Book Summary: The Courage To Be Happy
I recently listened to the audiobook for the above, and here are my notes (mostly from the last few chapters).
Books
Thinking Fast and Slow summary
This is my summary of the book Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman, which I read in March 2024.
I mainly describe the cognitive heuristics, biases and fallacies with examples here.
Book Summary: The Courage to be Disliked
I listened to the audiobook version of this several times and here is my summary of it.
My biggest takeaways are:
- We lack the courage to be disliked, to be normal, to try, and so on. Instead, we manufacture 'life lies' (if only I could stop blushing, if only I did not have a traumatic childhood, etc.)
- Being disliked by others is necessary to achieve freedom
- Separation of tasks: do not interfere, or care about, other people's tasks
- Happiness is the feeling of contribution to the community
On Emotional Maturity
Summarized from Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents: How to Heal from Distant, Rejecting, or Self-Involved Parents, by Lindsay C. Gibson. Read on 2023-01-13.
Tips from A Guide to the Good Life
Written by William Irvine, and summarized below. Read on 2022-06-19.