I was a bit hesitant to put a book with a cuss word in the title on my reading list, but I figured F*ck it, I’ll do it anyway.
Honestly this is the best self-help book I’ve ever read. The book isn’t about how not to care about anything, but to be cautious about what you do care about. You only have so much time in your life, and you have to pick what you choose to focus on.
The book covers many topics, and can be quite blunt at times. Mark Manson’s frankness could be a turn off to some readers, but I really enjoyed it. Mark opens up and shares personal stories and anecdotes that help drive home his points. He can also be quite funny.
I didn’t agree with everything he said, but even when I didn’t concur with his conclusions, I understood where he was coming from.
Overall if you like self-help books and can deal with some bluntness and profanity, I’d highly recommend it!
Social skills have never been my strong suit, but I decided this social weakness of mine was holding me back. So I decided to read this book. The novel gives you 8 principles to help you make friends and influence people.
All 8 principles make sense. They aren’t exactly groundbreaking and I kind of already knew them, but Dale really helps you see how important they are.
The book is full of personal stories from people the author knew, students of his and historical figurers. I found the stories super interesting and inspirational.
This book was published way back in the 1930s. So many of the stories he tells are ones I’ve never heard of before. The book was updated to share more recent stories, and probably to make other small changes too. The inclusions of stories that happened long after the 1930s felt a little weird to me. It kinda felt like somebody was hijacking Dales voice.
Overall I loved the book and if you are trying to improve your interpersonal skills I highly recommend this book.