Subtlety #2: To not give a f*ck about adversity, you must first give a f*ck about something more important than adversity.You can’t be an important and life-changing presence for some people without also being a joke and an embarrassment to others.

There’s no such thing as not giving a f*ck. Subtlety #1: Not giving a f*ck does not mean being indifferent it means being comfortable with being different.Because there’s an infinite amount of things we can now see or know, there is also an infinite number of ways we can discover that we don’t measure up, that we’re not good enough, that things aren’t as great as they could be.However, by not giving a f*ck that you feel bad, you short-circuit the Feedback Loop from Hell you say to yourself, “I feel like s*it, but who gives a f*ck?”.When you feel angry about feeling angry or anxious about feeling anxious, you’re stuck in what Manson calls, “The Feedback Loop from Hell.”.The key to a good life is not giving a f*ck about more it’s giving a fuck about less, giving a fuck about only what is true and immediate and important.Further, it zeros in on what you perceive your personal shortcomings and failures to already be, and highlights them for you. Conventional self-help advice focuses on what you’re NOT.Not giving a f*ck is about being comfortable with being different and caring about something more important than adversity.The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck is a book that challenges the conventions of self-help by inviting the reader to NOT try, say no often and embrace negative thinking.

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