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depressedfuckup in Hive Book Club • 4 months ago (edited)

You cannot totally give no Fs about anything

This is the thing people don't get about this book - they assume just from the title that the book is teaching people how to be ruthless towards people. But it's teaching you more about being ruthless about the things you choose to give your very few fucks to.

I regularly remind myself to choose what to accept and what not to. There may have been some things that I thought could be handled better, yet I understood the points the author was trying to make

Well said! It's great to have your own brain and opinions whiles consuming information even from authors you consider as experts on a particular subject, cos everything in life is subjective and the tips or discussions in books and even podcasts can not be tailored to the individual circumstances of all readers. Our situations no matter how similar, have subtle differences which calls for individual discretion when consuming.

I should probably go back and finish the book after this one I'm reading. Started it in school, got lazy and dropped it, never went back to finish it.

Great reflections, man.

4 months ago in Hive Book Club by depressedfuckup

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abenad 4 months ago

Started in school as in University?😦

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depressedfuckup 4 months ago

Yeahhh. I’m not sure where I got it on campus kraa, but I started reading it there.

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olujay 4 months ago

What they say about not judging a book only by its cover really is true. I imagine people who haven't read the book immediately think the reader is trying to be ruthless. It's rather about being blunt and honest with oneself. I fucking loved the book for that, my man. Everyone needs to be honest with themselves first...

It's great to have your own brain

Oh, yes. Otherwise, you'd just be swayed here and there with the different and even sometimes contrasting ideas. Better to sift through it and take what's useful.

I saw you talk about how not everyone is not meant to be special. Remember that? Yeah, this book delves into it and elaborates how being humble and not thinking about "being special" could even lead one to being special. The special people today dedicated time to their once boring ideas and shit. When you're done with the one you're reading, jumping back to The Subtle Art... would be cool.

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