Not everything in life deserves your attention or energy. Focus on what truly matters to you and let go of the rest.In a world full of noise, distractions, and pressure to care about everything, this lesson is a breath of fresh air. You have a limited emotional budget. Spend it wisely. Prioritize what genuinely matters—your health, values, relationships, growth—and let go of the rest. That’s not selfish, it’s smart.🧩 Reflection: What are 3 things you’re giving energy to right now that don’t serve your long-term well-being?

Choose What You Give a F*ck About

Accepting that you're not perfect frees you to grow. True strength comes from acknowledging and working on your weaknesses.We’re constantly told to be the best. But Manson flips the narrative: accept that you're flawed, and you’ll free yourself to grow. The real confidence lies in saying, “I don’t know, but I’m willing to learn.” Vulnerability is your power.🔍 Practice: Acknowledge one personal flaw, then take a micro step to improve it.

Embrace Your Limitations

Life is full of challenges, and avoiding them leads to misery. Facing problems head-on is where meaning and satisfaction are found.﻿Life will always throw challenges. But happiness isn’t the absence of problems—it’s the ability to handle them. The more capable you become at solving tough situations, the more peace and meaning you feel.⚡ Mindset Shift: Problems aren’t interruptions—they’re the path.

Happiness Comes From Solving Problems

Mistakes are not the end, they're the beginning of growth. The sooner you fail, the faster you can improve.Fear of failure often stops us before we start. But failure is not the opposite of success—it’s the process of success. Each misstep is a data point that helps you refine your path. Fail forward, always.🛤️ Challenge: Redefine failure as a valuable source of feedback. What have your past failures taught you?

Failure Is a Path to Progress

Bad values lead to superficial goals and emptiness. Prioritize values that bring depth, connection, and long-term fulfillment.Your beliefs drive your decisions, habits, and emotional experiences. If your values revolve around fame, appearance, or constant validation, you’ll live in anxiety. If your values are growth, empathy, and contribution, you’ll find joy.🌱 Ask Yourself: Are your current values helping you live authentically or just perform?

Values Shape Your Reality

Understanding our mortality reminds us of what is important. Make choices that align with your legacy and what you want to leave behind.We all pretend like we have unlimited time, but remembering our mortality helps us focus. It urges us to stop procrastinating on what matters—whether that’s love, creativity, or living fully. Death isn’t morbid; it’s motivational.💭 Daily Prompt: If today were your last day, what would you do differently?

Death Gives Life Meaning

You can't control everything, but you can control how you respond. owning your choices gives you the power to change your reality.﻿Blame is easy. Ownership is rare. But when you take full responsibility for your actions, decisions, and attitude, you take back your power. Life may be unpredictable, but your reaction is always yours to choose.⚙️ Power Move: Replace “Why is this happening to me?” with “What can I do about this?”

Take Responsibility for Your Life

This book doesn't teach you to not care about anything—it teaches you to care more deeply, more selectively, and more authentically. That’s how you create a life of clarity, purpose, and power.

#1 New York Times BestsellerOver 10 million copies soldIn this generation-defining self-help guide, a superstar blogger cuts through the crap to show us how to stop trying to be "positive" all the time so that we can truly become better, happier people.For decades, we’ve been told that positive thinking is the key to a happy, rich life. "F**k positivity," Mark Manson says. "Let’s be honest, shit is f**ked and we have to live with it." In his wildly popular Internet blog, Manson doesn’t sugarcoat or equivocate. He tells it like it is—a dose of raw, refreshing, honest truth that is sorely lacking today. The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F**k is his antidote to the coddling, let’s-all-feel-good mindset that has infected American society and spoiled a generation, rewarding them with gold medals just for showing up.Manson makes the argument, backed both by academic research and well-timed poop jokes, that improving our lives hinges not on our ability to turn lemons into lemonade, but on learning to stomach lemons better. Human beings are flawed and limited—"not everybody can be extraordinary, there are winners and losers in society, and some of it is not fair or your fault." Manson advises us to get to know our limitations and accept them. Once we embrace our fears, faults, and uncertainties, once we stop running and avoiding and start confronting painful truths, we can begin to find the courage, perseverance, honesty, responsibility, curiosity, and forgiveness we seek.There are only so many things we can give a f**k about so we need to figure out which ones really matter, Manson makes clear. While money is nice, caring about what you do with your life is better, because true wealth is about experience. A much-needed grab-you-by-the-shoulders-and-look-you-in-the-eye moment of real-talk, filled with entertaining stories and profane, ruthless humor, The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F**k is a refreshing slap for a generation to help them lead contented, grounded lives.

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Productivity

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Personal Development

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Mental Health

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Books

Mark Manson (born 1984) is a professional blogger, entrepreneur, and former dating coach. Since 2007, he's been helping people with their emotional and relationship problems. He has worked with thousands of people from over 30 different countries. He regularly writes and updates his blog at: www.markmanson.net

Mark Manson

The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck

Tiny Habit: Read 10 pages dailyBig Win: That’s a book a month!Why It Matters: You build knowledge, expand vocabulary, and fuel creativity — all with just 15–20 minutes a day.✅ Start today: Carry a book or use an e-reader app.

Read 10 Pages a Day = 12–18 Books a Year

Tiny Habit: Save $5 (or ₹400) a dayBig Win: Annual savings of $1,825 (~₹1,50,000)Why It Matters: You can afford a trip, a new laptop, or have a rainy-day fund.✅ Use auto-savings apps or jars to track and store your small wins.

Save ₹400 Daily = ₹1.5 Lakhs a Year

Tiny Habit: Meditate for just 10 minutes dailyBig Win: 61 hours of inner peace a yearWhy It Matters: Your brain resets, anxiety drops, and clarity boosts.✅ Try free apps like Insight Timer or YouTube guided meditations.

10 Minutes of Meditation = 61 Hours of Calm

Tiny Habit: Explore one new skill every month Big Win: 12 new tools in your beltWhy It Matters: You become adaptable, creative, and resourceful.✅ Pick from areas like coding, cooking, Canva, writing, or public speaking.

Learn 1 New Skill monthly = 12 a Year

"You do not rise to the level of your goals. You fall to the level of your systems."

Tiny Habit: Genuinely compliment someone dailyBig Win: Spread 365 doses of joyWhy It Matters: This builds stronger relationships and boosts your empathy.✅ Practice daily kindness — it’s free and powerful.

Compliment 1 Person a Day = 365 Smiles

Tiny Habit: Write down one win each dayBig Win: A journal full of your growthWhy It Matters: You reflect, stay motivated, and fight self-doubt.✅ Use a physical journal or apps like Day One, Notion, or Evernote.

Document 1 Small Win Daily = 365 Proofs of Growth

The ultimate guide to master everyday habits that deliver big results. These aren't just habits — they're micro investments in your dream life. The power of 1% isn’t about perfection; it's about consistency and intention.

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Philosophy

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Habits

The Power of 1%: Small Habits, Massive Results

"Eliminate to Elevate"You can't grow if you don't declutter your inner space.🧠 Values – Define your values.When we tune out opinions, expectations, and obligations of the world around us, we begin to hear ourselves. 🛑 Negativity – Follow the 75/25 rule: For every negative person, have 3 inspiring people around you. Understand the situation of negative people without judgment, and walk away slowly.😨 Fears – Accept your fears, find patterns. The cause of fear is attachment.🎯 Intentions – Use the “Why Ladder” to dig deep into the deepest why behind your intentions.

Let Go – Cleanse Your Inner World

"Fear does not prevent death, it prevents life."

"Structure Your Growth"Build mental muscles like monks do – with discipline.🔥 Purpose = Passion + Expertise + UsefulnessInstead of a radical change, look for opportunities to do what you love in life.⏰ Routine – A mindful morning routine sets the tone.The goal of routine is to bring intentionality to the entire day.🧘‍♂️ Mind – Your thoughts shape your emotions. Train them.Ultimately, it is your mind that translates the outside world into happiness or misery.👑 Ego – If you don't break your ego, life will do it for you.

Grow – Reshape Your Mind

“Cancers of the Mind: Comparing, Complaining, Criticizing.”

"Gratitude and Service are Superpowers"The more you give, the more meaningful your life becomes.💌 Gratitude – Start your day with 3 things you're grateful for.💛 Relationships – Trust can be threatened in ways and needs to be reinforced and rebuilt daily. Practice the 6 Loving Exchanges: Give, Receive, Listen, Talk, Prepare, and Be Present.🫶 Service – It’s not just duty—it’s joy.

Give – Expand Your Heart

“It is impossible to build one’s own happiness on the unhappiness of others.”

"Train your mind like a monk trains his spirit."🌬️ Breathe – Align mind-body-soul through conscious breathing.👁️ Visualize – Picture your ideal life. Feel it.🎵 Chants – Use sound (mantras like Om or So Hum) to connect deeper.

Meditations

“When you learn to navigate and manage your breath, you can navigate any situation in life.”

Catch your negative thoughts. Pause. Replace them with better ones.🧭 Be aware of thoughts and patterns.🚦Spot what triggers you → Stop the reaction → Swap it with better thoughts/actions.

The Mindful Method: Spot, Stop, Swap

This book delineates the experiences that Jay Shetty learned in his three years of monk life in India. He tries to convey the wisdom gathered through the ancient scriptures and monks in a palatable practical manner.

Summary

The monk's mindset requires constant self-awareness, discipline, diligence, focus, and practice. It's hard work, but the tools are already in your head, in your heart, and your hands.

Jay Shetty, social media superstar and host of the #1 podcast On Purpose, distills the timeless wisdom he learned as a monk into practical steps anyone can take every day to live a less anxious, more meaningful life. When you think like a monk, you’ll understand: -How to overcome negativity -How to stop overthinking -Why comparison kills love -How to use your fear -Why you can’t find happiness by looking for it -How to learn from everyone you meet -Why you are not your thoughts -How to find your purpose -Why kindness is crucial to success -And much more... Shetty grew up in a family where you could become one of three things—a doctor, a lawyer, or a failure. His family was convinced he had chosen option three: instead of attending his college graduation ceremony, he headed to India to become a monk, to meditate every day for four to eight hours, and devote his life to helping others. After three years, one of his teachers told him that he would have more impact on the world if he left the monk’s path to share his experience and wisdom with others. Heavily in debt, and with no recognizable skills on his résumé, he moved back home in north London with his parents. Shetty reconnected with old school friends—many working for some of the world’s largest corporations—who were experiencing tremendous stress, pressure, and unhappiness, and they invited Shetty to coach them on well-being, purpose, and mindfulness. Since then, Shetty has become one of the world’s most popular influencers. In 2017, he was named in the Forbes magazine 30-under-30 for being a game-changer in the world of media. In 2018, he had the #1 video on Facebook with over 360 million views. His social media following totals over 38 million, he has produced over 400 viral videos which have amassed more than 8 billion views, and his podcast, On Purpose, is consistently ranked the world’s #1 Health and Wellness podcast. In this inspiring, empowering book, Shetty draws on his time as a monk to show us how we can clear the roadblocks to our potential and power. Combining ancient wisdom and his own rich experiences in the ashram, Think Like a Monk reveals how to overcome negative thoughts and habits, and access the calm and purpose that lie within all of us. He transforms abstract lessons into advice and exercises we can all apply to reduce stress, improve relationships, and give the gifts we find in ourselves to the world. Shetty proves that everyone can—and should—think like a monk.

Jay Shetty is a storyteller, podcaster, and former monk. Shetty’s vision is to Make Wisdom Go Viral. He is on a mission to share the timeless wisdom of the world in an accessible, relevant, and practical way. Shetty has created over 400 viral videos with over 5 billion views, and hosts the #1 Health and Wellness podcast in the world, On Purpose. Learn more at JayShetty.me.

Jay Shetty

Think Like a Monk

A classic and structured method.S – Specific: Define exactly what you want.M – Measurable: Track your progress with quantifiable indicators.A – Achievable: Make sure it's realistic and within reach.R – Relevant: Align with your broader objectives.T – Time-bound: Set a deadline for completion.

SMART goals

A more emotionally driven, challenging model.H – Heartfelt: Be emotionally connected to the goal.A – Animated: Vividly visualize your success.R – Required: Focus on what's essential.D – Difficult: Set ambitious goals that push your limits.

HARD goals

Perfect for dynamic and collaborative environments.C – Collaborative: Involve others to achieve common goals.L – Limited: Keep goals focused and specific.E – Emotional: Create emotional commitment.A – Appreciable: Break into smaller, actionable steps.R – Refinable: Adapt as needed over time.

CLEAR goals

A psychological and strategic approach.W – Wish: Clarify what you truly want.O – Outcome: Visualize the best-case scenario.O – Obstacles: Anticipate potential barriers.P – Plan: Strategize ways to overcome obstacles.

WOOP mode

Popular in corporate and startup environments.Objective: Clear statement of what you want to achieve.Key Results: Measurable indicators of success and progress

OKRs (Objectives and key results)

“You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream.”

Each method offers a unique lens—from emotional resonance (HARD, CLEAR) to structure and metrics (SMART, OKRs), to psychological readiness (WOOP). Choose what suits your personality, goal type, and current mindset best!

Five distinct goal setting frameworks, each tailored for different styles of planning and achievement.

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How to set GOALS

LAW 1 - NEVER OUTSHINE THE MASTERLAW 2 - NEVER PUT TOO MUCH TRUST IN FRIENDS, LEARN HOW TO USE ENEMIESLAW 3 - CONCEAL YOUR INTENTIONSLAW 4 - ALWAYS SAY LESS THAN NECESSARYLAW 5 - SREPUTATION—GUARD IT WITH YOUR LIFELAW 6 - COURT ATTENTION AT ALL COSTLAW 7 - GET OTHERS TO DO THE WORK FOR YOU, BUT ALWAYS TAKE THE CREDITLAW 8 - MAKE OTHER PEOPLE COME TO YOU—USE BAIT IF NECESSARYLAW 9 - WIN THROUGH YOUR ACTIONS, NEVER THROUGH ARGUMENTLAW 10 - INFECTION: AVOID THE UNHAPPY AND UNLUCKYLAW 11 - LEARN TO KEEP PEOPLE DEPENDENT ON YOULAW 12 - USE SELECTIVE HONESTY AND GENEROSITY TO DISARM YOUR VICTIM

Volume 1

NEVER OUTSHINE THE MASTERAlways make those above you feel comfortably superior. In your desire to please and impress them, do not go too far in displaying your talents or you might accomplish the opposite﻿—inspire fear and insecurity. Make your masters appear more﻿brilliant than they are and you will attain the heights of power﻿.

LAW 1

NEVER PUT TOO MUCH TRUST IN FRIENDS, LEARN HOW TO USE ENEMIES.Be wary of friends—they will betray you more quickly, for they are easily aroused to envy. They also become spoiled and tyrannical. But hire a former enemy and he will be more loyal than a friend, because he has more to prove. In fact, you have more to fear from friends than from enemies. If you have no enemies, find a way to make them.

LAW 2

To have a good enemy, choose a friend: He knows where tostrike.

CONCEAL YOUR INTENTIONSKeep people of-balance and in the dark by never revealing the purpose behind your actions. If they have no clue what you are up to, they cannot prepare a defense. Guide them far enough down the wrong path, envelop them in enough smoke, and by the time they realize your intentions, it will be too late.

LAW 3

ALWAYS SAY LESS THAN NECESSARYWhen you are trying to impress people with words, the more you say, the more common you appear, and the less in control. Even if you are saying something banal, it will seem original if you make it vague, open-ended, and sphinxlike. Powerful people impress and intimidate by saying less. The more yousay, the more likely you are to say something foolish.

LAW 4

Oysters open completely when the moon is full; and when the crab sees one it throws a piece of stone or seaweed into it and the oyster cannot close again so that it serves the crab for meat. Such is the fate of him who opens his mouth too much and thereby puts himself at the mercy of the listener.

SO MUCH DEPENDS ON REPUTATION — GUARD IT WITH YOUR LIFEReputation is the cornerstone of power. Through reputationalone you can intimidate and win; once it slips, however, you are vulnerable, and will be attacked on all sides. Make your reputation unassailable. Always be alert to potential attacks and thwart them before they happen. Meanwhile, learn to destroy your enemies by opening holes in their own reputations. Then stand aside and let public opinion hang them.

LAW 5

COURT ATTENTION AT ALL COSTEverything is judged by its appearance; what is unseen counts for nothing. Never let yourself get lost in the crowd, then, or buried in oblivion. Stand out. Be conspicuous, at all cost. Make yourself a magnet of attention by appearing larger, more colorful, more mysterious than the bland and timid masses.

LAW 6

It is easier to cope with a bad conscience than with a badreputation.

GET OTHERS TO DO THE WORK FOR YOU, BUT ALWAYS TAKE THE CREDITUse the wisdom, knowledge, and legwork of other people to further your own cause. Not only will such assistance save you valuable time and energy, it will give you a godlike aura of efficiency and speed. In the end your helpers will be forgotten and you will be remembered. Never do yourself what others can do for you.

LAW 7

MAKE OTHER PEOPLE COME TO YOU—USE BAIT IF NECESSARYWhen you force the other person to act, you are the one in control. It is always better to make your opponent come to you, abandoning his own plans in the process. Lure him with fabulous gains—then attack. You hold the cards.

LAW 8

When I have laid bait for deer,I don’t shoot at the first doe that comes to snif ,but wait until the whole herd has gathered round.

WIN THROUGH YOUR ACTIONS, NEVER THROUGH ARGUMENT Any momentary triumph you think you have gained through argument is really a Pyrrhic victory: The resentment and ill will you stir up is stronger and lasts longer than any momentary change of opinion. It is much more powerful to get others to agree with you through your actions, without saying a word. Demonstrate, do not explicate.

LAW 9

INFECTION: AVOID THE UNHAPPY AND UNLUCKY You can die from someone else’s misery—emotional states are as infectious as diseases. You may feel you are helping the drowning man but you are only precipitating your own disaster. The unfortunate sometimes draw misfortune on themselves; they will also draw it on you. Associate with the happy and fortunate instead.

LAW 10

Thus a wise prince will think of ways to keep his citizens of every sort and under every circumstance dependent on the state and on him; and then they will always be trustworthy

LEARN TO KEEP PEOPLE DEPENDENT ON YOUTo maintain your independence you must always be needed and wanted. The more you are relied on, the more freedom you have. Make people depend on you for their happiness and prosperity and you have nothing to fear. Never teach them enough so that they can do withoutyou.

LAW 11

USE SELECTIVE HONESTY AND GENEROSITY TO DISARM YOUR VICTIMOne sincere and honest move will cover over dozens of dishonest ones. Open-hearted gestures of honesty and generosity bring down the guard of even the most suspicious people. Once your selective honesty opens a hole in their armor, you can deceive and manipulate them at will.

LAW 12

Everything turns gray when I don’t have at least one mark on the horizon. Life then seems empty and depressing. I cannot understand honest men. They lead desperate lives, full of boredom.

LAW 12 - USE SELECTIVE HONESTY ANDGENEROSITY TO DISARM YOUR VICTIMLAW 13 - WHEN ASKING FOR HELP, APPEAL TO PEOPLE’S SELF-INTERESTLAW 14 - POSE AS A FRIEND, WORK AS A SPYLAW 15 - CRUSH YOUR ENEMY TOTALLYLAW 16 - USE ABSENCE TO INCREASE RESPECT AND HONORLAW 17 - KEEP OTHERS IN SUSPENDED TERRORLAW 18 - DO NOT BUILD FORTRESSES TO PROTECT YOURSELFLAW 19 - KNOW WHO YOU’RE DEALING WITHLAW 20 - DO NOT COMMIT TO ANYONELAW 21 - PLAY A SUCKER TO CATCH A SUCKERLAW 22 - USE THE SURRENDER TACTICLAW 23 - CONCENTRATE YOUR FORCESLAW 24 - PLAY THE PERFECT COURTIER

Next Volume

The most important of these skills, and power’s crucial foundation, is the ability to master your emotions.

Amoral, cunning, ruthless, and instructive, this multi-million-copy New York Times bestseller is the definitive manual for anyone interested in gaining, observing, or defending against ultimate control – from the author of The Laws of Human Nature. In the book that People magazine proclaimed “beguiling” and “fascinating,” Robert Greene and Joost Elffers have distilled three thousand years of the history of power into 48 essential laws by drawing from the philosophies of Machiavelli, Sun Tzu, and Carl Von Clausewitz and also from the lives of figures ranging from Henry Kissinger to P.T. Barnum.   Some laws teach the need for prudence (“Law 1: Never Outshine the Master”), others teach the value of confidence (“Law 28: Enter Action with Boldness”), and many recommend absolute self-preservation (“Law 15: Crush Your Enemy Totally”). Every law, though, has one thing in common: an interest in total domination. In a bold and arresting two-color package, The 48 Laws of Power is ideal whether your aim is conquest, self-defense, or simply to understand the rules of the game.

Understand yourself and those around you.

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Psychology

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Learning & Education

Robert Greene is an American author of books on strategy, power, and seduction. He has written six international bestsellers, including The 48 Laws of Power, The Art of Seduction, The 33 Strategies of War, The 50th Law, Mastery, and The Laws of Human Nature.

Robert Greene

The 48 Laws of Power

Start with effort. Just keep in mind that you have to leave it, and go on leaving it. Even leaving will be an effort but a moment comes when everything has gone. Then you are there, simply there not doing anything just there, being. That beingness is what is meant by enlightenment and all that is worth knowing, worth having, worth being, happens to you in that state

Let It Go

How do we reconcile our need to express our emotions with our desire to protect others? Far too often we find ourselves trapped in this dilemma of expression versus repression. We fear that by expressing our true feelings, we will hurt and alienate those close to us. But by repressing our emotions—even in the benevolent guise of “self-control”—we only risk hurting ourselves.Osho, one of the most provocative and inspiring spiritual teachers of our time, provides here a practical and comprehensive approach to dealing with this conflict effectively. Incorporating new, never-before-published material, Emotional Wellness leads us to understand the roots of our emotions, to react to situations in a way that can teach us more about ourselves and others, and to respond to life’s inevitable ups and downs with far greater confidence and equilibrium.Discover:• The impact that fear, anger, and jealousy have on our lives • How emotions like guilt, insecurity, and fear are used to manipulate us • How to break out of unhealthy responses to strong emotions • How to transform destructive emotions into creative energy • The role of society and culture on our individual emotional stylesOsho’s unique insight into the human mind and heart goes far beyond conventional psychology. He teaches us to experience our emotions fully and to deal with them creatively in order to achieve a richer, fuller life.

Rajneesh, also known as Acharya Rajneesh, Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh, and later as Osho, was an Indian Godman, philosopher, mystic, and founder of the Rajneesh movement. He was viewed as a controversial new religious movement leader during his life.

The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck

The Power of 1%: Small Habits, Massive Results

Think Like a Monk

How to set GOALS

The 48 Laws of Power

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