The Courage to Be Disliked- How to Free Yourself, Change Your Life and Achieve Real Happiness by Kishimi, Ichiro -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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COVER PAGE ABOUT THE AUTHOR TITLE PAGE COPYRIGHT PAGE AUTHORS’ NOTE CONTENTS INTRODUCTION THE FIRST NIGHT: DENY TRAUMA

THE UNKNOWN ‘THIRD GIANT’ WHY PEOPLE CAN CHANGE TRAUMA DOES NOT EXIST PEOPLE FABRICATE ANGER HOW TO LIVE WITHOUT BEING CONTROLLED BY THE PAST SOCRATES AND ADLER ARE YOU OKAY JUST AS YOU ARE? UNHAPPINESS IS SOMETHING YOU CHOOSE FOR YOURSELF PEOPLE ALWAYS CHOOSE NOT TO CHANGE YOUR LIFE IS DECIDED HERE AND NOW

THE SECOND NIGHT: ALL PROBLEMS ARE INTERPERSONAL RELATIONSHIP PROBLEMS

WHY YOU DISLIKE YOURSELF ALL PROBLEMS ARE INTERPERSONAL RELATIONSHIP PROBLEMS FEELINGS OF INFERIORITY ARE SUBJECTIVE ASSUMPTIONS AN INFERIORITY COMPLEX IS AN EXCUSE BRAGGARTS HAVE FEELINGS OF INFERIORITY LIFE IS NOT A COMPETITION YOU’RE THE ONLY ONE WORRYING ABOUT YOUR APPEARANCE FROM POWER STRUGGLE TO REVENGE ADMITTING FAULT IS NOT DEFEAT OVERCOMING THE TASKS THAT FACE YOU IN LIFE RED STRING AND RIGID CHAINS DON’T FALL FOR THE ‘LIFE-LIE’ FROM THE PSYCHOLOGY OF POSSESSION TO THE PSYCHOLOGY OF PRACTICE

THE THIRD NIGHT: DISCARD OTHER PEOPLE’S TASKS

DENY THE DESIRE FOR RECOGNITION DO NOT LIVE TO SATISFY THE EXPECTATIONS OF OTHERS HOW TO SEPARATE TASKS DISCARD OTHER PEOPLE’S TASKS HOW TO RID YOURSELF OF INTERPERSONAL RELATIONSHIP PROBLEMS CUT THE GORDIAN KNOT DESIRE FOR RECOGNITION MAKES YOU UNFREE WHAT REAL FREEDOM IS YOU HOLD THE CARDS TO INTERPERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS

THE FOURTH NIGHT: WHERE THE CENTRE OF THE WORLD IS

INDIVIDUAL PSYCHOLOGY AND HOLISM THE GOAL OF INTERPERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS IS A FEELING OF COMMUNITY WHY AM I ONLY INTERESTED IN MYSELF ? YOU ARE NOT THE CENTRE OF THE WORLD LISTEN TO THE VOICE OF A LARGER COMMUNITY DO NOT REBUKE OR PRAISE THE ENCOURAGEMENT APPROACH HOW TO FEEL YOU HAVE VALUE EXIST IN THE PRESENT PEOPLE CANNOT MAKE PROPER USE OF SELF

THE FIFTH NIGHT: TO LIVE IN EARNEST IN THE HERE AND NOW

EXCESSIVE SELF-CONSCIOUSNESS STIFLES THE SELF NOT SELF-AFFIRMATION—SELF-ACCEPTANCE THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN TRUST AND CONFIDENCE THE ESSENCE OF WORK IS A CONTRIBUTION TO THE COMMON GOOD YOUNG PEOPLE WALK AHEAD OF ADULTS WORKAHOLISM IS A LIFE-LIE YOU CAN BE HAPPY NOW TWO PATHS TRAVELLED BY THOSE WANTING TO BE ‘SPECIAL BEINGS’ THE COURAGE TO BE NORMAL LIFE IS A SERIES OF MOMENTS LIVE LIKE YOU’RE DANCING SHINE A LIGHT ON THE HERE AND NOW THE GREATEST LIFE-LIE GIVE MEANING TO SEEMINGLY MEANINGLESS LIFE

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