A discussion on the book The Courage to be Disliked by Fumitake Koga and Ichiro Kishimi

The Courage to be Disliked by Fumitake Koga and Ichiro Kishimi, is written as a Greek style dialog between a young man and a philosopher. The young man, dissatisfied with life, went to the philosopher to learn how, or even if, he could ever be happy. Over the course of five nights the philosopher walks the young man through the philosophy of Alfred Adler, a present-future goal oriented philosophy, referred to as teleology, and contrasts it with Sigmund Freud's philosophy, which he says is past oriented, referred to as aetiology.

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A discussion of the book The Compound Effect by Darren Hardy.

The Compound Effect by Darren Hardy is a classic type of self-help book, being a mixture of motivational stories and a collection of Darren's techniques for achieving consistent success in work and life. The focus of the book is on how, if you apply his tips and techniques, you can achieve consistent progress, which will compound and end up in orders of magnitude better results. As he writes, "Nothing works like the power of the Compound Effect of simple actions done right over time. That is it."

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A discussion of the book The Art of Loving by Erich Fromm.

The Art of Loving by Erich Fromm argues that one of the core problems we face as humans is that of separateness. The solution, he suggests, is unity, achieved through love - not merely a feeling, but an art, the result of the active, productive orientation of one’s whole character. Fromm suggests that, as with any art, learning to love begins with understanding the theory, followed by mastering the practice. The book starts with the theory of love and concludes with steps toward mastering its practice.

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