The Courage to be Disliked (Ichirō Kishimi, Fumitake Koga) (z-lib.org)

About the Authors

ICHIRO KISHIMI was born in Kyoto, where he currently resides. He writes and

lectures on Adlerian psychology and provides counseling for youths in psychiatric
clinics as a certified counselor and consultant for the Japanese Society of Adlerian
Psychology. He is the translator, into Japanese, of selected writings by Alfred Adler—
The Science of Living and Problems of Neurosis—and he is the author of
Introduction to Adlerian Psychology, in addition to numerous other books.

FUMITAKE KOGA is an award-winning professional writer and author. He has

released numerous bestselling works of business-related and general nonfiction. He
encountered Adlerian psychology in his late twenties and was deeply affected by its
conventional wisdom—defying ideas. Thereafter, Koga made numerous visits to
Ichiro Kishimi in Kyoto, gleaned from him the essence of Adlerian psychology, and
took down the notes for the classical “dialogue format” method of Greek philosophy
that is used in this book.

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Copyright © 2013 by Ichiro Kishimi and Fumitake Koga

English translation copyright © 2017 by Ichiro Kishimi and Fumitake Koga

First published in Japan as Kirawareru Yuki by Diamond Inc., Tokyo in 2013

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Kishimi, Ichiro, 1956- author. | Koga, Fumitake, 1973- author.
Title: The courage to be disliked : the Japanese phenomenon that shows you how to change your life and achieve

real happiness / Ichiro Kishimi, Fumitake Koga.
Other titles: Kirawareru Yuki. English
Description: New York : Atria Books, 2018.
Identifiers: LCCN 2018002432 (print) | LCCN 2018009555 (ebook)
Subjects: LCSH: Adler, Alfred, 1870-1937. | Self-actualization (Psychology) | Adlerian psychology. | Conduct of

life. | Thought and thinking. | BISAC: SELF-HELP / Personal Growth / Happiness. | SELF-HELP /
Motivational & Inspirational. | PHILOSOPHY / Free Will & Determinism.
Classification: LCC BF637.S4 (ebook) | LCC BF637.S4 K553513 2018 (print) | DDC 158—dc23

Classification: LCC BF637.S4 (ebook) | LCC BF637.S4 K553513 2018 (print) | DDC 158—dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2018002432

ISBN 978-1-5011-9727-7
ISBN 978-1-5011-9729-1 (ebook)

This English edition published by arrangement with Diamond, Inc. c/o Tuttle-Mori Agency, Inc., Tokyo
through Chandler Crawford Agency, Massachusetts, USA.