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The Courage to Be Happy

True Contentment is Within Your Power

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The Courage to Be Happy

Written by: Ichiro Kishimi, Fumitake Koga
Narrated by: Graeme Malcolm, Noah Galvin, January LaVoy
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The sequel to the mega-selling international phenomenon, The Courage to be Disliked.

This book is a compass.
Navigate and discover
along your path
the courage to be happy.

The Courage to be Happy presents profound insights into living life courageously and finding happiness along the way. It has already sold more than a million copies in Japan and is a sequel to The Courage to be Disliked, which has changed lives across the globe as an international bestselling sensation.

As in The Courage to be Disliked, we follow a Socratic dialogue between a philosopher and a young man. The philosopher believes that the key to a life of happiness and fulfilment is offered to us by the theories of Alfred Adler, a forgotten giant of 19th century psychology who has long been overshadowed by his two contemporaries, Freud and Jung. The young man is full of doubt that life can be genuinely improved by simply changing his thinking. Patiently, the philosopher explains the essence of Adler's 'psychology of courage', taking the young man through the mental steps necessary to achieve it, and demonstrating to the young man and to us the changes this psychology will bring to the way we live our lives.

This is a work that is truly life-changing in its power and universally applicable in its scope. Philosophy Psychology Psychology & Mental Health Relationships Self-Help Success
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I'm blown away by this book. I had read a few books on psychology, shame, etc but this book, along with it's prequel "courage to be disliked", seemed to connect the dots. It's not your typical self-help book with tips and tricks. It addresses issues at a very fundamental level that opens doors to entirely new worlds.
As far as performance goes, I felt the tone of the youth was unnecessarily arrogant or pessimistic and feels forced and even irritating at many places; you have to ignore that and focus on content. Also, the last part on love, I am not fully convinced. I felt that part of the book should have been a different book ("courage to love"?) so as not to lead to confusion. Maybe, a second reading will make me better understand those parts. Overall, a life-changing book that I strongly recommend.

Blown away!!

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the life tasks are explained in details and so is the importance of self reliance and love.

another brilliant book by the authors!!

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this book is continuation of "the courage to be disliked ". this book actually explains the things of its previous book and it does its job beautifully.A more realistic views ... practical views on adler's thought on individual psychology.this book is awesome in all sense and surely one who goes through will love this book.

A book for everyone

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All we need is the courage to learn and change. This book gives us the understanding and encouragement toj just that!

A profound, life changing book

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It teaches a lot about life and how one should live.. a modern socratic discourses for understanding oneself and forming a courage to love and thus be happy.

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