0121 The Art of Not Giving a…(?? ??? ??) - a podcast by tbs eFM

Today’s theme: The Art of Not Giving a…





Mark Manson book, The Subtle Art of Not Giving a ….: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life, was released on September 13, 2016. The book has also been published in Korea as ?? ??? ??, and it has become a best seller for 8 consecutive weeks here. Some have said it is a “masterful, philosophical and practical book that will give readers the wisdom to be able to do just that.” We break down this self-help book to see what the craze is all about.










The Conversationalist

with







Jennifer Thompson

organizer of Facebook group on this book





You have well over a thousand members joining the group who also actively communicate through the page. What’s interesting is that the members seem to post what they’re struggling with and they give advice to each other via comments. Is it just something that naturally happened, or what you expected from the beginning?





&







Dr. Robert Puff

licensed clinical psychologist based in Newport beach of California

host of Happiness podcast which has been downloaded over 4 million times

regular writer for Psychology Today







Mark Manson, the author of the book that we’re discussing today, says that by trying to become happy, we become less happy. You also wrote in one of your articles on Psychology Today to keep expectations low is one of the keys to happiness. Do you feel like the pursuit of happiness or focusing too much on it can actually drive us away from that goal?

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