Four Thousand Weeks, The Courage To Be Disliked, The Courage to be Happy 3 Book Set

Four Thousand Weeks, The Courage To Be Disliked and The Courage to be Happy are brought together in this three-book collection, each exploring how we think about time, choice and happiness. Across the set, the focus is on stepping back from daily pressures and considering what matters within the limits of a human life.

Four Thousand Weeks looks at modern preoccupations such as expanding to-do lists, overflowing inboxes and distraction, linking these to a larger question: how to use our brief time on the planet, described as averaging around four thousand weeks. The Courage To Be Disliked and The Courage to be Happy, by Ichiro Kishimi and Fumitake Koga, draw on psychological theory and present their ideas through a conversation format, returning to themes of freedom from past experiences and changing the way we think.

Included titles

• Four Thousand Weeks
• The Courage To Be Disliked
• The Courage to be Happy

Key details

• Three-book collection set
• Includes Four Thousand Weeks, The Courage To Be Disliked and The Courage to be Happy
• The Courage To Be Disliked and The Courage to be Happy are by Ichiro Kishimi and Fumitake Koga
• The Courage To Be Disliked references the theories of Alfred Adler

Synopses

Four Thousand Weeks

This book considers what might change if you stopped trying to do everything in order to focus on what counts. It connects everyday struggles with productivity, distraction and attention to a broader time-management question: how best to use a life that averages about four thousand weeks.

The Courage To Be Disliked

Using the theories of Alfred Adler, the authors set out an approach to becoming your best and truest self, changing your future and seeking lasting happiness. It argues that people can determine their own future, rather than being bound by past experiences, doubts or the expectations of others.

The Courage to be Happy

Ichiro Kishimi and Fumitake Koga present further advice on finding true happiness through twentieth-century psychological theory. The ideas are explored through a conversation between a philosopher and a young man, with an emphasis on changing the way we think as a route to happiness and fulfilment.