The Courage To Be Disliked

The Book in One Sentence

Over the course of five conversations, a philosopher helps his student to understand how each of us is able to find happiness in our own life, free from the shackles of past traumas and the expectations of others.

​

3 Big Ideas

1) If you're going to compare yourself to someone else, let it be your FUTURE SELF.

“A healthy feeling of inferiority is not something that comes from comparing oneself to others; it comes from one’s comparison with one’s ideal self.”

​

2) At any given moment, you can DECIDE to be a different person.

“No matter what has occurred in your life up to this point, it should have no bearing at all on how you live from now on.’ That you, living in the here and now, are the one who determines your own life.”

​

3) You CAN'T change the cards you've been dealt, but you CAN decide how you play the hand.

“The important thing is not what one is born with, but what use one makes of that equipment.”