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The Courage to Be Disliked

How to Free Yourself, Change Your Life and Achieve Real Happiness

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The Courage to Be Disliked

By: Fumitake Koga, Ichiro Kishimi
Narrated by: Adrian Mulraney
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The Japanese phenomenon that teaches us the simple yet profound lessons required to liberate our real selves and find lasting happiness.

The Courage to Be Disliked shows you how to unlock the power within yourself to become your best and truest self, change your future and find lasting happiness. Using the theories of Alfred Adler, one of the three giants of 19th-century psychology alongside Freud and Jung, the authors explain how we are all free to determine our own future - free of the shackles of past experiences, doubts and the expectations of others.

It's a philosophy that's profoundly liberating, allowing us to develop the courage to change and to ignore the limitations that we and those around us can place on ourselves. The result is an audiobook that is both highly accessible and profound in its importance. Millions have already benefited from its wisdom. Now that The Courage to Be Disliked has been published in English, so can you.

Please note: This is a recording of the 2018 print edition.

©2017 Ichiro Kishimi & Fumitake Koga (P)2018 Bolinda Publishing Pty Ltd Personal Development Personal Success Psychology Psychology & Mental Health Relationships Inspiring Thought-Provoking Happiness
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Found this audio book challenging at times but overall glad I stuck with it...Interesting ideas...

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i was in search of a different way to look at my current situation than from the freudian/jungian trauma perspective, because it resulted more in blame rather than change, and so this book came at the right moment for me. i was ready take up the adlerian contra perception of trauma; trauma not actually existing. so for the book to hold valuable substance, the reading himself must be willing to shift and the timing in the readers personal life is of importance in this.

i'm personally not font of the form of story telling, i understand it comes from the ancient greeks form of dialogue, but it's outdated and old fashioned to use it now and slightly childish and negating in how there's a conservative notion of the old wise man teaching the unknowing, foolish young boy. i personally believe there should not be such hierarchy. this form of story made it quite boring.

however, this book changed my perception fundamentally within a few days. its the shortest, summed up version of adlerian theory you can find. so i do recommend it if you're willing to start taking responsibility for yourself. because that's what the point is: you are your choices. even subconsciously. it was you who made you who you are today. it takes courage to admit this and it takes courage to change.

the trauma idea can cause you to think of your life as a result of exterior events. when 'in reality' it was you all along who made the choices that made you who you are and how you are living today. realizing this can be a tough pill to swallow.

PERCEPTION SHIFTING AND BORING

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Depending on your way of thinking this book can feel like it is answering questions you've had in your head your entire life but didn't even know how to phrase them as questions! whether you agree or disagree with the ideas the fact that there is an alternative to certain social laws we believed were set in stone is a good enough reason to read. However, I totally disagree with the meaning to life offered in the book though.

unique style

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First book in a while that has made me want to research further.
Really good overall.

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Found the arguments quite interesting and rational. it gets a bit boring after a while as it is based on discussions between a philosopher and a youth but definitely worth a read/listen. Probably easier to listen to rather than reading the book

interesting philosophy and psychology book

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