1-Minute Book Tip: Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl

Hello, Book Thinkers family. My 1-minute book tip for today comes from one of the best books of all time, Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl. And so as a psychiatrist who went into the Nazi prison death camps as a prisoner, he got to observe sort of human suffering and a search for meaning from a very unique perspective. And so after he came out, he founded a school of thought called logotherapy. And the primary focus of logotherapy is to help people identify their meaning. And that's sort of the primary driver for human experience, in his opinion. And so what we do in 2020 that's dangerous is we generalize meaning. But meaning is very specific to people, so it's based on their unique experiences and responsibilities. Generalizing meaning by saying, hey, what I did can work for you, is dangerous because that's like saying to a chess player, hey, what's the best move of all time? Well, the best move is dependent on their unique situation. So don't generalize meaning. Your purpose comes from your pain, and that is my tip for today.