Short Takeaways: The Subtle Art of Not Giving A F*ck 

“Life is essentially an endless series of problems. The solution to one problem is merely the creation of another.”
― Mark Manson, The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life

The Subtle Art of Not Giving A F*ck – Mark Manson

  • One only has the capacity to care about so many things, so choose wisely what you care about.
  • People are much happier with the process than the results.
  • It’s in human nature to not be satisfied.
  • Emotions should be treated as indicators to make future decisions.
  • The best things for us are often the things that we don’t want to do.
  • Sometimes the best way to get something done is to just start do something/anything even if that something is shitty it will eventually lead to progress.
    • Author who wrote 75 books said that he did it by writing 200 shitty words each day.This process of writing got him started for the day and resulted in thousands of word being written.
  • Sometimes the best things we need to do for ourselves are the things we don’t want to do.
  • We avoiding doing things we claim we are good at in fear that we will realize we actually aren’t good at them.
  • We should look at life from the stoic view: things could be a whole lot worse.
  • Happiness is dictated based on the comparison.
    • The guy who got kicked out of Metallica wasn’t as happy as the guy who got kicked out of the Beatles because they measured success in a different life.
  • Humans suffer from the choice fallacy. Humans are often more happy when they focus on one thing instead of trying to to a little of everything.

 

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