The Courage to Be Disliked

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

By: Ichiro Kishimi, Fumitake Koga

Narrated by: Noah Galvin, Graeme Malcolm, January LaVoy

The New York Times bestselling TikTok sensation with more than 13 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.

What an incredible book

Other reviewers aren’t exaggerating when they claim this book can change your life. I have just finished hearing it (the audiobook is a fabulous was to experience the conversation between the curious but frustrated youth and the wise and kind philosopher).
I already want to start it again from the beginning and I usually never do that with a book.
Buy it. Savour it. And start living it today. This isn’t self-help. This is true human wisdom.

drawing a definitive line between you and the rest

this great book will definitely help the listener/reader achieve own goals. it draws a very clear line between yourself and everyone else. this will help you and whoever around you to live in peace and harmony. eventually everyone around you will benefit from it. I can recommend it enough for anyone who wants to unravel the questions about life and who we are.

one thing about the audio is, after a while, I started to predict the dialouge and to be honest, I got a little irritated by the narrator's voice. just my two cents.

Life has no meaning- whether you like it or not, YOU are the only responsible of your life and the meaning you give to it.

Inspiring and revealing. This book will make you feel uncomfortable about who you are today and will shake your thoughts and beliefs to the point where you will feel kind of lost. Yet it is extremely clear on one's power to decide, therefore, to shape one's life at will. I was shocked to hear Adler's idea that trauma does not exist and that everything relies on our own interpretation of life events. At first, I found that hard to grasp but the more I kept going with the book, it resonated more and more. It is such an empowering idea to know that my life is not defined by my past, and that every new morning is a blank page to fill with whatever I want.

One of my favorite quotes from the book and Adler's psychology is: "The important thing is not what one is born with but what use one makes of that equipment".

I’m in love with this book

This book changed my way to say life and all of my problems. I’m in love with this book. And I’m going to read it always.

Good book!

Very deep and philosophical, perhaps a little more so than I had expected. But for those who are determined, who are searching, there is great insight within its pages.This format was probably much better, between a man and a youth, than had they gone the traditional route. It made it easier to stick with, and follow the story.