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Mark Manson, The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck (#52)

The Kevin Rose Show

Kevin Rose

Technology, Business, Entrepreneurship

4.92.1K Ratings

🗓️ 1 April 2024

⏱️ 101 minutes

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Kevin sits down with the thought-provoking author Mark Manson, to explore the profound themes of his work, personal development, and how to cultivate authenticity. Mark discusses how to construct a value set, the impacts of social media, and mental health specifically destruction of the term of trauma, and the necessity of embracing struggle. Lastly, they give snippets on how to prioritize what truly matters in our increasingly noisy world. Partners: LMNT: Free sample pack of clean and sugar-free electrolytes NordVPN: Huge discount + 4 months free on the my favorite VPN DeleteMe: 20% off removing your personal info from the web Guest Bio and Links: Mark Manson is a contemporary author, blogger, and self-help guru known for his candid writing style and practical advice on personal development, relationships, and happiness. He gained widespread recognition with his best-selling book "The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life," published in 2016. This book challenges conventional self-help wisdom and encourages readers to prioritize what truly matters in life. Listeners can learn more about Mark Manson at his website https://markmanson.net/, on X @IAmMarkManson and YouTube @IAmMarkManson Resources: The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck Don’t Sweat the Small Stuff So Good They Can’t Ignore You Be Useful 40 Harsh Truths I Know at 40 but Wish I Knew at 20 Everything is F*cked Show Notes: [0:00] Introduction [1:15] Huge discount + 4 months free on the my favorite VPN [3:05] LMNT: Electrolyte drink mix with everything you need & nothing you don't. Get a free sample pack at kevinrose.com/lmnt [05:03] Kevin introduces Mark Manson to the listeners [06:43] Mark gives the framework for his book: The Subtle Art of Not Giving a Fck [11:03] The genesis of Manson’s philosophies [15:10] Warren Buffet ‘money problems’ analogy [20:45] The concept of experience stretching [24:40] The idea of existentialism [25:40] The practicality behind finding your dream career [27:10] “You don’t find what you’re passionate about and then get good at it. You find what you’re good at, and then as a side effect, you naturally become passionate in the process of becoming good at it.” -Cal Newport [31:12] DeleteMe: 20% off removing your personal info from the web [33:05] Secret behind truly not giving a fck [36:51] “An unintended side effect of the technology is that it has scrambled our ability to prioritize those things.” -Mark Manson [41:11] Values in the age of social media [43:45] Vulnerability and destruction of the term of trauma [51:20] Thoughts on Mister Rogers philosophies [55:10] Constructing a value set [58:50] The concept of the attention diet [01:03:00] The Complete Guide to Goal Setting (Backed by Science) [01:05:10] Mark’s journey on sobriety and self-discovery [01:12:00] Benefits from abstaining from alcohol [01:21:00] Nuggets from 40 Harsh Truths I Know at 40 but Wish I Knew at 20 [01:33:15] The fault responsibility fallacy [01:39:00] Everything is Fcked Connect with Kevin: Website: https://www.kevinrose.com/ Instagram - @KevinRose X - @KevinRose YouTube - @KevinRose

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0:00.0

Not giving a fuck is imagining worst case scenario and being like, I can live with that.

0:05.2

Yeah. What's up party people? Mark Manson here.

0:09.3

The concept of not giving a fuck. Really the book is about values. It's about what are you

0:14.9

prioritizing? What information are you letting into your life? You know writing a book

0:19.0

about values nobody's going to buy that. If you put fuck on the cover it turns

0:21.9

out, make a couple of

0:22.9

clever jokes. It works. So after the book blew up and it was like number

0:27.2

one everywhere I started getting all these like ridiculous career

0:30.1

offers. Huge book advances. Amazon wanted to do this huge thing with me.

0:33.7

I made a movie.

0:34.6

Will Smith wanted me to write his book.

0:36.1

I said yes to everything.

0:37.9

Because my mentality at the time was like,

0:40.2

let's just fucking go.

0:41.3

How much of this, the algorithm of Tik-Tok, social media,

0:44.8

like the stuff that we've seen over the last decade,

0:47.1

do you look at it with disgust, this is ruining our civilization?

0:50.7

One of the things that does concern me,

0:52.4

a lot of the discussion around mental health that's happening particularly with

0:56.3

Gen Z I think vulnerability has been very weaponized you know it's turned into I think the whole idea of pursue your passion got oversold a little bit.

1:04.8

Yeah. Because when you actually look into the research, we tend to be passionate about things that we are either

1:10.3

a good at or B.

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