I highlighted most of the book. The ideas are Mind-blowing Buy and read this book.

“God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, courage to change the things I can and wisdom always to tell the difference.”Fantastic book discussing the need to be self reliant and find love in order to be happy.

As I read these books by Kishimi and Koga, I can't help but think that something is lost in the translation, and that their books are written more for the Eastern mind instead of my more linear Western head. Nevertheless, I love the gentle wisdom this book imparts. It is difficult to even copy down some of my favorite quotations because the concepts build through a conversation between a student and teacher. Here is a good example:"Philosopher: There is no end to approval. so, they get praised a...

Ok so the word happy is actually mentioned 3 times followed by happieness 4 times. This book let me tell you has absoultly nothing got to do with happieness. In fact I dont quite know what exactly is the point behind this book. Is about educatoon, children or love? Because it does an awful job on all these topics. The student I find quite rude, repetitive and annoying and the master just ramblrs about Adler this and Adler that. Please do yourself a favour and skip.

As a sequel to 'The Courage to be Disliked', which I had also highly rated, I would recommend that one not be read without the other. This book reiterates the ideas discussed in the first book, but extends on a more practical approach, giving examples using every day situations in a way that is more relatable to the reader. I myself found it extremely interesting as I too am embarking on a journey to become an educator. His explanations of how deeply embedded our Community Feelings are as a fund...

"No matter how powerful you are, there are two things that cannot be forced... Respect and love." The Courage To Be Happy was exactly what I expected as a sister book to The Courage To Be Disliked. I enjoyed jumping back into the witty banter between the "Youth" and "Philosopher" (although, at times, I wanted to smack the youth with a newspaper like an angry mother whose son is being rude). A decent amount of the book circulated around youth's education and how best to raise the next generation

Notes:+ 3 basic forms of counseling content- That bad person- Poor me- What should I do from now on?+ 5 stages of problem behavior- Demand for admiration- Attention drawing- Power struggles- Revenge- Proof of incompetence “Demand for admiration, attention drawing, and power struggles are all expressions of the love-starved feeling that says, ‘I want you to have greater regard for me.’ The thing is, the moment that a person realizes that their longing for love will not be fulfilled, they do an ab...

I was a huge fan of the first book - "The Courage to be Disliked"(TCTBD), while the dialogue format can be somewhat cringe-worthy and manufactured, it was bearable and almost felt personal as scenarios/examples presented by the youth was realistic in my opinion. However, I do not share the sentiments and adoration with "The Courage to Be Happy". The dialogue from the youth becomes infuriating to read given how exaggerated his anger seems to be, even the philosopher's dialogue (which I enjoyed in...

I absolutely loved "The Courage to be Disliked", however I found this book much weaker. This book feels much shallower, and the dialogues much more protracted, than its predecessor. The best section of the book is basically the last few slim chapters which discuss relationships, but even that is shallow.

I found this quite painful. The conversational writing style was a put off. The ‘Youth’ reminded me of every annoying argumentative person I’ve ever met who just likes to disagree for the sake of disagreeing. This character turned quite simple, sometimes inspiring ideas into silly retorts that only made the character seem unintelligent. This to and fro conversation took away from the lessons. It was hard to read because I kept finding myself rolling my eyes. Disappointing

Courage to be disliked was better. It’s not enough to simply say you’re not a nihilist. If your thought is nihilistic, you’re a nihilist. It’s like if I claimed to not be a Holocaust denier, but then at every point that mattered, denied the holocaust. Some good stuff in this one but felt like wading through nonsense.

Couldn’t stand the format, very aggravating. Still, worth the read, although for me, it took an awful lot of words to get to the point. Some interesting analysis on the real purpose of education (would be lost in today’s liberal hijacking of this field), and the sibling dynamic in competing for love/attention. If you are on the pathway of personal development, there’s nothing profound here.

I need time to think about this before I rate it.There are some good ideas and philosophies in the book. I was less interested in the teaching aspects discussed, hence my lower rating.

This is the first book I couldn't finish since the atrocious You Were Not Born to Suffer. I tried, though. I really did.I'd enjoyed The Courage to Be Disliked by the same authors, so I figured I'd pick up the sequel, too. Unfortunately, after reading about half of this, I can only conclude that the title is misleading as heck. This isn't about happiness. This is about whether the Adlerian approach works in an educational setting (for instance, whether education based on praising and rebuking is

I think listening to this on audio was definitely the way to go. However, not much of this book actually had to do with being happy/positive. I think that this book would be great if you are a parent and/or an educator. As I am neither, I thought while quite a bit of this was interesting it wasn't exactly important to me.

In this world, no matter how powerful one is, there are two things that can't be forced.[...] Respect and love.It's been a long time since I've thought about Adler, and honestly, the only thing I really remembered prior to this reading were his thoughts on siblings, family birth order, and it's effect on individuals. "You are not living to satisfy other people's expectations." And further, "Other people are not living to satisfy your expectations."Without respect, no good interpersonal relations...

This is the sequel to the author's previous book on Adler, "The Courage to Be Disliked." The previous one is centered on the core principles of Adler's life lessons, namely, 1) Be independent, 2) Live in harmony with others, 3) Believe in your own worth, and 4) Regard people as friends. This time, the focus is more on lesson #4. In other words, this lesson can be paraphrased in one term: social interest. In Adler's term, "social interest" is the translation of German term, "Gemeinschafts-Gefuhl"...

This is the sequel release to the popular 'The Courage To Be Disliked' which I read last year.. and didn't like so much. I was generally hoping for a stronger guide filled with self-help tips on how to stay focused and motivated. The General layout however was the same as the previous book and at times felt a little preachy. You may like this if you are into strong psychology.

While this book does build on certain Alderian concepts from its predecessor and introduce some new points, I didn't take as much from this book. In my opinion the first book was a lot better and aimed at a general audience, while this sequel seemed to be geared more specifically towards parents and/or teachers.Key takeaways:Adler splits the problem behaviour of people into levels to demonstrate how praising or reprimanding them promotes bad behaviour.Demand for admirationStriving to demonstrate...

I love this book. Others reading it told me they disliked how much the youth argues and complains. It can be annoying but I really love the detail to which it forces the descriptions to go. Also this book just really helped me as I’m going through a tough time emotionally and it helped me to grasp the beauty of being alive and having the privilege of experiences that are real and deeply meaningful, even if they are painful.I’m on a mission to discover deeper kindness and love for fellow humans a...