Man's Search for Meaning

“Honored to have been asked to write a piece for the By Invitation series in @TheEconomist but mostly excited that I got to interview Dr. Viktor Frankl's wife, and talk about an idea that I first heard about when I read Man's Search For Meaning in 2005...

“Yes, amazing book.

“I have gifted A Good Man to quite a few people and Shackleton and Victor Frankl’s book. A Good Man I gift because if we contemplate how – like I wonder what would my son or daughter say about me? What kind of biography would they write? And that is a model for me I would want. Shackleton, that is how I want to behave in life and Frankl, that is how I – his basic point is no matter the conditions we surround ourselves in, we can author our life. We can author however we respond. I guess I will also throw in there Siddhartha. Have you read that?

“His basic point is no matter the conditions we surround ourselves in, we can author our life.

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“Viktor Frankl’s memoir has riveted generations of readers with its descriptions of life in Nazi death camps and its lessons for spiritual survival.

“These are the most terrifying books I have encountered.

“A book that I found particularly influential in my intellectual development.

“Man's Search for Meaning

“Life is never made unbearable by circumstances, but only by lack of meaning and purpose.

“Frankl reminds us that even in the worst conditions imaginable, meaning is not taken from us unless we surrender it.

“Single most important book you can read.