SECTION 1 — Q&A
1.What does Charles Bukowski’s success try to prove?
It proves that self-improvement and success often occur together, but that doesn’t necessarily mean they’re the same thing. Bukowski didn't become a better person after he got fame and success. He never tried to be anything other than what he was.
2.What’s wrong with the conventional life advice, which is fixating on what you lack?
It is bad for people's health.It causes you to become overly attached to the superficial and fake, to dedicate your life to chasing a mirage of happiness and satisfaction.
3.Can you use your own words explaining what the Feedback Loop from Hell is?
Feedback Loop from Hell is that your bad feelings will react to your feelings and makes you feel worse.
SECTION 2 — Reflections
1.Not giving a fuck does not mean being indifferent; it means being comfortable with being different.
“Not giving a fucking”并不是说要做一个假装对一切漠不关心实则内心非常在意别人眼光的人，而是教我们去勇敢地选择自己所认为重要的、值得在乎的事情，即使它是另类的、不被他人所理解的。
2.To not give a fuck about adversity, you must first give a fuck about something more important than adversity.
不要陷入琐事的桎梏，那是无意义的，只会无故浪费你的时间与精力。不如把重点放在寻找那些更有意义的事情上。
3.Whether you realize it or not, you are always choosing what to give a fuck about.
人的一生都在不停地做选择题，而其成熟的标志就是学会简化自己的选择，只留下那么真正值得在乎的人和事。我们一无所有地来到世界上，最后又将一无所有地离开。
4.在这个物欲横流的社会里，你很难不被焦虑感裹挟着前进。忙忙碌碌地工作，忙忙碌碌地赚钱，社交网络上全是别人发财的动态，而你看看自己，似乎还是那个一无所成的你。焦虑，迫切地想要加入他们的队伍，但想得不可得。于是深陷情绪的恶性循环，却对实际生活毫无帮助。
这本书会帮助我们学习调节自己的情绪，更清楚地思考什么才是重要的、值得的事情，要如何选择取舍。每个人的价值观都不尽相同，要诚实地忠于自己才会获得真正的快乐。
SECTION 3 — Words & Phrase
1.【原文】Ironically, this fixation on the positive-on what's better, what's superior-only serves to remind us over and over again of what we are not.
fixation on sth./sb.
obsession with fixation on
2.【原文】You are constantly bombarded with messages to give a fuck about everything, all the time.
be bombarded with
3.【原文】Meanwhile, our credit cards are maxed out, our dog hates us, and Junior is snorting meth in the bathroom.
max out
4.【原文】When most people envision giving no fucks whatsoever, they imagine a kind of serene indifference to everything, a calm that weathers all storms.
weather all storms
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