Book Summary — The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck
🚀 The Book in 3 Sentences
- Introduce a new mindset that is not easy to adapt to but seems promising
- Telling a story and then go deeper to philosophy thing
- Clarify the meaning of choose and rejection
🎨 Impressions
Difficult to read at first but after reading about 30% of this book, the author introduce a solid idea that could understand easily. However, it is like some kind of religion that even you understand it, implementation is the most important of all.
🙍♂️ Who Should Read It?
This book is the most suitable for those who would like to learn a new mindset and apply it to their life. Open your mind before you read it. Something the author introduces is not easy to agree with.
☘️ How the Book Changed Me
- I change the way I choose want I would like to choose
- I feel better about problems I face since it could make me happier
- I rethink what I should value
✍️ My Top 3 Quotes
- You will be happy when you are happy with your problems and when you solve them
- You are not special. You are normal and that is OK
- Although you have done nothing wrong, always take responsibility for what happened to you
📒 Summary + Notes
📐 “Reverse rule”: If you want a positive mindset, you will have a negative mindset.
If you accept your negative mindset, you will have a positive mindset.
3️⃣ Technics to “ช่างแม่ง”: 1. ช่างแม่ง not equal to ignore, ช่างแม่ง = care what you want to care 2. If you would like to overcome obstacles, you must care what is more important than that obstacle 3. You always decide what to care
😄 You will be happy when you are happy with your problems and when you solve them. Therefore, select which problem you would like to face.
⭐ You are not special. You are normal and that is OK.
⭕ Self-awareness Onion 1. Aware of what you feel 2. Aware of why you feel it 3. Aware of what you value
💎 Personal value and evaluation method will directly relate to your problem and your life. Proper personal value: Base on reality + Acceptable by society + Direct and controllable by
yourself
🦸 The more responsibility you take, the more power you have.
😢 Although you have done nothing wrong, always take responsibility for what happened to you and learn from it.
✅ Instead of trying to find the right answer, find a way to make fewer mistakes. Since you always make mistake anyway.
🏃 The more something threatens your identity, the more you will avoid doing it. Until we change our beliefs, we cannot sustainably change our behaviors.
☁️ How to be less certain and adopt other points of view? Ask yourself 3 questions 1. What if I was wrong? 2. If I was wrong, what does it mean? 3. If I was wrong, it will be better or worse?
💥 Mistake is depended on your personal value and evaluation method.
⬆️ You can be successful only if you are ready to fail. Proper personal value could push you forward.
👊 If you have no motivation, take any action first!!! It is a loop.
🖱️ You need to care only about specific things to appreciate their value and you must saying ‘NO’ to other things.
💀 Accept that you will die someday. You will know what is important to you and those are your personal value.
