The Courage to Be Disliked

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

De: Ichiro Kishimi, Fumitake Koga

Narrado por: 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.

Should be mandatory reading at school across the US.

The book is very very deep entrenched in Greek philosophy, I’d say stoicism especially.
The way it is presented makes it very accessible and useful to today’s life, and even more to teenagers and young adults that are having a hard time to find a solid foundation from where to build their future on.
Great and straightforward.

My life is forever altered

I cannot begin to express the things I’ve learned from this book. I’ve only just finished so I have so much to ponder on and little grounds to try and explain the book myself - but I can say I’ve already begun to live in the here and now due to this book.

Adlerian psychology (the focal point of this book) is also a philosophy - you have to have an open mind about the ideas discussed here as it challenges all modern ideas of how to lead a happy life. You are the only person in control of what you do - it just takes the courage to realize this fact and act upon it, in the here and now. Not in the past, not in the future, it’s about what you’re doing now; today.

While I realize this review may seem nonsensical I haven’t fully come to grips with everything discussed in the book. What I can say is that if you love to learn, are open to new ways of thinking, and want to lead a life you find meaningful... pick up this audio book and treat yourself to the freedom of endless possibility.

Adlerian psychology

I majored in psych in college and never really heard of Adler. Perhaps in passing but it was always Freud, Jung etc. Now I wish I had. The book presented a very intriguing, non-trauma based approach to interpreting reality, “now” and life experiences. Author made a great point about how Freudian trauma based psychology shifts an individual into a deterministic and ultimately nihilistic mindset.


If we are always looking back at past experiences we can’t change we can never really move forward or live in the now. We are then victims of fate/automatons, leaving a cause and effect sort of life. What the authors intend to present, is a different way of looking at life and experiences. I definitely enjoyed the paradigm shift. Thank you.

I found this book to be very insightful

this book is a must-read for those that want to improve their lives and the lives of others

Very Good not great

I really liked parts of this book and the general message seems on point but it really slowed down in parts. I felt they’d arrive at some fairly obvious points but dive way in like it was a profound shift. If you like works of psychology and philosophy this will be a good fit. But it has elements of self help that didn’t appeal to me. Very good, not great.

Beautiful &Life Changing

This book is absolutely amazing. Great information that is truly helpful. It is definitely the type of book where you want to get alone so that you can really think deeply about it. The way this book is presented makes it so much easier to digest. I highly recommend this book to anyone.

Clarity will come.

What a fantastic audio book I love the philosopher and student format. Easy to understand and tons to think about. Love that it comes down to courage.

Love this book! So many great and thought provoking lessons

Please listen to this book! It provides much needed guidance in today’s complex world. Thanks

A transformative book

This one hit home….such a simple and good read. I don’t agree with all of Adler’s thoughts, but the main threads are transformative.

Maybe I was ready to hear these messages now. I suspect I would not have been ready 10 years ago. But now….wow.

Recommended By My Therapist

It was just as great listening to the book as it was reading it. My therapist said that a big contribution to the way he helped his clients was through this book. He even spoke similarly as the wise man. I might end up listening to this again to pick out other things I might've missed. Overall, amazing book.