Monday, 9 March 2020

9/3/20 ***I am starting on a new book

This time a book by Mark Manson entitled The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck.

I read it before but I think this guy is too much into himself.  The dude is overladen with testosterone.

But since Els recommended it so much I decided to reread it again.  This time I managed to pass Chapter One.  I guess I can continue reading.  Certainly it is pretty entertaining.

These are the three premises he proposed:

Subtlety #1
Not giving a fuck does not mean being indifferent; it means being comfortable with being different.

Subtlety #2
To not give a fuck about adversity, you must first give a fuck about something more important than adversity.

Subtlety #3
Whether you realize it or not, you are always choosing what to give a fuck about.

I like the first premise.  Not too sure I agree with the other two.

I just cover Chapter One.  So I keep an open mind.

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In a way, I had always been a person who don't give a fuck.  This is classic case of us trying to fuse [] (in) another person's values into our values.  Not too sure if I want to fuse in his values into mine.  Still I am looking for some worthwhile lessons that I can take away.

So far, based on those examples he gave, none really apply to me.  He made it sound that if you give a fuck, you become an erratic psychopath.

I look at the book as a folly and not to be taken seriously; sort of a dark humor self help book.

If not because it is Elsie's recommendation, I would have stopped at the first chapter.  But in the name of love, I march on.  The kind of things we do for love honey LOL

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#traxxfm I just started reading the F*ck book. Here is my impression after reading the 1st chapter: 2020blogvol1.blogspot.com/2020/03/9320-i I had a good start with Chapter 2.

#traxxfm Hey Elsie... I only managed to get to Chapter 3. This guy is having some Superiority Complex of some sort. He also had some issue with drugs. I think I stop there. Very disturbing individual.

#traxxfm Bottomline: I'm not going to allow his values influence my beliefs. Pretty fucked up fella in my opinion. I'm better off reading some other books in my collection. I decided to read Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand instead.


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