Showing posts with label Self-Help. Show all posts
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Sunday, November 14, 2021

Everything is F*cked - Mark Manson (2019)

Even this book and that is unfortunate...

The earlier book by Mark Manson, The Subtle Art of Giving a F*ck is genuinely a great read that made me pick up this book. 2-3 chapters into the book, I felt the book is going all over the places. The analogies are not very coherent. You feel some of analogies are established by creating an artificial association. Just cannot finish reading the book.

For me this is not a good choice of a book or simply beyond me. 

Thursday, November 11, 2021

The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck - Mark Manson (2016)

Short, Simple, and Easy Read. The messages are ordinary, yet there is something that grips you while reading. In terms of morals, here are a few quick ones:

  1. Just bother about things you can and let go of some of the others.
  2. Happiness is enjoyable as it is sporadic; continuous happiness or all success does no good to you. In the same light, accept sufferings as they make you stronger. 
  3. There is nothing special about you. You are similar to others; you have some good and some average qualities of achievements in life. 
  4. Choose judiciously but once decided, do not harp on it for too long. 
  5. Everyone makes mistakes; everyone will die. So, live life without brooding over it. 
  6. Success and failure are real. Do not get bogged down by failures or overwhelmed with success. 
  7. Sometimes you will have to say no to things that you will not like to pursue. 


Well, not much different from most religious self-help books. Yet, the language is colloquial, can be unparliamentary and abrasive at places. 


A worthwhile read for a few hours.  

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