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The Courage to Be Happy

True Contentment Is Within Your Power

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The Courage to Be Happy

By: Ichiro Kishimi, Fumitake Koga
Narrated by: Graeme Malcolm, January LaVoy, Noah Galvin
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Summary

The sequel to the mega-selling international phenomenon The Courage to Be Disliked.

This audiobook is a compass.

Navigate and discover

along your path

the courage to be happy.

The Courage to Be Happy presents profound insights into living life courageously and finding happiness along the way. It has already sold more than a million copies in Japan and is a sequel to The Courage to Be Disliked, which has changed lives across the globe as an international best-selling sensation.

As in The Courage to Be Disliked, we follow a Socratic dialogue between a philosopher and a young man. The philosopher believes that the key to a life of happiness and fulfilment is offered to us by the theories of Alfred Adler, a forgotten giant of 19th-century psychology who has long been overshadowed by his two contemporaries, Freud and Jung. The young man is full of doubt that life can be genuinely improved by simply changing his thinking. Patiently, the philosopher explains the essence of Adler's 'psychology of courage', taking the young man through the mental steps necessary to achieve it, and demonstrating to the young man and to us the changes this psychology will bring to the way we live our lives.

This is a work that is truly life-changing in its power and universally applicable in its scope.

©2019 Ichiro Kishimi, Fumitake Koga (P)2019 Simon & Schuster Audio
Personal Development Personal Success Philosophy Psychology Psychology & Mental Health Relationships Happiness Inspiring Thought-Provoking
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Having read The Courage To Be Disliked, I was thoroughly looking forward to reading this sequel. Although I didn't know where it would go as the first book had been such a comprehensive discussion on Adlerian themes. The content of this book is again very interesting and works further to elucidate the more controversial of Adlers ideas such a not praising or rebuking actions amongst others. For this it was an excellent book and very thought provoking.

However, one enormous downside, was the narration. They seemingly had more money for production this time round and well, "jumped the shark". The narrator for the philosopher was excellent, the lady introducing the chapters was unnecessary but unremarkable and therefore tolerable. Yet, the voice actor for the young man/apprentice was just intolerable and ridiculous. I found his poor voice acting was seriously detracting from my enjoyment of the book. To the point I had to stop for several weeks half way through and go back to it as he was so grating. The young mans character issues some ridiculous ridicules and absurd abuse towards the philosopher, which I found trite and all the more incongruous due to the theatrical style if the younger voice actor.
All in, if you don't mind pantomime quality voice acting I would say forge on with the audiobook. If you are sensitive to the quality of the narration and find excessive AmDram style theatrics irritating. I would still definitely recommend this book, however in print / ebook version.

Fascinating concepts discussed, but . .

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The narration is poor, and diminishes a potential excellent book to very underwhelming. The student narration spoils the book.

Interesting messages, ruined by student.

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Really great follow up from their first book and loved the reference to education that teachers are counsellors and that councillors are teachers... a must for all teachers from a retired headteacher!

Beautiful engaging and creator of hope

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it brilliantly expands upon "the courage to be disliked", putting it the thoughts into practice as the boy comes back 3yrs later to argue the flaws he believes to have found in Adlerian psychology, honestly beautifully written on par to its predicesor

Beautiful Book

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absolutely loved it. better now with different voices instead of just the one, like in the first book. it does make you see how simple life and live are.

a beautiful continuation and ending

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