On Monday 1st August PropelHer’s Book Club discussed The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life by Mark Manson.

 

In this summary of The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck by Mark Manson I’ll be briefly summarising the book to help you to make a decision about whether you should buy a copy of the book for yourself.

 

The book is split into 9 chapters, with the last 5 chapters each specifically relating to one of Mark’s five counterintuitive values. 

 

In Chapter 1, Mark challenges conventional life advice. He writes about how all the positive and happy self-help stuff actually does more damage than good because it brings more awareness to what we lack. His alternative is ‘not giving a f*ck) and he clarifies exactly what that concept means and the three subtleties related to the concept. 

 

Chapter 2 explores how happiness comes from solving problems and that we all need a degree of struggle in our lives. Mark argues that we shouldn’t be aiming for a pain-free life. Instead, we should embrace struggle and we should actually be asking ourselves “what pain do you want to sustain?” 

 

In Chapter 3, Mark encourages the reader to acknowledge that are not special, and in many ways are just average. He talks about being average is now seen as being a failure and that really isn’t the case. 

 

Chapter 4 explores the value of suffering and forces the reader to really reconsider their values. Mark outlines what makes a good value and what makes a bad value. Choosing the right values are key and this sets the scene for the 5 counterintuitive values he believes in. 

 

The next five chapters (Chapters 5 to 9) walk you through each of Mark’s counterintuitive values and the book ends with no conclusion.

 

That’s it! You now have an idea about what you can expect to find inside of The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck by Mark Manson.

 

Like the sound of The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck? Why not buy a copy of the book and read it yourself?

 

Buy your copy of The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck by Mark Manson  at the Bookshop (and support local bookshops) or Amazon.

 

The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck was read as part of PropelHer’s Book Club. PropelHer’s Book Club is an online non-fiction book club for ambitious women that meet monthly. Every month PropelHer’s Book Club reads a different book to help ambitious women concentrate on their personal development and professional success. You can see what else we have read so far here. If you would like to join PropelHer’s Book Club you can find full details here.

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