Ikigai—The Courage To Be Disliked (Combo) Paperback

Ikigai: The Japanese secret to a long and happy lifeTHE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER We all have an ikigai. It’s the Japanese word for ?a reason to live? or ?a reason to jump out of bed in the morning?. It?s the place where your needs, desires, ambitions, and satisfaction meet. A place of balance. Small wonder that finding your ikigai is closely linked to living longer. Finding your ikigai is easier than you might think. This book will help you work out what your own ikigai really is, and equip you to change your life. You have a purpose in this world: your skills, your interests, your desires and your history have made you the perfect candidate for something. All you have to do is find it. Do that, and you can make every single day of your life joyful and meaningful. ?I read it and it?s bewitched me ever since. I?m spellbound.? Chris Evans ‘Ikigai gently unlocks simple secrets we can all use to live long, meaningful, happy lives. Science-based studies weave beautifully into honest, straight-talking conversation you won?t be able to put down. Warm, patient, and kind, this book pulls you gently along your own journey rather than pushing you from behind.’ Neil Pasricha, bestselling author of The Happiness EquationThe Courage To Be Disliked: How to free yourself, change your life and achieve real happiness (Courage To series)The Japanese phenomenon that teaches us the simple yet profound lessons required to liberate our real selves and find lasting happiness. Marie Claire’s best self-help books for 2018 The Courage to be Disliked shows you how to unlock the power within yourself to become your best and truest self, change your future and find lasting happiness. Using the theories of Alfred Adler, one of the three giants of 19th century psychology alongside Freud and Jung, the authors explain how we are all free to determine our own future free of the shackles of past experiences, doubts and the expectations of others. It’s a philosophy that’s profoundly liberating, allowing us to develop the courage to change, and to ignore the limitations that we and those around us can place on ourselves. The result is a book that is both highly accessible and profound in its importance. Millions have already read and benefited from its wisdom. Now that The Courage to be Disliked has been published for the first time in English, so can you. Three million copies sold worldwide.