Or, we develop the belief that we are entitled to always feel good.īut, he argues, success, fame, and fleeting self-improvement don’t lead to satisfaction. We end up frustrated and feel that we are falling short in comparison to what we see in social media, which celebrates only the most extraordinary. This creates temporary highs rather than true happiness. Manson argues that, as a result, we become addicted to phoniness, and we constantly pursue superficial things. But all the focus on positivity actually emphasizes what we lack-and so we keep striving. The self-help movement urges us to focus on being positive and feeling good.
We are told to always be striving for more-more happiness, money, experiences, friends, possessions. We are urged by social media and society to give a f*ck about everything. We are giving a f*ck or caring about too many things that don’t matter and don’t make us happy in the long run.
In The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck, Mark Manson argues that our consumer culture and social media have us chasing the wrong things in pursuit of happiness and a meaningful life. We’ll also explore some of the psychology behind what motivates people’s decisions, and why we’re driven to give so many f*cks about so many unimportant things.ġ-Page Summary 1-Page Book Summary of The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck The book draws from several established philosophies (Stoicism, Existentialism, and Buddhism), and we’ll expand and clarify the book’s messages by tracing their origins to these schools of thought. In other words, we need to carefully choose what we give our f*cks about. Because we can’t care equally about everything, we need to prioritize and focus on what brings us happiness and meaning. The solutions are counterintuitive and include: be wrong, fail, tolerate feeling bad, accept pain, practice rejection. This leads us to pursue emotional highs that don’t lead to lasting happiness. In The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck, Mark Manson argues that we are frustrated in life and feel like failures because we value and prioritize the wrong things, thanks in part to society’s emphasis on positive thinking, over-involved parents, and our susceptibility to superficial social media messages. Book Rating by Shortform Readers: 4.6 ( 122 reviews)
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