# The Courage to Be Disliked by Ichiro Kishimi

Hacker Approved page: https://hackerapproved.com/p/courage-to-be-disliked/

7 people recommended The Courage to Be Disliked by Ichiro Kishimi in Hacker News comments and none criticized it, November 2025 to October 2026. It was recommended in 7 of 12 months, in 8 threads. It does not meet the Hacker Approved badge rule.

**Verdict:** People recommend it as an accessible dialogue introducing Adlerian psychology, which many say changed how they see themselves and others.

Summary written by Claude from 8 comments.

## Why people recommend it

- Changed how readers see themselves (4 comments in the sample): "This book change my lens on human behavior - my own, as well as that of others." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47773565)) "Shifting from a Freudian paradigm to an Adlerian one has been massive." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46492860)) "Help me a lot to understand myself and my insecurities." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49381885))
- Accessible introduction to Adlerian psychology (2 comments in the sample): "If you're truly interested on how somebody might get there, consider giving this a look" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49977971)) "Philosophy as a dialogue between teacher and student, lots to think about." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46227592))

## Other psychology books people recommend

- [Influence by Robert Cialdini](https://hackerapproved.com/p/influence/): 6 recommend, 0 mixed, 1 criticize
- [The Inner Game of Tennis by W. Timothy Gallwey](https://hackerapproved.com/p/inner-game-of-tennis/): 4 recommend, 0 mixed, 0 criticize
- [The Happiness Hypothesis by Jonathan Haidt](https://hackerapproved.com/p/happiness-hypothesis/): 3 recommend, 0 mixed, 0 criticize
- [Stumbling on Happiness by Daniel Gilbert](https://hackerapproved.com/p/stumbling-on-happiness/): 3 recommend, 0 mixed, 0 criticize

## The badge

A product earns the Hacker Approved badge when at least 10 people recommend it, recommenders outnumber critics at least 2 to 1 (mixed feelings count toward neither side), it was recommended in at least 4 of the 12 months and in at least 5 different threads, and no single thread supplies more than half of the people who recommend it. Health and money products are never badged.

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "The Courage to Be Disliked by Ichiro Kishimi", https://hackerapproved.com/p/courage-to-be-disliked/ (7 recommend, 0 mixed, 0 criticize; Hacker News comments, November 2025 to October 2026).

Counts updated 2 Nov 2026, with data through October 31, 2026.