Man's Search for Meaning
by Viktor E. Frankl
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Book Reviews of Man's Search for Meaning
Book Review: Inspiration and truth. All in a book.
Summary: 5 Stars
I'm an actor. You've never heard of me. Meaning, out of work actor.
This is important later on so bear with me please. Then their are college students. I did that to. And they complain they are lost in life, and that school is so hard etc etc.
Then their are people with jobs they hate. Or jobs they are simply bored at. (I'm the latter)
Do you know anyone who complains, Gosh I hope you say yes or it's probably you that complains. Anyway, this is all important as you should read this book. Then, you'll never complain again. Of all the most humbling stories ever written this has to be one of them. I don't complain about not getting work or having to eat pancakes (lie, i eat very well) everyday. I don't complain about being lost in life.
This book is magnificent because it doesn't get into the horrid details that we all have heard before. But it gives you the mindset.
How can someone watch others, friends and family die. How does it feel. What pulls you through.
Read the book.
It's a perfect account of a bad situation.
Book Review: How to deal with unimaginable horror
Summary: 3 Stars
I read this book when I was in a very tough place based on the recommendations of a surgeon who unlike many surgeons was interested in my emotional well-being as well. I was hit by a semi-truck while riding my bicycle and spent months in a very difficult place. This book provided some solace although my situation was not nearly as bad as that suffered by the author and the other victims of the holocaust. The author attempts a very difficult task, namely to develop tools for people to find meaning in some unimaginably painful situations. Situations where finding the power to cope and find meaning seem to be pointless. The author describes how he found the emotional strength to survive the concentration camps and come out to be a man who is not broken by circumstances. I couldn't relate to all of his advice but I will remember one thing that the author advised. When in an unbelievably dire and hopeless situation and all other meaning is lost, you can find meaning in suffering and dying with dignity. When all bets are off, you shouldn't lose your humanity.Book Review: Man's Search For Meaning
Summary: 5 Stars
Man's Search for Meaning is considered among the most influential works of psychiatric literature since Freud.It begins with a moving personal essay about Frankl's imprisonment in Auschwitz and other concentration camps for five years, and his struggle during this time to find reasons to live. The second part of the book describes the psychotherapeutic method that Frankl pioneered as a result of his experiences in the concentration camps and the resulting belief that man's deepest desire is to search for meaning and purpose. The profound lessons for me from this book are key messages in my workshops and in my book and audio book, Managing Thought: How Do Your Thoughts Rule Your World? -- that what we think is a matter of choice, that no one else and nothing else is responsible or to blame for what we choose to think; and that thoughts of purpose and possibility are powerful thoughts that bring us peace and inspire us and connect us with our highest awareness.Book Review: A book of psychology for common man
Summary: 5 Stars
Man's Search for Meaning
Significant work indeed after Freud and Adler. The book shows by example of personal experience of the author, and that of many other, how the influence of one's thought power can make you live or die and the rightful thinking that can make one stand against all odds. The meaning for life is not defined by someone but to be found by each one of us and that the meaning exists whatever the living state of affairs be, is the message of the book. There probably has never been a worst place to live other than in concentration camps, as described in the book and the ordeal of living through it. The book also deals with the dimension of spiritual thinking a little (probably the 8 volumes of the theory proposed by Viktor Frankl has more info). A must read for students of psychology.
Book Review: Powerful, Sobering, Inspiring
Summary: 5 Stars
This book is an unforgettable piece of writing. It is written by Viktor Frankl, a concentration camp survivor, psychiatrist, and founder of logotherapy. In a clear, true, voice he quickly entrains the reader into the reality of the camps; the hierarchies, the realities, and the will to live that will allow humans to endure and participate in almost anything. Yet with the depravity he also writes of the few who shone- who cared for others; who did not abandon spiritual principles. This amazing first-person account is unforgettable because of his bravery, intellectual approach, and clear-headed ability to recount details. Dr. Frankl also shares the core principles behind his innovative approach to psychotherapy. We are all searching for meaning; reading this book will allow you to look at life in a new way and you will be changed forever. A life-changing and extraordinary book.