The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*** | Mark Manson

Title: The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F***
Author: Mark Manson


Have you ever met someone that was so forceful with their opinions that it felt downright hostile? That's what it feels like reading this book. Mark Manson is like that cousin who thinks his opinion is the only opinion that matters and everything else is garbage.

That said, he does speak some important truths in this book.

I freely admit that I've been intrigued by this book for some time, but I was a bit disappointed in it. It felt like he only had so much to say, so he stretched it all unnecessarily, to the point where it was just redundant. He grasped desperately for anecdotal evidence to support his theories, even reaching for highly controversial and destructive examples. It felt like I was reading an unnecessarily long blog post, which, considering that's his background, isn't all that surprising.

The title is a little deceptive, because he isn't telling you not to care about anything. He's telling you to decide what you think is important in life, care about those things, and let the other things fall as they may. This is actually fantastic advice, and he goes through various examples that can come up in life and how this philosophy can be applied. The idea isn't revolutionary by any means, but it is definitely helpful in a world where we are constantly bombarded with the idea that we are not allowed to fail at anything. Manson encourages you to fail. If you want to truly succeed at something, you must fail over and over again before you get there. That's life. We should not live in fear of failure if we want to succeed.

Manson is clearly a Grade A douchebag, and I am fairly certain I would despise him if I ever met him in person, but I do find that a lot of what he writes in this book is relatable and helpful. I think that most would be able to find ways to apply some of this advice in their lives and benefit from it.

When it comes down to it, I suppose this book gets three out of five stars from me.

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 "Who you are is defined by what you're willing to struggle for."

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Insomnia by Stephen King: 8%
When We Believed in Mermaids by Barbara O'Neal: 4%
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