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My Thoughts on the Books I Read!

The Courage to be Happy: True Contentment Is In Your Power (Courage To series)

Author: Ichiro Kishmi and Fumitake Koga Publication Date: June 2020
2025-12-10 2 min read Sincheenz

This is the second book in the Courage To series advocating Alfred Adler’s teachings. The core message remains the same: you are not defined solely by your past; you have to find a purpose and act in order to move forward. You are the change you want to see, and you need to work on it.

The second book takes on the theme of education. A once-dissatisfied librarian, the student decides to become an educator. He believes in Adler’s philosophy, as he sees it has brought him considerable peace, and he tries to implement it in his classroom.

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The Courage to be Disliked! How to free yourself, change your life and achieve real happiness (Courage To series)

Author: Ichiro Kishmi and Fumitake Koga Publication Date: January 2019
2025-09-25 2 min read Sincheenz

Books that claim in their title to give you the answer to real happiness or say it is that one book that will change your life are the last ones I pick up. It sounds inflated and like a marketing gag trying to entice a very desperate audience.

I heard the Courage to series at an Alfred Adler seminar. In recent years, I have developed an interest in different schools of psychology and human behavior in general. There is so much talk on trauma, mental health and I want to understand this better. It has been an enriching experience to learn more about Freud, Adler, and of course Viktor Frankl. I am a big fan of Frankl and I can say that his book is a must read and life changing. I also wanted to understand Adler’s take better and I decided to read this book.

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