👍🏼 The Courage to Be Disliked: The Japanese Phenomenon That Shows You How to Change Your Life and Achieve Real Hapiness - Ichiro Kishimi & Fumitake Koga

Adlerian psychology, as explained through a philosophical dialogue in The Courage to Be Disliked, asserts that past traumas are irrelevant to present happiness. The book argues that individuals create their own unhappiness by setting self-defeating goals and avoiding responsibility.It emphasizes the importance of self-acceptance, courage, and contributing to the community to achieve true fulfillment. The book details how to overcome feelings of inferiority, break free from interpersonal relationship problems by separating tasks, and ultimately find happiness in the present moment.Kishimi & Koga stress that freedom is not about satisfying others' expectations but about living authentically and accepting the possibility of being disliked.