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Quest for Meaning
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Applying these core principles to daily life can help readers find meaning in every day moments. Reviewed by Dr. Fred Hill
Prisoners of Our Thoughts, Viktor Frankl’s Principles for Discovering Meaning in Life and Work, Third Edition, Alex Pattakos and Elaine Dundon, Berrett-Koehler Publishers, Inc., Oakland, CA, 2017; ISBN (pbk.) 9781626568808
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risoners of Our Thoughts deals with the human quest for meaning. It is grounded in the philosophy and approach of Viktor Frankl, author of the best-selling Man’s Search for Meaning, which was named one of the ten most influential books in America by the Library of Congress. Frankl, a world-renowned psychiatrist and existential philosopher, is the founder of Logotherapy, a meaning-
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centered, humanistic approach to psychotherapy, which incorporates such insights as the freedom to choose one’s attitude. The purpose of Prisoners of Our Thoughts is to help each of us apply Frankl’s therapeutic system to learn how to bring personal meaning and fulfillment to our everyday lives and work and achieve our highest potential. Authors Alex Pattakos and Elaine Dundon draw on Frankl’s body of work to identify seven core principles: 1 Exercise the Freedom to Choose Your Attitude 2 Realize Your Will to Meaning 3 Detect the Meaning of Life’s Moments 4 Don’t Work Against Yourself 5 Look at Yourself from a Distance 6 Shift Your Focus of Attention 7 Extend Beyond Yourself Three additional chapters explain how everyone can benefit by putting meaning at the core of our lives, work, and society.
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In the foreword, Dr. Stephen R. Covey writes of stumbling onto three lines in a book (whose title he forgot to write down and never found again), that solidified his own feelings regarding our power of choice, and which reaffirmed Frankl’s essential teachings. These lines are: “Between stimulus and response, there is a space. In that space lies our freedom and our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our happiness.” Frankl, a survivor of Nazi concentration camps during World War II, came to know that he was responsible for finding meaning in his circumstances and, importantly, for not becoming a prisoner of his thoughts. Alexander Batthyany, PhD, director of the Viktor Frankl Institute in Vienna, writes of this book: “If you intend to read just one self-help book in your life, pick this one.” Dr. Fred E. Hill is an emeritus professor at St. Cloud State University
QUINLIVAN & HUGHES OPENS MONTICELLO OFFICE Quinlivan & Hughes opened a new office in Monticello. It is located at 305 Cedar Street.
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STEARNS BANK ADDS DIRECTOR Mary Jepperson has been named to the Stearns Bank Board of Directors.
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