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Hey, Jolenta. Yes, Kristen. We are very lucky because a lot of our listeners leave fantastic reviews for our shows.

Yes, that is very, very true.

But as you know, I hate reading bad reviews.

Yes.

Sadly, a few of our reviews aren't stellar, a few of them.

It almost sounds like they don't like us.

Yeah, and it is fucking torture for me to read those reviews. I just wish everyone liked

me. Yeah. Well, fortunately, Jolenta, there is a book scientifically designed just for this

predicament, for that situation where people don't like us so much. And maybe this book will help us be more at peace with those situations.

And let me guess, we're going to be a living by that book because I'm Jolenta Greenberg.

And I'm Kristen Meinser.

And this is By the Book on Patreon.

Your life is going down to. buy the book on Patreon by the book for Patreon, we choose a different self-help book to live by it to the letter and weigh in on whether or not it actually changed our lives.

Uh-huh.

And today we are covering the courage to be disliked by Ichiro, Kishimi, and Fumitake Koga.

Hats off to Jolenta for her great pronunciation of Japanese names.

Reminder to listeners, Jolenta did study Japanese and even lived there briefly.

It's true. Also, reminder listeners, you can always share your own experiences and opinions about this book and all of the books we live by on Patreon and we'll be hosting our live stream monthly book club club at the end of the month for everyone at the club level. But

let's get to it with our author bio. Let's do it. Ichiro Kishimi is a psychologist specializing in

Western ancient philosophy and Adlerian psychology. He studied philosophy at Kyoto University,

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