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The Subtle Art Of 'Think Again' By Mark Manson

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The Subtle Art of Not Giving a Fuck by Mark Manson explores in many ways how “not giving a fuck,” or not trying, can lead to a better life. Mark Manson provides many topics on how not giving a fuck will help you throughout your life. One of those examples, which is mentioned numerous times throughout the book, is ignoring or denying our problems. When we ignore and deny our problems, obviously it creates more problems overall. Mark Manson created a book that relates to the topic “thinking and rethinking” for numerous reasons, but all that would lead us to a better life. Thinking about our problems and rethinking them over, and rethinking how we choose our problems, will benefit our overall life. In the book Think Again by Adam Grant, he also …show more content…

The example he gave was running 26.2 miles willingly and running 26.2 miles while you and your entire family is held at gunpoint. His point is that when you were prepared for the run, and chose it freely, we felt empowered. When you ran the mile at gunpoint, you felt miserable. The point he is trying to make here is that it is our responsibility to choose how we respond to this problem. This relates to the topic of not giving a fuck by letting us choose how we view the circumstance. If we took the time to think and rethink our situation and how we looked at it, it could give us a different “approach to living a good life.” In chapter 6 of the book The Subtle Art of Not Giving a Fuck, Manson made this chapter about how were always wrong. This takes part in the idea of prioritizing our problems because we can never be right about a choice. If you go to someone else about a problem or so, they could give you what they think their “correct” answer is. Since we all live different lives and have different situations, it's all about how we view the situation and produce our own correct solution. Mark Manson states, “if it feels like it's you versus the world, chances are it's …show more content…

This applies to the concept of thinking and rethinking because without taking the time to rethink from the very beginning, it would cause more problems that we simply just do not need. It could create problems that could have been avoided from the start if people just understood and acted on the concept of thinking and rethinking. Mark Manson authored this book which hit the point that life is difficult. He wants people to understand that life is difficult, but we should accept that rather than ignore/deny it. When we ignore or deny it, it could send you into the same hole that Adam Grant was talking about. All three of these books, The Subtle Art of Not Giving a Fuck and Everything is Fucked by Mark Manson, along with Think Again by Adam Grant give many reasons to back up the idea of thinking and rethinking. Thinking about problems, as in prioritizing problems as well as choosing how to respond to a situation, helps with the outcomes for a better life. Work cited page Manson, Mark. “we don’t mean that Mark Manson doesn’t care about anything; on the contrary, we mean that Mark Manson doesn’t care about the adversity in the face of his goal, he doesn’t care about pissing some people off to do what he feels is right or important or noble.” pg.

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