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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: Ichiro Kishimi, Fumitake Koga
Narrated by: Noah Galvin, Graeme Malcolm, January LaVoy
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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.
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Engaging Dialogue Format • Accessible Philosophical Concepts • Transformative Journey • Emotional Resonance

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If you're ready to break away from a life influenced by others and pursue your specific life path of joy, I recommend this book. It challenges the social norms and establishments that have influenced us and why we may look outward for answers. Self-love and acceptance are described in a way that simplifies why we do not see our own worth. This book will make you think and see every aspect of your perceived world differently. Amazing.

Life-changing Perspective

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The Courage to be Liked tops my list of all time best books in its category. The contents were presented in an easy to understand and held my attention which contributed to my motivation to listen to it in its entirety within just a few days. I was vaguely familiar with Alfred Adler's ideas in individual psychology, but after listening to the book, I became more interested in learning more about his teachings and ideas about personal development and positive psychology.

The narration was top notch as well. The back and forth discussion made the book perhaps the most entertaining audio book I've listened to to date. I wish all audio books put as much work into the performance as these narrators did.

Both the content and reading (performance) makes this book indispensable. I actually purchased a hard copy of the book for my library as well.

All Audio Books Should Be Narrated Like This One

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such a magnificent book! I will never look at myself perceive myself and the world the same way.

OMG! most incredible and elevating!

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It has an interesting topic and many good parts and clear explanations. but the performance gets a bit annoying with all the anger and emotional reactions of the young man. Also the fact that he gets convinced about all his questions and doubts is disturbing since doesn't let the listener think clearly and decide by herself!

it is worth listening despite of disturbing act

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Its not often I have my view of the world and myself shaken, but this book sure did it. I'm tremendously more confident in myself to the point where unrelated problems also began to lessen. This book is applicable to any interaction you can have with a person or yourself, and I cannot do justice to how helpful it's been to me.

A life-changing read

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