Read it for
- Memoir
- Meaning
- Historical context
What’s inside
Frankl recounts experiences in Nazi concentration camps and develops ideas from logotherapy about meaning. Beacon Press describes the current edition as a memoir and reflection on finding meaning amid suffering.
Bring it to your work
This is not a productivity manual. If you discuss it with colleagues, keep its historical and personal context central and let readers decide what, if anything, they take into their own working lives.
Edition & source notes
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- Reference edition
- Paperback reference edition
- Format
- paperback
- Reference edition date
- 1 June 2006
- ISBN-13
- 9780807014295
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Take the idea off the page.
What distinction does Frankl make between avoiding difficulty and finding meaning while facing it?
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