[Prologue] Erase everything but the most important.

Chapter 1: Don't try, don't exert yourself, don't worry
- The man most distant from self-help books in the world
The Truth About Self-Development: "You're Not Enough"
- The endless track of hell called anxiety
- Grandpa said, "Life is like that. Go dig."
- Don't try, don't exert yourself, don't worry.
- The turning point in life, the art of turning off your mind

Chapter 2.
Happy endings only happen in fairy tales.
- Two questions that determine our lives
- The inconvenient truth revealed by the disappointed panda
- A prince who gave up wealth and chose a life of suffering
- The problem persists, it just changes or gets better.
- When you have to swallow a pill you don't want to swallow

Chapter 3.
Why do you think you're special?
- The nonsense that 'everyone can be great'
- A venture capitalist who has delusions about becoming Steve Jobs.
- The obsession with being the best or worst, the 1%
- The worst day ever, when everything falls apart
- You are neither a prospect nor a failure.

Chapter 4: There is no way to avoid suffering.
- People who have dedicated their lives to self-destructive ideals
- The illusion that you are unhappy because you don't have a foreign car
- The man who got kicked out of Metallica overnight
- Former Beatles member who went through the same ordeal but achieved different results
- Ridiculous values ​​that can be completely ignored
- If you want a better life, focus on better values.
※ 5 values ​​that will change our lives

Chapter 5.
If you make a choice, you have to take responsibility for it.
- How to run 42.195 km
- The choice that made a social misfit into a top scholar
- That breakup was ultimately my fault.
- What Malala tried to protect against the gun
- Some patterns are given to us from birth.
- If you're going to do it, do it. If you're going to say it, don't say it. There's no need for 'how'.

Chapter 6.
You're wrong, of course I'm wrong too
- The only thing that is certain is that nothing is certain.
- People who think of lies every moment
- The ridiculous advice of 'do what your heart tells you to do'
- A woman who became a stalker because she blindly believed in false values.
- How dangerous is confidence in myself?
- How to become a less wrong person every day

Chapter 7.
Don't be sad about failing
- I had nothing to lose, so I had nothing to fear.
- Why Picasso was able to paint 30,000 paintings
- Choose the pain you can bear, and endure it.
- Confessions of those who survived the war
How to Accept Failure, "Do Something"

Chapter 8.
Rejection is a life skill.
- What I learned from a trip where I left everything behind
- Choose what you reject, that's you.
- Why Romeo and Juliet's Love Is Unhealthy
- White lies that destroy relationships
- The more options you have, the more skills you need.

Chapter 9.
In the end we all die
- An epiphany that came at the worst moment of my life.
-The question death leaves behind: What will I leave behind?

[Acknowledgements]
[Recommendation]

Erase everything except the most important!
The art of turning off your mind to find your center in a complex world

We live in an age overflowing with opportunity and news.
Success stories of creating something from nothing dominate the media, and people compare themselves to each other and fill out their bucket lists.
The competitive spirit that we must not fall behind others and the constant anxiety to possess something weigh us down.
The formula that a good life is about working harder, rushing harder, and being more successful has spread like a virus.


But there's something we're missing.
The fact is that everything has an opportunity cost.
Bill Gates spent most of his 30s sleeping in the office five days a week, and Steve Jobs failed to properly care for his eldest daughter.
Anything that seems great inevitably requires sacrifice.
To gain something, you have to give up something.

In the same vein, Mark Manson emphasizes that we should first ask what we need to let go of rather than what we need to keep.
The point is that to focus on what's truly important, you need the skill of knowing how to distract yourself from the trivial things.
Many people struggle with their purpose in life, but in this world of over-ambition, the real problem often stems from not knowing what to give up.

So what does it mean to be unconcerned? The unconcern Mark speaks of isn't the same as being indifferent.
First, we must abandon the illusion that we are particularly unfortunate or the pretense that we must be superior to others, and begin by acknowledging that life is inherently accompanied by suffering.
Only then will you have the insight to distinguish between what is truly important and what is not.
The master key to turning life's problems, which everyone must experience, into a better direction is the art of not caring.


To you who have no idea what your life's purpose is or where happiness lies.
A refreshingly blunt statement from America's most controversial writer.

Mark is currently one of the most influential power bloggers in the United States and is on the path to success as a startup CEO, but he was quite the troublemaker in school.
He was expelled from school because of drugs, and after that, he went through the trials of his parents' divorce and the death of a friend, which further led him down the path of wandering.
It was highly unlikely that he had any goals in life, and even after graduating from college and continuing to be unemployed, he was unable to find his bearings for a long time after starting a startup.

What he realized then was that once you do something, difficult things become easy.
With nothing left to lose, he began to try even the simplest things.
Then failure felt trivial.
Since then, I have been living my life facing my life head on and taking responsibility for the trials and tribulations, big and small.
Whenever Mark receives emails from people complaining about not knowing what to do with their lives, he emphasizes the "do something" principle and advises them not to be afraid of failure.
All humans eventually die, and the present will not return, so we must discover our own realistic and meaningful values ​​rather than clinging to self-destructive ideals or absurd values.


There are countless examples of people ruining their lives by being immersed in wrong values.
The same thing happened to Dave Mustaine, who was kicked out of Metallica.
He was a member of Megadeth, one of the most famous bands in heavy metal history, and despite their incredible success, including selling over 25 million records, he lived his entire life feeling like a failure who was kicked out of Metallica.
We must not make the mistake of wasting our lives chasing after vain values, blind to the happiness that lies so close at hand.

"The Art of Not Giving a F*ck" introduces five important values ​​to have in life.
Take responsibility for everything that happens in your life, let go of the belief that you are right, don't be afraid of failure, say no, and accept that one day you will die.
If you keep these values ​​in your heart, you will be able to become a less wrong person every day.

Funny stories, witty and ruthless humor, deep insights,
It has it all!
A hot topic book that changed the paradigm of self-help books that only demand effort and positivity.

Mark's writing delves into life's problems and offers surprising insights, making you laugh out loud but also making you think and adjust your attitude as if you've been hit in the back of the head.
His story is strange and new.
Contrary to conventional self-help books that tell you to believe in the power of positivity, believe in yourself, and work hard to fulfill your life's bucket list, this book teaches you how to give up, let go, and work less.
But paradoxically, all of this is much truer and more powerful than conventional positivism.

"The Art of Not Giving a F*ck," which offers unexpected insight to modern people who struggle with values ​​in the face of countless choices and opportunity costs, quickly rose to the top of the Amazon and New York Times bestseller lists through word of mouth.
It was also selected as 'Amazon's most-read book of 2017' and proved its power by selling over 1.5 million copies and maintaining the bestseller position for 53 consecutive weeks.
Ryan Holiday, author of "Ego is the Enemy," called this book a philosophical and practical masterpiece, and Kirkus Reviews praised it, saying it should be the standard for self-help books. Recommendations are pouring in from various media outlets.


Do you want a new turning point in your life? Do you want true happiness, not mere delusional satisfaction? Do you want freedom from the things that make you anxious? This book will undoubtedly provide the boldest and most surprising answers to those questions.