“The problem is not one of ability, but of courage.” | The Philosopher in The Courage to be Disliked by Ichigo Ishimi and Fumitame Koga
The reason this book has been as revelatory as it has been is because it helped me understand why some powerful ideas resonated in the way they did.
This note about ability vs. courage (hence the “courage to be disliked”) is a recurring theme that follows a simple thesis – most people are not limited by talent or past trauma, but by fear.
It is at the heart of the idea of “the resistance” – the internal force Steven Pressfield described as opposing all manner of growth.
And it helped me better understand Marianne Williamson note – “Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us.”
