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Natalia T's avatar

Wonderful. I'm a new reader to your newsletter and have been enjoying it immensely over the last few weeks. A book that is currently stretching me--for the personal self-reflection it is affording--is "The Courage to be Disliked" by Ichiro Kishimi and Fumitake Koga. Adlerian teleology is a whole new and challenging way for me to reframe my self-talk, my narratives, my lifestyle, my preferences. I've been reading it for a couple months now and have to keep putting it down and come back to it. (And read it and then journal for a while. Worthwhile but time consuming.)

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Joel J Miller's avatar

I like any book that forces you to put it down and come back to it several times. Sometimes there’s so much we can “do” conceptually with a book that it takes a while to discover what’s possible and how to integrate it with our current thinking—and our current thinking needs to change.

The Courage to Be Disliked looks excellent.

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Dr. Lee Warren's avatar

Brilliant. Another great post!

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Joel J Miller's avatar

Thanks, Lee! This one covered a few ideas near and dear to me.

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adam hill's avatar

That’s great. I like reading in public too or with my wife. I fall asleep if I’m comfy.

The Memory Police probably stretched me a bit. It was a different type of book than I normally read.

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Joel J Miller's avatar

Just pulled up The Memory Police. Looks good.

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Joel J Miller's avatar

Ack! Apologies for early readers of this post, especially those who read in email. I spotted (too late!) an embarrassing typo in the Zohar Atkins section above. It’s fixed now. The “Type-Oh, Dangit!” post now feels prescient: https://millersbookreview.substack.com/p/bookish-diversions-type-oh-dangit

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