In this generation-defining self-help guide, a superstar blogger cuts through the crap to show us how to stop trying to be "positive" all the time so that we can truly become better, happier people.
Author(s): Mark Manson
Publisher: Harper
Year: 2016
Language: English
Pages: 224
City: New York
Contents......Page 4
Chapter 1: Don’t Try......Page 8
The Feedback Loop from Hell......Page 19
The Subtle Art of Not Giving a Fuck......Page 40
So Mark, What the Fuck Is the Point of This Book Anyway?......Page 56
Chapter 2: Happiness Is a Problem......Page 61
The Misadventures of Disappointment Panda......Page 70
Happiness Comes from Solving Problems......Page 79
Emotions Are Overrated......Page 87
Choose Your Struggle......Page 93
Chapter 3: You Are Not Special......Page 106
Things Fall Apart......Page 122
The Tyranny of Exceptionalism......Page 147
B-b-b-but, If I’m Not Going to Be Special or Extraordinary, What’s the Point?......Page 154
Chapter 4: The Value of Suffering......Page 161
The Self-Awareness Onion......Page 178
Rock Star Problems......Page 192
Shitty Values......Page 206
Defining Good and Bad Values......Page 218
Chapter 5: You Are Always Choosing......Page 228
The Choice......Page 230
The Responsibility/Fault Fallacy......Page 241
Responding to Tragedy......Page 259
Genetics and the Hand We’re Dealt......Page 267
Victimhood Chic......Page 278
There Is No “How”......Page 284
Chapter 6: You’re Wrong About Everything (But So Am I)......Page 289
Architects of Our Own Beliefs......Page 302
Be Careful What You Believe......Page 309
The Dangers of Pure Certainty......Page 325
Manson’s Law of Avoidance......Page 341
Kill Yourself......Page 349
How to Be a Little Less Certain of Yourself......Page 354
Chapter 7: Failure Is the Way Forward......Page 367
The Failure/Success Paradox......Page 372
Pain Is Part of the Process......Page 381
The “Do Something” Principle......Page 396
Chapter 8: The Importance of Saying No......Page 408
Rejection Makes Your Life Better......Page 423
Boundaries......Page 428
How to Build Trust......Page 451
Freedom Through Commitment......Page 462
Chapter 9: . . . And Then You Die......Page 472
Something Beyond Our Selves......Page 484
The Sunny Side of Death......Page 497
Acknowledgments......Page 523
About the Author......Page 527
Credits......Page 529
Copyright......Page 530
About the Publisher......Page 532
