'Only I protect me' — how The Courage to Be Disliked handed me back the steering wheel
5/22/2026 6 min read readingAdlerCourage to Be Dislikedteleology +1
From caring deeply about how others saw me, to noticing 'how others evaluate me is their task' and starting to show up as myself. The Courage to Be Disliked's teleology rejects causal blame of the past and returns the steering wheel of life to your own hands. A reading note on the path through a job change and side-project that the book quietly backed me through.