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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 Courage to Be Disliked, already an enormous best seller in Asia with more than 3.5 million copies sold, demonstrates how to unlock the power within yourself to be the person you truly want to be.

Using the theories of Alfred Adler, one of the three giants of 20th-century psychology, The Courage to Be Disliked follows an illuminating conversation between a philosopher and a young man. The philosopher explains to his pupil how each of us is able to determine our own life, free from the shackles of past experiences, doubts, and the expectations of others. It's a way of thinking that is deeply liberating, allowing us to develop the courage to change and to ignore the limitations that we and other people have placed on us. The result is a book that is both highly accessible and profound in its importance. Millions have already read and benefited from its wisdom. This truly life-changing audiobook will help you declutter your mind of harmful thoughts and attitudes, helping you to make a lasting change, achieve real happiness, and find success.

©2018 Ichiro Kishimi, Fumitake Koga (P)2018 Simon & Schuster

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I feel that I would be doing a disservice by saying that you should read this book. I don’t want your perception of this book to be colorized buy anything anyone else says. However, it was not out of the blue that I downloaded Audible and listen to this book. So, I will say this, I feel as though this book is a important piece of the puzzle that is seeking happiness in my life. I hope it is a piece for you as well. Thank you.

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It's quick read, dialogue while not dialectic

Beyond inspiring positive action, this book encourages us to face life lies and the self-defeating nature of trying to make other people happy. It is an excellent summary and introduction to Alfred Adler's philosophy of Individual (indivisible) Psychology.

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Awesome!

I'm still hasn't completed, but it has already changed the way I see things in my life! I'm constantly remembering about the life tasks and, and I realized how much I sabotage myself because of my fears. I really like this book!

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very good. highly recommend

very good book!!! Highly recommend reading. going to read it a few more times!!

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life altering book!!!!

pack full of adlerian theories presented in a very easy way to understand, extremely thought provoking. I see why it received all it's accolades.

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Awesome

A great read. I would suggest to anyone. Entertaining and informative. I love the message.

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It showed me to change your life you have change the way you look at life. Life is simple people make it hard.

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Can be annoying

I appreciate Adler and appreciated the dialogue aspect of this audio recording, though I found the young man’s voice or tone to be seriously annoying at times.

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Brilliant, eye opening, and congruent to my belief

As an author, I appreciate a great narrative. The boy in the book definitely was me, this book gives practical wisdom with proven science to help the reader overcome major issues. As a boy growing up.. my father would often say I had an inferiority complex, the sting of that took me to many places, with this book, I now have better understanding of the freedom that comes from maturity and living a life minus the nature/nurture issues that plague society. Excellent resource, I purchased both the Audio and Kindle... and plan to dissect this work and allow it to get into the fiber of my being...

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Life changing.

This book has helped me to shine the light on the amazing life I currently have, and get out of the dark past and uncertain future I was once living in.

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