“When a man can’t find a deep sense of meaning, they distract themselves with pleasure.” — Viktor Frankl
“When a man can’t find a deep sense of meaning, they distract themselves with pleasure.” — Viktor Frankl
man was actually most tempted to distract himself with pleasure when his life was void of meaning.
Donald Miller • Building a StoryBrand: Clarify Your Message So Customers Will Listen
When we lack a connection to anything larger or bigger than us, it’s like a piece of our soul is gone.
Ryan Holiday • Ego is the Enemy: The Fight to Master Our Greatest Opponent
“We have meaningful lives… when we do things that are important that otherwise would not get done. You don’t want to be a cog in a machine, you don’t want to be doing a thing that if you didn’t do it, a thousand other people would take your place. And so it’s always but for you, but for this venture or this company that you’re working on, this impo... See more
Peter Thiel • I prefer meaning to happiness: Peter Thiel
“Man is pushed by drives,” Viktor Frankl observed. “But he is pulled by values.”
Ryan Holiday • Ego Is the Enemy
The way you beat a feeling of purposelessness, according to Frankl, isn’t to focus on the problem. It’s to find a better distraction.
Jeff Goins • The Art of Work: A Proven Path to Discovering What You Were Meant to Do
As Viktor Frankl puts it in The Will to Meaning, “Man is pushed by drives but pulled by values.” These values and inner awareness prevent us from being puppets.