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Aug 7, 2023 · Ultimately, man should not ask what the meaning of his life is, but rather must recognize that it is he who is asked. In a word, each man is questioned by life; and he can only answer to life by answering for his own life; to life he can only respond by being responsible.
Viktor Frankl – excerpts from “Man’s Search for Meaning”. Ultimately, man should not ask what the meaning of his life is, but rather must recognize that it is he who is asked. In a word, each man is questioned by life; and he can only answer to life by answering for his own life . . .
- People can choose their attitude
- People want to find and follow their personal sense of meaning
- People find ‘happiness’ as a by-product of following their meaning
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- Stephen R Covey
- The business man’s mentor
- Contribution to the strengths approach
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Human beings want to feel in control. Time after time we hear people say: “But I had no choice.” Based on his experience in the death camps, Frankl maintains that there is always one final freedom. We can choose our attitude towards events. He wrote: “We who lived in concentration camps can remember the men who walked through the huts comforting o...
Human beings long for a sense of purpose, said Frankl. He believed there were three ways to create meaning in life: a) By doing a deed or creating a work; b) By appreciating the experience of someone or something; c) By choosing our attitude towards suffering. Accordingly, Frankl summarises the status of love and work as sources of meaning like t...
“Ever more people today have the means to live,” said Frankl, “but no meaning to live for.” He saw that people were striving to achieve happiness through self-indulgence or gathering “outer” things – such as possessions or status. Writing in the preface to the 1984 edition of Man’s Search For Meaning, he explained: “Again and again I admonish my st...
Frankl has been an inspiration and mentor to many people. Stephen R Covey in the “7 Habits of Highly Effective People” draws heavily on Frankl. Raymond Ackerman in “The Four Legs of the Table” talks about how five mentors (Frankl was one of the five) significantly influenced the way Ackerman developed the Pick ‘n Pay model in South Africa (see be...
Stephen Covey, refers to Frankl as his ‘intellectual mentor’ and he frequently recites the following piece. Viktor Frankl, in the death camps of Nazi Germany was being tortured, put under the white lights, stripped naked, and ignoble sterilisation experiments done upon his body. And he discovered that between everything that happened to him and h...
Raymond Ackerman says Frankl’s philosophies taught him to “understand and appreciate the possibilities of adversity. For Raymond Ackerman the pivotal piece of advice that came from Frankl was “find out what it is you want to do, and do it to distraction”. As Ackerman says, this piece “ has a layer of meaning that goes deeper than the advice in a s...
Frankl talked about “meaning” and “purpose”, rather than strengths, and underlined we each have a mission to fulfil. This could mean, in some cases, fulfilling our duty to make full use of our talents. At the same time, he showed that people draw courage from pursuing their chosen path. (This aspect has since been developed through Martin Seligman’...
A human being is a deciding being. Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom. Challenging the meaning of life is the truest expression of the state of being human. Each man is questioned by life; and he can only answer to life by answering...
For me, the power of this short book is his narrative of survival in the concentration camps. What he witnessed and reports has its own power, but when he compounds it with an interpretation, that is, a search for meaning, Frankl's book has resounding merit. Man’s Search for Meaning is available in good bookstores, Amazon and also in audible form ...
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However, his experiences in the concentration camps confirmed his view that it is through a search for meaning and purpose in life that individuals can endure hardship and suffering. In a sense, Frank’s theory was tested in a dramatic way by the tragedies of his life.
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This means, Frankl says, that instead of asking, “what is the meaning of life,” man must recognize that life asks him what his meaning will be. Man is responsible to life to discover this meaning. In logotherapy, “responsibleness” is the “ essence of human existence.”.
The meaning of life according to Viktor Frankl lies in finding a purpose and taking responsibility for ourselves and other human beings. By having a clear “why” we can face all the “how” questions of life.
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Mar 11, 2023 · “Ultimately, man should not ask what the meaning of his life is, but rather must recognize that it is he who is asked. In a word, each man is questioned by life; and he can only answer to life by answering for his own life; to life he can only respond by being responsible.”
