The courage to be disliked

Authors’ Note
Introduction
The First Night: Deny Trauma
	Chapter 1: The Unknown Third Giant
	Chapter 2: Why People Can Change
	Chapter 3: Trauma Does Not Exist
	Chapter 4: People Fabricate Anger
	Chapter 5: How to Live Without Being Controlled by the Past
	Chapter 6: Socrates and Adler
	Chapter 7: Are You Okay Just As You Are?
	Chapter 8: Unhappiness Is Something You Choose for Yourself
	Chapter 9: People Always Choose Not to Change
	Chapter 10: Your Life Is Decided Here and Now
The Second Night: All Problems Are Interpersonal Relationship Problems
	Chapter 11: Why You Dislike Yourself
	Chapter 12: All Problems Are Interpersonal Relationship Problems
	Chapter 13: Feelings of Inferiority Are Subjective Assumptions
	Chapter 14: An Inferiority Complex Is an Excuse
	Chapter 15: Braggarts Have Feelings of Inferiority
	Chapter 16: Life Is Not a Competition
	Chapter 17: You’re the Only One Worrying About Your Appearance
	Chapter 18: From Power Struggle to Revenge
	Chapter 19: Admitting Fault Is Not Defeat
	Chapter 20: Overcoming the Tasks That Face You in Life
	Chapter 21: Red String and Rigid Chains
	Chapter 22: Don’t Fall for the “Life-Lie”
	Chapter 23: From the Psychology of Possession to the Psychology of Practice
The Third Night: Discard Other People’s Tasks
	Chapter 24: Deny the Desire for Recognition
	Chapter 25: Do Not Live to Satisfy the Expectations of Others
	Chapter 26: How to Separate Tasks
	Chapter 27: Discard Other People’s Tasks
	Chapter 28: How to Rid Yourself of Interpersonal Relationship Problems
	Chapter 29: Cut the Gordian Knot
	Chapter 30: Desire for Recognition Makes You Unfree
	Chapter 31: What Real Freedom Is
	Chapter 32: You Hold the Cards to Interpersonal Relationships
The Fourth Night: Where the Center of the World Is
	Chapter 33: Individual Psychology and Holism
	Chapter 34: The Goal of Interpersonal Relationships Is a Feeling of Community
	Chapter 35: Why Am I Only Interested In Myself?
	Chapter 36: You Are Not the Center of the World
	Chapter 37: Listen to the Voice of a Larger Community
	Chapter 38: Do Not Rebuke or Praise
	Chapter 39: The Encouragement Approach
	Chapter 40: How to Feel You Have Value
	Chapter 41: Exist in the Present
	Chapter 42: People Cannot Make Proper Use of Self
The Fifth Night: To Live in Earnest in the Here and Now
	Chapter 43: Excessive Self-Consciousness Stifles the Self
	Chapter 44: Not Self-Affirmation—Self-Acceptance
	Chapter 45: The Difference Between Trust and Confidence
	Chapter 46: The Essence of Work Is a Contribution to the Common Good
	Chapter 47: Young People Walk Ahead of Adults
	Chapter 48: Workaholism Is a Life-Lie
	Chapter 49: You Can Be Happy Now
	Chapter 50: Two Paths Traveled by Those Wanting to Be “Special Beings”
	Chapter 51: The Courage to Be Normal
	Chapter 52: Life Is a Series of Moments
	Chapter 53: Live Like You’re Dancing
	Chapter 54: Shine a Light on the Here and Now
	Chapter 55: The Greatest Life-Lie
	Chapter 56: Give Meaning to Seemingly Meaningless Life
Afterword
Reading Group Guide
About the Authors
Copyright