Prisoners Of Our Thoughts: Viktor Frankl's Principles For Discovering Meaning In Life And Work

Author description

Alex Pattakos, Ph.D., is a principal of The Innovation Group and the founder of the Center for Meaning, both based in Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA. He is a former therapist and mental health administrator and has worked closely with several Presidential administrations on social policy matters and served as an adviser to the Commissioner of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. The World Future Society credits him as the inventor of the concept of the "Electronic Visiting Professor" for his pioneering work in on line, distance learning.

Table of contents

Foreword by Stephen R. Covey Preface to the Second Edition Chapter 1: Life Doesn't Just Happen to Us Chapter 2: Viktor Frankl's Lifework and Legacy Chapter 3: Labyrinths of Meaning Chapter 4: Exercise the Freedom to Choose Your Attitude Chapter 5: Realize Your Will to Meaning Chapter 6: Detect the Meaning of Life's Moments Chapter 7: Don't Work Against Yourself Chapter 8: Look at Yourself from a Distance Chapter 9: Shift Your Focus of Attention Chapter 10: Extend Beyond Yourself Chapter 11: Living and Working with Meaning Chapter 12: The Meaning Difference