Cover of The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck

Book · 2016 · Conduct of life

The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck

A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life

by Mark Manson · Recommended by 15 people on 10 podcasts

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Why people recommend it

The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck by Mark Manson is a popular self-help guide that challenges conventional positivity by urging readers to carefully choose what matters to them. The book received numerous mentions across several podcasts, with Nick Pollard briefly highlighting it on Modern Wisdom alongside other personal growth works. Michael Bisping shared on This Past Weekend w/ Theo Von that he read the book to help manage his temper and stop sweating the small things. Shaan Puri discussed the title on My First Million as a massive non-fiction hit born from blogging insights, while Sam Parr noted that its immense popularity caused some to prematurely write it off. Jon Delaney on The Shawn Ryan Show identified it as the only book he had ever read, and Chris Williamson talked about its long-standing presence on the New York Times bestseller list. Additionally, Ryan Holiday compared its massive sales success to his own book Ego Is the Enemy on The Daily Stoic.

Who recommended it

Shaan Puri — 4 mentions
Discussed
“Remember Mark Manson came on the podcast and he's got this crazy hit book, right? He made a like one of the best-selling books um if a non-fiction in the history of the world is The Subtle Art of Not Giving a And he wrote that book and it's like he was blogging, he wrote, you know, thousands of blogs,”
Discussed
“you know that book um The Mark Manson book subtle art of not giving an F like I think that book it got so popular that it sort of got written off”
Discussed
“We talked about Mark Manson and uh how he's got this amazing empire on this book called the subtle art of not giving it an f i'll say f there and how it started just as a blog post and turned into this amazing business that's making tens of millions of dollars for for for him”
Discussed
“Mark Manson wrote the book uh the subtle article of yeah the subtle art i'm not giving a [ __ ]”
Ryan Holiday — 4 mentions
Discussed
“like my ego is the enemy came out basically the same month as the subtle art of not giving a and yeah that book probably cumula cumulatively has sold more than all of my books combined”
Discussed
“the subtle art of not giving a [ __ ] Mark”
Discussed
“Mark's probably sold I think um I think uh subtle art of not giving a [ __ ] sold like 10 or 15 million copies and what do they cost”
Discussed
“well it's funny because both our mutual friend mark manson and i use this the story of dave mustain in in our i did an ego's the enemy and he did it in uh the subtle art”
Chris Williamson — 2 mentions
Discussed
“but then he writes the subtle art of not giving a [ __ ] in like 2018 something like that. And this thing's been on the New York Times bestseller list for like 250 weeks.”
Discussed
“There's a Will Smith bit from his memoir, which was written by Mark Manson, the guy that did The Subtle Art.”
Jon Delaney — 1 mention
Discussed
“What was it? The The Art of Not Giving a [ __ ] Well, now you're reading the Bible.”
Nick Pollard — 1 mention
Recommended
“and you know some of the other greats of course Mark Manson did a marvelous job with you on subtle art”
David Brooks — 1 mention
Discussed
“and you mentioned social media my view in social media it's judgment everywhere understanding nowhere … and there's books out now the subtle art of not giving a [ __ ] and and girl wash your face”
Ali Abdaal — 1 mention
Discussed
“Mark mentioned that once he became rich, he faced all these problems related to status and money, and he realized that the principles in his book—the subtle art of not giving a f***—applied to his current situation.”
Neil Pasricha — 1 mention
Discussed
“there's a wonderful anecdote that Mark Manson tells author of The subtle art”
Mark Manson — 1 mention
Discussed
“I remember going into my first publisher meetings for subtle art and they would ask me if I knew the demographics of my my blog audience and I said yeah it's you know it's like 55 women 45 men really and and they were shocked”
Jordan Harbinger — 1 mention
Discussed
“you know if you can write subtle art and and the rest of your book models and other books that you have which we'll Link in the show notes and and then you don't have to have people trying to hire you to take them out for drinks four to seven nights a week”
Brad Barrett — 1 mention
Discussed
“yeah and you're making me think of in the mark Manson's book The subtle art of yeah and he talks about like there's this one thing that makes people miserable”
James Clear — 1 mention
Discussed
“So The Power of Habit, The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up, The Power of Now, The Power of Positive Thinking, The Subtle Art of Not Giving a Fuck, The blah, blah, blah.”
Steven Bartlett — 1 mention
Discussed
“Mark Manson, the author of one of the best-selling self-development books of the decade, The Subtle Art of Not Giving a [ __ ] I read this book many, many years ago and I learned so much from it.”
Jim Mullane — 1 mention
Critiqued
“I was like I get it like this is a book that's about swearing and I mean like that was it”
Michael Bisping — 1 mention
Recommended
“the sort a lot of not giving a father the solo lot the subtle subtle arts are not giving a [ __ ] yeah it's good book check it out”
Mentioned on the show without a named speaker — 3
Discussed
“I'm never going to write a book that does more than the subtle art”
Discussed
“When The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck came out and blew up, it was at the top of all the bestseller lists.”
Discussed
“It's funny because 'The Subtle Art' is so massive now.”

Also mentioned in the same episodes

Other mentions (12: passing, ad reads, own books)
Passing
“So Mark Manson before he did the subtle art, he wrote Models.”
Passing
“Mark Manson is a three-time #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck as well as other titles.”
Passing
“There's a lot of psychological fallout from a rapid change in status, that's from Mark Manson.”
Passing
“so most people will know Mark for subtle art of not giving a [ __ ] really great book”
Passing
“although like the the subtle art of not giving a is still is up there too right it's like 20 million books old”
Passing
“quite a bit of time a few years before you wrote subtle art and I had I had spent years trying to be like the good white hat version of the dating and pickup thing”
Passing
“I mean everyone's erupting around her and she's reading the subtle art of not giving a from that that had to help”
Passing
“we talked about mark manson and uh how he's got this amazing empire on this book called the subtle art of not giving it an f i'll say f there and how it started just as a blog post and turned into this amazing business that's making tens of millions of dollars for for for him”
Passing
“one is James Clear who wrote a book called Atomic habits and the other is Mark Manson who wrote the book The subtle art of not giving a [ __ ]”
Own book
“So, in in in Subtle Art, I talk about I make a distinction between happiness and highs.”
Own book
“that's why like in subtle art there there are four there for story personal stories that I put in the subtle art”