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BOOK REVIEW

THE SUBTLE ART OF NOT GIVING A F*CK

BOOK REVIEW || CRITIQUE DE LIVRE
Written by Mark Manson
Published in 2016

Reviewed by Ndela Sichizya

NDELA SICHIZYA
REVIEWER
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critique

say is really affecting you that much,
then you need to look at the values in
your life. If your emotions are constantly
being pushed this way or that way, and
you feel like you’re never in control, it’s
probably because you’re valuing a lot of
the wrong things.”
More than a practical guidebook to
choosing what’s important in our lives
and what’s unimportant, it’s a brutally
honest and much needed reality check
about our personal problems, fears and
his is a self-help book that will expectations. It’s a bold confrontation
help you deal with happiness of self, painful truths, faults and
and unhappiness. uncertainties, without all the airy fluff
书评 TAlthough the title seems to we’ve been spoon-fed to believe by self-
help gurus.
suggest that you should not care about
anything, the underlying message is that Think positive?
everyone cares about certain things, but The irony is that the book is actually
should choose wisely what those things about greatness. It is hopeful. There’s
are. greatness to be discovered in accepting
our lack of greatness, our simplicity
You have to be warned that Manson’s and beauty amidst the complex and
choice of words and general tone is very ugly. And in embracing our problems
strong and vulgar; not subtle at all and along with the dirt, muck and grime
STARTUP JOURNAL. look below the surface. Manson is quite The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck:
that essentially accompany life and
he doesn’t give a f*ck either. However,
humanity, we come to live the good life
like anything of true value in life, dig
a little deeper and you’ll find treasure
we always yearned for.
worthy of any explorer who’s willing to
philosophical in his approach to the life
A Counterintuitive Approach to Living
cases he brings out in this book.
a Good Life is a deeply inspiring book
about values and purpose cleverly
A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a
disguised in crude four-letter vulgarity.
It’s a slap to your face and by the time
Good Life
you finish reading it, you’ll find yourself
At its core, The Subtle Art of Not Giving
tingling with promise. The world will
a F*ck is a book about finding what’s
truly important to you and letting go of
suddenly seem brighter and lighter. You’ll
everything else. In the same way that
Manson encourages limiting exposure
hard punches thrown throughout the
to mindless distractions such as social
book.
media, television and technology, he
encourages limiting concern over things feel free and oddly, good, despite the
My biggest nugget is that, to have a
that have little to no meaning or value in happy life, you need to carefully choose
your life. what really matters. There is more in less
so learn to focus and concentrate on
anson says; “If seeing things online the few things that are most important
Mor hearing things your co-workers to you.
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