“The Courage to be Disliked” by Kishimi and Koga is a great read if you want to go deeper. This isn’t going to be your best bet for a light read on the beach, but if you’re contemplating life and why you do the things you do, then go grab this today.
The structure is fun and of a know-it-all youth sitting down with a wise old philosopher and having conversations over 5 nights.
Through this dialogue, the authors touch on the teachings of Socrates, Plato, and more modernly Alfred Adler the famous psychological theorist.
If you’re tired of people pleasing, tired of feeling like a fraud, or living your life for everyone else then you’d get some good stuff out of this book. It might make you mad in parts because the authors brilliantly confront common human excuses and turn them on us suggesting that we often make bad hurtful choices because deep down we benefit from them.
If you’re bored with the shallow “give yourself a huge” and “puppies and sunshine” self help books and really want to scratch your head and dig then go grab “The Courage to be Disliked” by Kishimi and Koga.
