True Contentment Is In Your Power
by Ichiro Kishimi
Recommended by Ryan Hoover
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Recommended by 2 sources and appears in Most Recommended Books, Philosophy, and Psychology.
The Courage to be Happy is a profound insight into the way we should live our lives that has already sold more than one million copies in Japan. As in The Courage to be Disliked, we follow a Socratic dialogue between a philosopher and a young man. The philosopher believes that the key to a life of happiness and fulfillment is offered to us by the t...
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Recommended by 2 sources and appears in Most Recommended Books, Philosophy, and Psychology.
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Ryan Hoover
“Touches on very controversial ideas around parenthood and friendship. It will challenge some of your beliefs with its counterintuitive Adlerian ideas.”
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Consider The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse by Charlie Mackesy. Recommended by 8 sources.
“Soft-spoken, heavily illustrated fable built from short dialogues and watercolor sketches. Each spread pairs a spare line of text with a loose drawing, so the pleasure is visual and aphoristic rather than narrative; readers collect felt-true sentences more than plot. Most useful when you want quick consolations, a prompt for conversation with a child, or a pause during a rough day. Limiting if you want sustained argument, concrete advice, or tightly plotted storytelling: the repetition of gentleness can feel sentimental or thin after a while.”
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