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The Courage to Be Happy

True Contentment is Within Your Power

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The Courage to Be Happy

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. Personal Development Personal Success Philosophy Psychology Psychology & Mental Health Relationships Happiness Inspiring Thought-Provoking
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After enjoying the courage to be disliked and loving the content I decided to purchase this. unfortunately the youth has this annoying, whiney American accent that is barely tolerable. I will persevere because the content is fantastic.

A bit disappointed

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An interesting insight into Adlerian Psychology, The Courage to be Happy is more of a guide to educational psychology taking the form of a dialogue between a mentor and mentee, the latter who often responds with incredulity to many of the claims of Adlerian Psychology.
A decent book for anyone who wants to explore the psychology of serving and understanding others better, and in turn gaining a greater degree of self-worth.

Interesting insight into Adlerian Psychology

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The annoying young pupil made it so hard for me to finish the book. It was exaggerated and unnecessary. The first book was much better in terms of the interaction between the philosopher and the pupil

Annoying pupil

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I really enjoyed the first book, The Courage to be Disliked, so was looking forward to this one. The concepts and principles seem valuable generally, but I found the language and personality of the youth to be very Americanised which I found distracting and offputting. I also found the narration of the youth to be overacted and annoying, as well as very extremely American.
In my opinion it would have been much better written in the same style as the first book, and with the same narrator.

Worthwhile sequel but annoying delivery

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Great concept for a book. The discussion was really engaging. Introduced to Adlerian psychology for the first time.

interesting and inspiring

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