The Subtle Art Of Not Giving An F — Mark Manson

A Book Review And My Favourite Lessons

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Initially, this title did make me roll my eyes. I saw the book in the self help section of a library or shop, and thought wow, has our self help genre been taken over by the gen alpha or something. But I was starting to hear such good recommendations about it that I couldn’t help but buy a copy when I saw it in an Indian bookstore for a quarter of the price.

And surprisingly, yet unsurprisingly, I really enjoyed it and took a few good lessons from it.

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Reading the book felt like I was being sat down by an old uncle to be told the hard facts of life. And that’s why I loved it.

I think it’s the same reason why it’s one of the top self help books out there.

We have too many books in the self help genre that sometimes blunt the realities of life too much. There’s so much focus on teaching us how to reach this perfect equilibrium of life to succeed — morning routines, affirmations and more. It requires so much of our life to already look good for us to be able to apply its principles. But sometimes it’s hard to kind of make use of it for our really tough ugly parts of life.