The Myth of Pursuing Happiness

Are you trying to find happiness and success? According to Dr. Viktor Frankl, you can’t pursue them directly. You can only find them as a byproduct of other things. Dr. Frankl, a survivor of four Nazi Germany concentration camps, a neurologist and a psychiatrist developed a new field of psychiatry just prior to being sent to the camps. He had travel papers that would have let him leave Germany for the US but since his parents didn’t have a way to leave Germany, he chose to stay.
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If You Want To Hit The Target, Aim High!

I saw a Viktor Frankl video this morning on the meaning of life. Dr. Frankl was a neurologist, psychiatrist and a holocaust survivor. It’s a short video and to the point. Aim high to achieve results and that the drive for finding meaning in work and in life is one of our highest drives. Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi says that to experience Flow, we must have tasks that make us reach just beyond our grasp.
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