Description: Published to celebrate 2 million copies sold in Korea, this special recover edition of The Courage to Be Disliked is here! "Do you have the courage to be disliked?" A new classic of our time that shakes the very foundations of our values. Why don't you change? Why can't you feel happiness right now? Meet A, an ordinary office worker. He has one persistent worry: ever since childhood, his gloomy personality has made it hard for him to get close to people. As a result, he has few friends. He feels he manages fine at work, but the problem is that this side of him always shows at company dinners or unfamiliar external meetings. How long must he keep living anxiously because of his relationships with others? To A's worries, an eccentric philosopher offers this answer: "Personality is neither innate nor unchangeable — it is something you yourself have chosen." According to this philosopher, human personality is not determined by genetics or environment. He says, "We don't remember everything from our childhood; we simply decide our 'lifestyle' around the age of ten. Even if we feel that this lifestyle is confining or somehow uncomfortable, we find it hard to change because we fear the change it would bring." And yet we all want change — a freer life, a happier life, a more successful life than the one we have now. But we make excuses easily, and we give up easily. Let's look back at our own lives: haven't we blamed the past or put off what we need to do today, thinking things like "It's all his fault I turned out this way," or "If only I'd been born into a wealthier family, I wouldn't be living like this," or "If I just endure a few more years, good days will come"? The philosopher says, "Humans can change, and anyone can become happy." But to do so requires courage — the courage to be free, the courage to be ordinary, the courage to be happy, and the courage to be disliked. If you want a free and happy life, what you need right now is courage. The Little-Known Master of Psychology, Adler — His Ideas Reborn in Everyday Language to Answer Our Struggles This bold and innovative philosopher's answer comes from the psychology of Alfred Adler. Ranked alongside Freud and Jung as one of the 'three giants of psychology,' Alfred Adler was an Austrian psychiatrist and psychologist who founded 'Individual Psychology,' emphasizing positive thinking, and had a profound influence on modern psychology. He also influenced self-development mentors such as Dale Carnegie and Stephen Covey, earning him the title 'Father of Self-Development.' Two people whose lives were completely transformed after being deeply moved by Adlerian psychology are Ichiro Kishimi and Fumitake Koga. Ichiro Kishimi, a philosopher who studied Greek philosophy, began studying Adlerian psychology after hearing a lecture on the idea that "anyone can become happy starting this very moment." He has since become one of the foremost experts on Adlerian psychology. Fumitake Koga, a professional writer, encountered Adlerian psychology during his troubled twenties, and it transformed his worldview, leading him to become deeply absorbed in its ideas. Together, these two authors created The Courage to Be Disliked, presenting Adlerian psychology — powerful enough to change not only our happiness but the very way we see ourselves and the world — in an easy and engaging format. Long overshadowed by Freud and Jung, Adlerian psychology has not been widely discussed publicly, but it offers practical, useful life philosophy for modern people burdened with worries. The book is further enriched by supervision from Professor Kim Jung-woon, a witty cultural psychologist known for reading the spirit of the times. Adlerian Psychology Is the 'Psychology of Courage' Human beings are social creatures. Unless we are utterly alone in the universe, we cannot help but live within relationships with others. This is why Adler says, "All human troubles are troubles rooted in relationships with others." Whatever the worry, it is always...