Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl is also excellent.[2]
[1] - https://tripinsurancestore.com/4/on-the-shortness-of-life.pd...
[2] - https://www.amazon.com/Mans-Search-Meaning-Viktor-Frankl/dp/...
He explored the question of meaning more fully in his later work, and came to believe that the meaning of your life was a question that life asked of you, and that you answered this question by the choices that you made.
[1] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viktor_Frankl
[2] - https://www.amazon.com/Mans-Search-Meaning-Viktor-Frankl-ebo...
It's short and very inspiring.
[1] https://www.amazon.com/Mans-Search-Meaning-Viktor-Frankl-ebo...
[1] - https://www.amazon.com/Mans-Search-Meaning-Viktor-Frankl/dp/...
The one book I wish my colleagues would read and learn from is "Man's Search for Meaning" by Victor Frankl [1].
"Between stimulus and response lies a space. In that space lie our freedom and power to choose a response. In our response lies our growth and our happiness."
[1] https://www.amazon.com/Mans-Search-Meaning-Viktor-Frankl/dp/...
Viktor came up with the theory of Logotherapy which in a nutshell has 3 parts:
- Life has meaning under all circumstances, even the most miserable ones.
- Our main motivation for living is our will to find meaning in life.
- We have freedom to find meaning in what we do, and what we experience, or at least in the stand we take when faced with a situation of unchangeable suffering
https://www.amazon.com/Mans-Search-Meaning-Viktor-Frankl/dp/...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Man%27s_Search_for_Meaning
https://archive.org/details/MansSearchForMeaning_201507
http://www.amazon.com/Mans-Search-Meaning-Viktor-Frankl/dp/0...
Try to be 1% better and whatever you're focusing on improving. It's manageable. It's realistic. It adds up.
http://www.amazon.com/Mans-Search-Meaning-Viktor-Frankl/dp/0...
Viktor Frankl's Man's Search for Meaning: http://amzn.to/1UwCEy6 and
Cal Newport's So Good They Can't Ignore You: http://amzn.to/1fkHSNF (blog: http://calnewport.com/blog/about/)
have really helped me navigate these issues.
It's short. It's accessible. There is also a noticeable absence of Richard Gere.
“In psychiatry there is a certain condition known as delusion of reprieve. The condemned man, immediately before his execution, gets the illusion that he might be reprieved at the very last minute. No one could yet grasp the fact that everything would be taken away. all we possessed, literally, was our naked existence.”
The trick is that our naked existence is all we ever have. Learning to deal with this fact, to accept and and even rely on this fundamental truth, is the first step towards developing a real purpose in life. This is the kind of thing that will get you out of bed each day.
http://www.amazon.com/Mans-Search-Meaning-Viktor-Frankl/dp/0...
https://www.amazon.com/Mans-Search-Meaning-Viktor-Frankl/dp/...
https://www.amazon.com/History-Civil-1861-1865-James-Rhodes/...