THE SUBTLE ART OF

NOT GIVING A F*CK

BY MARK MANSON
CONTENTS
1. About the Author
2. About the Book
3. Why I chose this book
4. Chapter 1: Don’t Try
5. Chapter 2: Happiness Is a Problem – happiness starts from joy of solving problems, conflicts
6. Chapter 3: You Are Not Special – you can be average
7. Chapter 4: The Value Of Suffering – suffer for what you find desirable
8. Chapter 5: You Are Always Choosing – you choose how to tackle your problem (avoid or face?)
9. Chapter 6: You’re Wrong About Everything – certainty is the enemy of growth
10. Chapter 7: Failure is The Way Forward
11. Chapter 8: The Importance of Saying No – frank like Russians
12. Chapter 9: … And Then You Die
13. Key Takeaways
14. TNB Core Values
15. Conclusion
About the Author
• Born on March 9, 1984
• Grew up in Austin, Texas
• An American self-help author and blogger
• a three-time #1 New York Times bestselling author whose books have
sold over 14 million copies worldwide
• Life’s mission: To improve the public conversation around personal
development and happiness
• https://markmanson.net/about
About the Book
• Details
• 224 pages
• 9 Chapters
• Published in 13 September 2016
• Over 8 million copies of the book had been sold around the world
• Has been translated into more than 20 languages
About the Book
• Summary
• The book presents a new approach to personal development, from top to
bottom.
• Life is not about getting rid of problems, it’s about finding better problems.
It’s not about avoiding failure, it’s about getting better at failure. It’s not about
knowing everything, but becoming more comfortable in not knowing
anything.
• The book is entirely about accepting all of the inevitable unimportant
imperfections in life and then ignore them, move on. It’s about learning how
to focus about the few things that truly matter.
About the Book
• Reason chose
• Attracted to the title
• Relatable to the main concept conceived in the book
• A refresher to move forward
Chapter by chapter
Key Takeaways
• Focus & prioritise
• More isn’t always better
• “With great responsibility, comes great power”
TNB Core Values
• Professionalism
• Collaborative
• Customer centricity
• Integrity
• Forward thinking
• Mindfulness

When we ignore the part who to blame, take responsibility, move on, and rather, devise a solution to solve the
problem, what can we contribute to avoid the same problem in the future, so that it can ease / convenient
other people’s work and ours. And ultimately, the outcome will uplift the satisfaction faced by the customers.

But of course, if the issue is out of our jurisdiction (bukan kita yang patut pening), we need to do our best on
our part to assist the problem, and let the rightful owners take full responsibility. FOCUS & PRIORITISE
Conclusion
• Rating: 4/5
• Highly recommended for people who are going through tough times
and need some fresh breath to open up their perspectives
• Highly not recommended who are uncomfortable with curse words