“The Subtle Art Of Not Giving A F*ck” is making the airs lately. The
plight of incorporating F-word in a book, caught my and maybe almost every reader’s
eye. The F-word certainly catches our attention. But there’s more to it. The book
doesn’t peep into life of the reader but still does!! The use of F-word has become colloquial nowadays and that fits in on every page and passage in the book.
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| The Book Cover |
While reading the book we can
relate ourselves to it. That’s the very essence of the book. These are one of
those motivational ones, which don’t impart the positivity kind
of shit, instead they show the reality.
It is a story of a man who is not
wary of being at fault. It is a story of man, which you and me don’t want to be
just out of fear. The so-called society and the peers hound us to not to be so.
The F-word is used umpteen times, because that’s the drill. But the best
sentence to sum it up is, “It is good to not give a fu*k about everything,
otherwise your life gets fucked up”. And strangely, I’m quoting this from the
book itself.
Often, we hear it is OK to fail, it’s
OK to falter and take bad decisions. But, to be okay with it besides reading it,
that’s pretty damn hard!! The book is a guide to ease it a little bit, that
signifies the phrase ‘…of not giving a fu*k…’
The insecurities that we hide,
the ugly quest of hoarding more and more resources for our ‘happy’ and better
future, the pain that we want to escape from, all that is very relatable when
we read. Some are just the soliloquys while some are one-to-one dialogues with
reader and the author. As we go through the book, the lines we come across are
already those “between-the-lines” thingy, which other cases require hours to grasp, assimilate
and understand.
On the course of reading, we come
across quotes of renowned philosophers which seem out-of-the-box while reading.
For example, at one instance the author quotes George Orwell, “To see what’s in
front of one’s nose requires constant struggle.” The paradoxical statements
that the author would surely give a lasting impact on reader’s mind. One I was
influenced by in the early chapters is, “The desire for more positive experience
is itself a negative experience. And accepting one’s negative experience is
more positi ve”. The title of book subtly mentions about the counterintuitive
approach to good life. All that impacts through
the course is the explanation of it.
To sum it all up, it is a best
and true motivational book I came across until now. The best part of the book
is it doesn’t sugar coat life experiences and hides the pain. It is not a
surreal journey of staying positive amidst all the chaos, but not giving a fuck
about the latter and being on the task what we love to. The book title and description
about the author are below:
About the author:
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| Bio on Mark's official website |
Mark Manson is the man behind
this work. The self-help author, holds a degree in finance from Boston university.
Started with digital marketing website for dating platform at first. Then moved
to full time blogging from 2009. This book was published in 2016. Published by
HarperOne, a division of Harper Collins publishers.
That was my earnest take on the book. Happy reading!
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