Record details

• ISBN: 9781501197277
• ISBN: 1501197274
• Physical Description: print
  xviii, 270 pages ; 22 cm
• Edition: First Atria Books edition
• Publisher: New York : Atria Books, [2018]
• Copyright: ©2017

Content descriptions

General Note:

"First published in Japan as Kirawarreru Yuki by Diamond Inc., Tokyo in 2013". -- Title page verso.

Formatted Contents Note:

The first night: deny trauma. Unknown third giant -- Why people can change -- Trauma does not exist -- People fabricate anger -- How to live without being controlled by the past -- Socrates and Adler -- Are you okay just as you are? -- Unhappiness is something you choose for yourself -- People always choose not to change -- Your life is decided here and now -- The second night: All problems are interpersonal relationship problems. Why you dislike yourself -- All problems are interpersonal relationship problems -- Feelings of inferiority are subjective assumptions -- An inferiority complex is an excuse -- Braggarts have feelings of inferiority -- Life is not a competition -- You're the only one worrying about your appearance -- From power struggle to revenge -- Admitting fault is not defeat -- Overcoming the tasks that face you in life -- Red string and rigid chains -- Don't fall for the "life-lie" -- From the psychology of possession to the psychology of practice -- The third night: Discard other people's tasks. Deny the desire for recognition -- Do not live to satisfy the expectations of others -- How to separate tasks -- Discard other people's tasks -- How to rid yourself of interpersonal relationship problems -- Cut the Gordian knot -- Desire for recognition makes you unfree -- What real freedom is -- You hold the cards to interpersonal relationships -- The fourth night: Where the center of the world is. Individual psychology and holism -- Goal of interpersonal relationships is a feeling of community -- Why am I only interested in myself? -- You are not the center of the world -- Listen to the voice of a larger community -- Do not rebuke or praise -- Encouragement approach -- How to feel you have value -- Exist in the present -- People cannot make proper use of self -- The fifth night: To live in earnest in the here and now. Excessive self-consciousness stifles the self -- Not self-affirmation, self acceptance -- Difference between trust and confidence -- Essence of work is a contribution to the common good -- Young people walk ahead of adults -- Workaholism is a life-lie -- You can be happy now -- Two paths traveled by those wanting to be "special beings" -- Courage to be normal -- Life is a series of moments -- Life like you're dancing -- Shine a light on the here and now -- Greatest life-lie -- Give meaning to seemingly meaningless life.

Language Note:

In English, translated from the Japanese.

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Subject:

Adler, Alfred 1870-1937

Self-actualization (Psychology)

Conduct of life

Adlerian psychology

Thought and thinking

Genre:

Self-help publications.