The Courage to Be Disliked: How to Free Yourself, Change your Life and Achieve Real Happiness
"The Courage to Be Disliked" by Ichiro Kishimi and Fumitake Koga is a unique blend of philosophy and psychology, focusing on Adlerian psychology principles. It presents a series of dialogues between a philosopher and a student, exploring concepts of individual psychology, teleology, and the intersection between psychology and philosophy. Readers have found the book thought-provoking and impactful, with the ability to change perspectives and provide a fresh outlook on life.
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"Marie Kondo, but for your brain." -HelloGiggles "Compelling from front to back. Highly recommend." -Marc Andreessen Reading this book could change your life. The Courage to Be Disliked, already an enormous bestseller in Asia with more than 3.5 million copies sold, demonstrates how to unlock the power within yourself to be the person you truly want to be. Is happiness something you choose for yourself? The Courage to Be Disliked presents a simple and straightforward answer. Using the theories of Alfred Adler, one of the three giants of nineteenth-century psychology alongside Freud and Jung, this book follows an illuminating dialogue between a philosopher and a young man. Over the course of five conversations, the philosopher helps his student to understand how each of us is able to determine the direction of our own life, free from the shackles of past traumas and the expectations of others. Rich in wisdom, The Courage to Be Disliked will guide you through the concepts of self-forgiveness, self-care, and mind decluttering. It is a deeply liberating way of thinking, allowing you to develop the courage to change and ignore the limitations that you might be placing on yourself. This plainspoken and profoundly moving book unlocks the power within you to find lasting happiness and be the person you truly want to be. Millions have already benefited from its teachings, now you can too.
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“When you have danced here and now in earnest, the meaning of your life will become clear.”
This book provides a nice summary of Adlerian psychology, named after Alfred Adler.
“Alfred Adler was an Austrian physician and psychiatrist who is best-known for forming the school of thought known as individual psychology. He is also remembered for his concepts of the inferiority feeling and inferiority complex, which he believed played a major part in the formation of personality.
Alder was initially a colleague of Sigmund Freud, helped establish psychoanalysis, and was a founding member of the Vienna Psychoanalytic Society. Adler's theory focused on looking at the individual as a whole, which is why he referred to his approach as individual psychology.”
I am already familiar with many of the ideas in this book and also living them (e.g. “The Power of Now” dives into living in the here and now), but there were a few nice surprises related to how children are raised on a reward system, which according to Adlerian psychology is wrong, and there is a better way. Also, too many people are looking for validation from others (a boss, a girlfriend, a husband, etc) in order to add value to their lives.
I liked this “teacher educating a student” approach to the book, since the student asked many probing questions to try and poke holes in this Adlerian psychology.
If you are looking for a happier life, then find out how to achieve it by reading this book!
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About the Author:
Ichiro Kishimi was born in Kyoto, where he currently resides. He writes and lectures on Adlerian psychology and provides counseling for youths in psychiatric clinics as a certified counselor and consultant for the Japanese Society of Adlerian Psychology. He is the translator, into Japanese, of selected writings by Alfred Adler- The Science of Living and Problems of Neurosis-and he is the author of Introduction to Adlerian Psychology, in addition to numerous other books.
Fumitake Koga is an award-winning professional writer and author. He has released numerous bestselling works of business-related and general non-fiction. He encountered Adlerian psychology in his late twenties and was deeply affected by its conventional wisdom-defying ideas. Thereafter, Koga made numerous visits to Ichiro Kishimi in Kyoto, gleaned from him the essence of Adlerian psychology, and took down the notes for the classical "dialogue format" method of Greek philosophy that is used in this book.
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