"Don't Try" -- The Strange Life Lessons of Charles Bukowski

A video on YouTube. In Self-Improvement, a Krater category.

Summary by Krater

Mark Manson explores the life and lessons of Charles Bukowski, examining how his acceptance of being a loser and his uncompromising honesty led to literary success and profound insights on finding purpose.

From the video

Answers: What can we learn from the life and struggles of Charles Bukowski?

Charles Bukowski biography
Writing career and rejections
Finding purpose and meaning in life
Embracing failure and imperfection
The cost of pursuing big goals

What it concludes

Trying to be something is often a subtle form of avoiding it.
Success is often the product of being comfortable with being wrong.
Big goals that feel meaningful require us to feel some degree of pain and sacrifice.

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