Mark Manson: The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck
The Unplanned Podcast with Matt & Abby
Matt & Abby
4.8 • 16.7K Ratings
🗓️ 28 January 2026
⏱️ 77 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | AI is incredible. They can teach you how to fry an egg and even write a poem, pirate style. |
| 0:07.0 | But it knows nothing about your work. Slackbot is different. It doesn't just know the facts. |
| 0:14.0 | It knows your schedule. It can turn a brainstorm into a brief and it doesn't need to be taught. |
| 0:20.0 | Because Slackbot isn't just another AI. |
| 0:23.3 | It's AI that knows your work as well as you do. Visit Slack.com forward slash meet Slackbot to learn more. |
| 0:30.1 | Happiness is overrated and purpose is underrated. And the thing about purpose is that it's often hard. |
| 0:34.8 | This idea that you can be perfectly internally validated and never worry |
| 0:38.5 | about what other people think about you. There's a word for somebody who doesn't care what other people |
| 0:42.7 | think about it. It's called a psychopath. We don't want to be psychopath. A lot of people have |
| 0:47.1 | replaced religion with politics, with economic pursuits and materialism. I'm like the most pro-religion |
| 0:52.9 | atheists there probably is. Because if you don't place it somewhere, you could very likely place it somewhere very destructive. The meaning of your life is what you make of it. That's intimidating. It's scary. Because if you make the wrong choices or you prioritize the wrong things, guess whose fault it is, right? Guess who screwed up? Today on Unplanned, we sat down with Mark Manson, |
| 1:11.1 | the New York Times best-selling author of the subtle art of not giving a freak. That's actually the |
| 1:15.6 | F-word. Mark's book speaks straight to your heart as a human. It's very different than the typical |
| 1:21.1 | self-help book. We talk about why making friends as an adult is so hard, the fastest way to find |
| 1:26.5 | your purpose, and so much more all on today's episode. |
| 1:32.1 | Mark Manson, welcome to unplanned. I'm happy to be here. Did not plan on it. |
| 1:38.8 | We also have the disappointment panda in the room. |
| 1:43.3 | Yeah, Matt. We need some explanation for the panda. |
| 1:45.9 | He's making a rare appearance. |
| 1:47.5 | He's kind of the mascot at the front of the office. |
| 1:49.7 | I actually don't think he's ever been on a podcast before. |
| 1:52.6 | No way. |
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