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Mind Pump: Raw Fitness Truth

1050: Mark Manson- The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck

Mind Pump: Raw Fitness Truth

Sal Di Stefano, Adam Schafer, Justin Andrews, Doug Egge

Exercise, Health & Fitness, Health, Fitness

4.8 • 11.8K Ratings

🗓️ 10 June 2019

⏱️ 98 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

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Summary

In this episode, Sal, Adam and Justin talk with New York Times bestselling author or The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck and Everything is F*cked.

  • The receding threshold of pain and discomfort. (3:34)
  • You say you value something, but your actions tell a different story. (6:42)
  • Why he wrote a ‘pessimistic’ self help book. (9:35)
  • The paradox of choice. (14:21)
  • The importance of ‘god value’. (19:15)
  • Why are we becoming less religious? (24:55)
  • The better things get, the more ridiculous the things we get upset about. (29:05)
  • How do we inject struggle into our lives to find meaning? (31:17)
  • Defining what your values are. (34:30)
  • The coddling of the American mind. (42:07)
  • The value hierarchy. (45:24)
  • The importance of hearing both sides. (50:06)
  • Where did he derive his wisdom? (51:27)
  • The unexpected reactions from his books. (57:47)
  • How our perception of ourselves lags behind reality. (1:02:04)
  • The story of how he connected with Will Smith. (1:09:28)
  • What is his top value? (1:20:56)
  • The differences between a good and a bad podcast. (1:24:44)
  • His current biggest struggle. (1:27:30)
  • The evolution of fatherhood. (1:28:50)
  • What does someone buy who doesn’t give a shit about money? (1:32:47)
  • The coolest thing about being a famous author. (1:33:58)

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0:00.0

If you want to pump your body and expand your mind, there's only one place to go.

0:06.0

Mite, op, mite, op with your hosts.

0:09.0

Salda Stefano, Adam Schaefer, and Justin Andrews.

0:13.0

I'm really excited for this one.

0:16.0

I really say that.

0:17.0

I'm really excited to share this with our audience because I read Mark Manson's subtle art of not giving a fuck about two years ago.

0:26.0

I'm really not that much into self-help books, although his twist on self-help I thought was awesome.

0:37.0

A pessimistic view.

0:39.0

It was amazing.

0:40.0

I would say it's a realistic...

0:42.0

I know, but that's how he coined it.

0:44.0

Right.

0:45.0

No, I appreciate it.

0:46.0

It's extremely clever.

0:48.0

It's one of the fastest selling or best selling books of the year.

0:51.0

I believe it's approached 8 million copies sold.

0:54.0

I know it was like it's seven something, over seven million when we first talked to Mark and I know it was still climbing.

1:00.0

So it's on its way.

1:02.0

If it reaches 10 million books, he's in a group of less than a few hundred authors of all time.

1:08.0

Which is just unbelievable.

1:10.0

It's had a huge impact on a lot of people.

1:12.0

I've heard about his book and was referred to his book by several people that I have.

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