not, touching Jennifer Aniston's tits. I found myself frequently offended by the banality of his own conclusions.
This is not a compassionate book (in case the title didn't tip you off) and it acts like everyone's pain and struggles are equal. But ultimately, we are each in charge of hitting the gas in our own lives, no matter the unfairness of the circumstances we must fight against. So if you can read it with MANY grains of salt, I loosely recommend this book to you...
This book came for me at the right time. If I read more self-help books, it might not have been as useful, but I don't and it was. That being said, this book is not written for me. Mark Manson is a white dude talking to other white dudes (just look at the list of blurbs on the back). The logic he uses to help people figure out their values, that's universal. But his examples are far from it. Manson assumes that the epitome of your desires is, I kid you not, touching Jennifer Aniston's tits. I found myself frequently offended by the banality of his own conclusions.
This is not a compassionate book (in case the title didn't tip you off) and it acts like everyone's pain and struggles are equal. But ultimately, we are each in charge of hitting the gas in our own lives, no matter the unfairness of the circumstances we must fight against. So if you can read it with MANY grains of salt, I loosely recommend this book to you...
inspiring
medium-paced
reflective
fast-paced
The premise of the book is quite helpful and has an overarching fair point that life isn’t just about pleasure but being responsible for the suffering you’re willing to endure, choose what you’re willing to give a fuck about (obviously in the context of normal life and not instances of abuse etc). I think it’s written with corporate Americans in mind because it sort of assumed your values would be certain things and slanted towards entrepreneurial and liberal ideals. That’s ok, because readers can still choose to take what they want, leave the rest, and consider the wider ideas as they apply to themselves.
I found the writing style quite tedious, it was mostly example after example with ‘as [insert thinker] said: “[insert inspirational quote]”. ‘ There was also endless repetition to really drill in the point, but sometimes it was like 5 sentences in a row saying the same thing in a different way. Some of the points made I felt weren’t particularly research backed but said with quite a lot of authority (maybe if I read a physical copy I’d see the references and be proved wrong?). The narrator’s voice came across as a bit grating and full of it.
2.75 because the writing style wasn’t for me but there’s definitely something useful in there for people.
I found the writing style quite tedious, it was mostly example after example with ‘as [insert thinker] said: “[insert inspirational quote]”. ‘ There was also endless repetition to really drill in the point, but sometimes it was like 5 sentences in a row saying the same thing in a different way. Some of the points made I felt weren’t particularly research backed but said with quite a lot of authority (maybe if I read a physical copy I’d see the references and be proved wrong?). The narrator’s voice came across as a bit grating and full of it.
2.75 because the writing style wasn’t for me but there’s definitely something useful in there for people.
Turns I dislike personal development books and I think they are garbage nonsense that scream fake
funny
inspiring
medium-paced
challenging
emotional
informative
inspiring
reflective
fast-paced
The writer actually really seems to give a f*ck… there is so much hate and anger behind his words it comes across as ironic. It feels like he has spent a lot of precious time on earth harbouring grudges and forcing himself to push away things instead of being developed enough to simply “let go”.
slow-paced
2.5 stars
There were some good nuggets in this book. It’s a good reminder to let go of things that don’t matter. I really liked the last chapter. But you can’t blame everyone’s shortcomings on their lack of values and you can’t say that adversity is all in our heads. Some of the things he said came straight out if his privilege and that was hard to read for being unrelate-able.
There were some good nuggets in this book. It’s a good reminder to let go of things that don’t matter. I really liked the last chapter. But you can’t blame everyone’s shortcomings on their lack of values and you can’t say that adversity is all in our heads. Some of the things he said came straight out if his privilege and that was hard to read for being unrelate-able.