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Key insights from Mark Manson's
The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life
Key insights from Mark Manson's
The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life
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Learn how to live a better life by caring less about things that don’t matter.
The idea that you can improve your life by not caring as much is certainly counterintuitive. But the subtle art is to direct your cares toward the things that genuinely matter most. By developing the tools of self-awareness and determining good, practical values, you’ll learn to care more about the right things and stop caring about all the other trivialities in life.
Read this Snapshot if you:
- Want to break out of your cycle of anxiety over a thousand small worries
- Need to find the courage to branch out into something new
- Let fear stop you from pursuing the things you care about
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Introduction
Charles Bukowski’s gravestone reads, “Don’t try.” This may seem like a strange last message from a man who fought an uphill battle to be published. However, Bukowski’s success didn’t come from changing his life in any radical way. It came when he decided all he wanted was to write, and he stopped caring about anything else. It came when he recognized that he was a loser, and he wrote honestly about that, rather than trying to sound like a winner.
At a time when everyone is trying so hard to be better, Bukowski’s advice of “don’t try” presents a different approach. When you...
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