Man's Search for Meaning

Man's Search for Meaning

by Viktor E. Frankl

40 mentors recommend this 192 pages

it is about the life of author victor frankl in the concentration camp of hitler

ISBN: 9780306456206

Who Recommends This Book 40

Jimmy Fallon

Jimmy Fallon

Entertainment

"Charles Dickens is my fav I guess. Man's Search For Meaning... has Lin Manuel written a book yet?"

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"Talks about the meaning of life, and I believe you come out a better person from reading it."

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Terry Crews

Terry Crews

Entertainment

"Both books are absolutely essential to me in order to keep my perspectives correct in a changing world."

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Maria Popova

Maria Popova

Media & Journalism

"A meditation on what the gruesome experience of Auschwitz taught [the author] about the primary purpose of life: the quest for meaning, which sustained those who survived."

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Robin Black

Robin Black

Media & Journalism

"One of the great books ever written exists because of one of the worst times in human history. From suffering comes beauty."

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Michael Gervais

Science & Research

"Outlines methods to discover deep meaning and purpose in life."

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Dustin Moskovitz

Dustin Moskovitz

Business & Entrepreneurship

"Dustin Moskovitz recommended this book on Twitter."

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PewDiePie

Media & Journalism

"A great tool to help people. [...] In case something really bad happens, I feel like, from reading this book, I'm better equipped to handle it."

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Ryan Holiday

Ryan Holiday

Philosophy & Religion

"Looks at how we find purpose by dedicating ourselves to a cause, learning to love and finding a meaning to our suffering."

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Tom Bilyeu

Tom Bilyeu

Business & Entrepreneurship

"Tom Bilyeu recommended this book on his website."

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Bryan Johnson

Bryan Johnson

Technology

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

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Dave Elitch

Dave Elitch

Music

"Dave Elitch mentioned this book on "The Tim Ferriss Show" podcast."

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Chip Conley

Chip Conley

Business & Entrepreneurship

"If I were to take the meaning of Man's Search for Meaning, and turn it into an equation, it would be despair equals suffering minus meaning."

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Daniel Pink

Daniel Pink

Author

"A hugely important book for me."

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Esther Perel

Esther Perel

Health & Medicine

"The book I’ve probably gifted the most is Man's Search for Meaning, since I’m 16."

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Turia Pitt

Turia Pitt

Sports

"If people are doing a bit of soul searching, hands down I give them this book."

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Jim Kwik

Health & Medicine

"Illustrates that it’s not our circumstances but the decisions we make that diminish or develop us."

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Fedor Holz

Fedor Holz

Sports

"[From it] I interpreted that we cannot avoid suffering, but we can choose how to cope with it, and that having meaning in our life is essential."

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Nicholas C. Zakas

Technology

"Reading, “Man’s Search for Meaning.” I feel like this is one of those books everyone should read at some point. This paragraph in particular resonated with me."

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Cory Booker

Cory Booker

Politics & Government

"Many, from Malcolm X's Autobiography 2 Man's Search for Meaning RT @VarunAmbrose what were books that caused a paradigm shift in ur thinking"

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Amanda Palmer

Amanda Palmer

Music

"@jennynirmala that book also changed my life."

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Aniela Gregorek

Aniela Gregorek

Health & Medicine

"A book I have gifted to many people because it changed the way I think about human suffering and grace in life."

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Chelsea Handler

Chelsea Handler

Comedy

"One of those beautiful accounts of a terrible time in our history. His calm and sagaciousness, while witnessing one horror after another played out during his time in three separate concentration camps, is awe inspiring."

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Ev Williams

Ev Williams

Business & Entrepreneurship

"On the "books read" section of Ev Williams' GoodReads profile."

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Jocko Willink

Military & Intelligence

"Jocko Willink covered this book in "Jocko Podcast" Ep. 78"

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Lex Fridman

Lex Fridman

Media & Journalism

"I reread Man's Search for Meaning quite often."

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Mark Manson

Mark Manson

Content Creator

"Mark Manson recommended this book on his website."

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Michael Hyatt

Michael Hyatt

Business & Entrepreneurship

"Michael Hyatt recommended this book on his website."

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Patrick Bet-David

Patrick Bet-David

Business & Entrepreneurship

"Patrick Bet-David recommended this book on his website."

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Shane Parrish

Shane Parrish

Business & Entrepreneurship

"As hard as you think your life is, it pales in comparison to Auschwitz."

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