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Think with Mark Manson's tools

12 Stations through Manson's two books, from choosing what deserves your caring to a hope that needs no illusions, ending in a principle you act on whatever comes back.

We do not re-summarise The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck; it has its own road. We connect two books: its case for choosing your values, your struggles and your no, then Everything Is F*cked on what hope is made of, how it hardens and why comfort makes us fragile. The order is a teaching order designed by BookYol, not the author's own.

Choosing what to care aboutOwning your responsePersuading your own feelingsBuilding hope that holdsActing on principle
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The road, station by station

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  1. 01You Only Have So Much Caring to Spend

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    from The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck

    Today’s Station — start →

  2. 02Choose the pain you're willing to carry

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    from The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck

  3. 03Test Your Values: Swap a Bad Metric for a Good One

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    from The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck

  4. 04Not Your Fault, Still Your Response

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    from The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck

  5. 05You Might Be Wrong About Yourself

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    from The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck

  6. 06Say No So Your Yes Means Something

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    from The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck

  7. Milestone

    What deserves your caring, chosen

    Your worries are counted, one value is rewritten as a behaviour you control, one event that was not your fault has a chosen response, and one request that clashed with your values has been declined.

  8. 07The Feeling Brain holds the wheel

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    from Everything Is F*cked: A Book About Hope

  9. 08Do Something: Let Action Make the Motivation

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    from The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck

  10. 09What hope is made of

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    from Everything Is F*cked: A Book About Hope

  11. 10When hope hardens into a creed

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    from Everything Is F*cked: A Book About Hope

  12. 11Comfort moves the line for pain

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    from Everything Is F*cked: A Book About Hope

  13. 12Treat people as ends, not means

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    from Everything Is F*cked: A Book About Hope

  14. Milestone

    Destination: hope without illusion

    Your hope is checked against its three ingredients, one belief at work carries a line saying what would change your mind, and one principle is written down and acted on this week without waiting for a return.

The BookYol LetterTwo letters a week

For the road

The road is daily. The letter is weekly.

While you walk Think with Mark Manson's tools, two letters a week widen the view: a big idea on Tuesday and a small experiment on Friday, drawn from the same shelf of books.

Tuesday

The Big Idea

One idea that challenges an assumption, explained properly, with its source.

Friday

The Small Experiment

One small thing to try before Monday, so the idea becomes something you do.

Inside every letter

  1. 01The idea
  2. 02Why it works
  3. 03Where it comes from
  4. 04One thing to try

No spam, no selling your address. Just the letters.

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