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In his book Man’s Search for Meaning, Viktor E. Frankl argues that the meaning of life is something that each person must find for themselves. He provides numerous examples from his own experiences as a concentration camp inmate during the Holocaust to illustrate his point.
- Daniel PinkInterview
Man’s Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl. It helped convince me that human beings are meaning-seeking creatures — that even amid unspeakably dire circumstances we look for purpose and significance in our lives.
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Many people go through life without ever stopping to question the meaning of life. They follow the same routine day after day, never really thinking about why they’re doing what they’re doing. But what happens when life throws a curveball? What happens when everything changes in an instant and you’re left wondering…
- Andrew CraigInterview
Most of the output of folks like Malcolm Gladwell, Daniel Pink, Michael Lewis, Alain de Botton, Niall Ferguson. Any Stoic philosophy – e.g. Meditations by Marcus Aurelius. I’d also include Man’s Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl and Wild Swans by Jung Chang. I’d include lots of fiction too, of course, all the usual…
- Nir EyalInterview
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Punished by Rewards by Alfie Kohn. Makes you question everything you thought you knew about rewards and praise. Man’s Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl. Frankl was a psychiatrist who was a prisoner of the Nazi’s between 1942 and 1945. That will give you perspective on your “bad day.”
- John Sibley Williams: Never, Ever Stop WritingInterview
I don’t know how many times I’ve read Man’s Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl, the psychologist and Holocaust survivor. A dozen? This seminal work frames much of my understanding of human nature, and I don’t think a day goes by in which its insights aren’t validated in my daily life. As opposed to abstractions…
- Mariela GrifforInterview
There is a book that is profoundly different from any reality I’ve experienced in my life. Man’s Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl. Even if Canto General changed some of my ideas on Land, Country, Patriotism. Don Quixote, changed my ideas on religion, imagination and culture, Man’s Search for Meaning changed my…
- David Heinemeier HanssonInterview
I’m not sure I’ve well-read enough to accept that responsibility on behalf of humanity. But I’d share the books that I’ve read that I found show us in the best light. That would probably be: 1) Finding Flow by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi to teach them how most people experience true moments of bliss in everyday life, 2)…
- Todd HenryInterview
New Seeds of Contemplation by Thomas Merton, Man’s Search For Meaning by Viktor Frankl, The Gift by Lewis Hyde.
- Melissa KirschInterview
I was given a book at age 16 that changed everything. I had this much older boyfriend and he bought me Man’s Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl. It showed me whatever I thought I was going through that I couldn’t handle, I could. Everything is severe melodrama when you’re a teenager. This book shifted my perspective…
- James ConnollyInterview
Man’s Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl, The View from the Cheap Seats by Neil Gaiman, Bad Pharma by Ben Goldacre.
- David GoldsteinInterview
Secondly, Hawaii by James Michener is a story following the development of the civilization on the islands – starting with the first puff of smoke from an undersea volcano. Against all odds, all life on the islands made its way across the Pacific. Cultures were mixed and fused in a multi-generation story that shows…
- Jordan MechnerInterview
I’d recommend that aspiring game developers and screenwriters read Essays by George Orwell (including “Politics and the English Language” and “Why I Write”); Man’s Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl; and Gödel, Escher, Bach by Douglas R. Hofstadter. I wouldn’t push books about how to make games or movies, because the…
- John KaagInterview
Sixteen, that would be easy. I was in the grips of a pretty serious existentialist phase (that precipitated a pretty serious bout of depression and anxiety). I needed to read Man’s Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl and The Courage to Be by Paul Tillich. Both of these books take existential insights seriously and…
- Richard KochInterview
- Greg McKeownInterview
Outside of scripture, I would say Man’s Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl. But in a sense, I can as well answer how many meals I have eaten as saying which book has impacted me most.
- George BerkowskiInterview
Man’s Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl is the second tale of human perseverance and the essence of what it is to be human (and inhuman). Again, it is a simple tale that forced me to open my eyes to the reality of war and atrocity – and the beauty of human resilience.
- Zelana MontminyInterview
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I think humanity could do with reading Man’s Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl.
- Niki NakayamaInterview
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- Siobhan CurhamInterview
Man’s Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl. Written after his struggle for survival in Auschwitz, it’s so full of hope and contains such profound message for us all.
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- Stuart RalphInterview
It would be Man’s Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl. It gets you to look at suffering as a part of life, and when you can accept that you can actually learn to live a meaningful life. It shouldn’t be a happy life we want, but a meaningful one.
- Dr. Mort OrmanInterview
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