The Subtle Art of

Not Giving a F*ck

Mark Manson
HarperCollins

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Created by Anaina Anna – Last synced June 11, 2021

The Feedback Loop from Hell

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You get anxious about 8

confronting somebody in your
life. That anxiety cripples you and
you start wondering why you’re
so anxious. Now you’re becoming
anxious about being anxious. Oh
no! Doubly anxious! Now you’re
anxious about your anxiety, which
is causing more anxiety.

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Wanting positive experience is a 11

negative experience; accepting
negative experience

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The more you desperately want to 11

be rich, the more poor and
unworthy you feel,

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You will never be happy if you 11

continue to search for what
happiness consists of. You will
never live if you are looking for
the meaning of life.”

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Everything worthwhile in life is 12

won through surmounting the
associated negative experience.
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In my life, I have given a fuck 13

about many things. I have also not
given a fuck about many things.
And like the road not taken, it was
the fucks not given that made all
the difference.

What i understand by reading this much is that, Don't care your

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The Subtle Art of Not Giving a Fuck

Not giving a fuck does not mean 15

being indifferent; it means being
comfortable with being
different.

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adversity 17

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 life problems” are really just side 18
effects of not having anything
more important to worry about.

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we become more selective about 19

the fucks we’re willing to give.
This is something called maturity

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CHAPTER 2: Happiness Is a Problem

One of those realizations was this: 23

that life itself is a form of
suffering. The rich suffer
because of their riches. The poor
suffer because of their poverty.
People without a family suffer
because they have no family.
People with a family suffer
because of their family. People
who pursue worldly pleasures
suffer because of their worldly
pleasures. People who abstain
from worldly pleasures suffer
because of their abstention. This
isn’t to say that all suffering is
equal. Some suffering is certainly
more painful than other
suffering. But we all must suffer
 nonetheless.

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The Misadventures of
Disappointment Panda

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Happiness Comes from Solving

Problems

True happiness occurs only when 28

you find the problems you enjoy
having and enjoy solving

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Denial 28

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 Victim Mentality 29

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Emotions Are Overrated

negative emotions are a call to 30

action. When you feel them, it’s
because you’re supposed to do
something. Positive emotions, on
the other hand, are rewards for
taking the proper action. When
you feel them, life seems simple
and there is nothing else to do but
enjoy it. Then, like everything
else, the positive emotions go
away, because more problems
inevitably emerge

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What creates our positive 31

experiences will define our
negative experiences.

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Choose Your Struggle

 You can’t win if you don’t play. 33

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CHAPTER 3: You Are Not Special

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The true measurement of 40

self-worth is not how a person
feels about her positive
experiences, but rather how she
feels about her negative
experiences

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