The Courage to Be Disliked: How to Free Yourself, Change Your Life, and Achieve Real Happiness
An international bestseller and TikTok sensation with more than 10 million copies sold worldwide, The Courage to Be Disliked is a transformative and practical guide to personal happiness and self-fulfillment.
Now you can unlock your full potential and free yourself from the shackles of past traumas and societal expectations to find true personal happiness. Based on the theories of renowned psychologist Alfred Adler, this book guides you through the principles of self-forgiveness, self-care, and mind decluttering in a straightforward, easy-to-digest style that’s accessible to all.
The Courage to Be Disliked unfolds as a dialogue between a philosopher and a young man, who, over the course of five enriching conversations, realizes that each of us is in control of our life’s direction, independent of past burdens and expectations of others.
Wise, empowering, and profoundly liberating, this book is a life-changing experience that shows you a path to lasting happiness and how to finally be the person you truly want to be. Millions are already benefiting from its teachings—and you can be next.
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Jean-Paul Sartre said, “hell is other people.” In many ways, this book tackles the true meaning behind that phrase. Not that other people are themselves hell, but the experience of being seen by and possibly judged by them can be hell. Specifically, the torment we put ourselves through trying to contort our very being into some version worthy of approval.
Ichiro Kishimi brilliantly leverages the technique of Socratic dialogue to take on this topic. More specifically, he tackles the concepts of Adlerian psychology, the school of psychotherapy pioneered by Alfred Adler. Following the debate layout in this book puts you right into your own past mental conversations. Especially where you have wrestled between passionate idealism and objective stoicism.
The concepts and tone of the book offer tough love with lots of bitter pills to swallow. It also firmly challenges the American disposition to trying to be liked by everyone. Specifically, calling out the concepts championed in Dale Carnegie’s “How to Win Friends and Influence People.” Blending philosophy with theology and psychology, Kishimi has hit on something that goes well beyond self-help and pushes the boundaries for person-to-person relationships.
I listened to this audiobook and within the first hour knew that this book was going to change my perspective, so I have bought a copy to reread and notate what speaks to me. I had heard of Adlerian Psychology but didn't know a lot about it. The format of this book is a conversation between a young person and an older philosopher which I found easy to follow.
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