Prisoners of Our Thoughts: Viktor Frankl's Principles for Discovering Meaning in Life and Work Summary and Reviews

Prisoners of Our Thoughts: Viktor Frankl's Principles for Discovering Meaning in Life and Work
by Alex Pattakos

Prisoners of Our Thoughts: Viktor Frankl's Principles for Discovering Meaning in Life and Work
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Author: Alex Pattakos
Foreword: Stephen R. Covey
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Format: Illustrated
Published: 2008-01-01
ISBN: 1576754065
Number of pages: 196
Publisher: Berrett-Koehler Publishers

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Book Review: Be the creator of your own growth and happiness
Summary: 5 Stars

Prisoners of our Thoughts brings to life one of the most important principles that Viktor Frankl awakened in many of us - and that is that "everything can be taken from a man but...the last of the human freedoms - to choose one's attitude in any given set of cirucumstances, to choose one's way". Given what I have learned from this one quote, I feel a responsibility to recommend Prisoners of Our Thoughts to others.

Dr Pattakos both captures the experience and teachings of Frankl (and himself) in an accessible and captivating manner and also opens them up to help the reader to do something with them. He shows us that any of us can break out of the prisons of our thoughts by choosing to shift how we experience the most frustrating and disappointing situations at work, The exercises boost the value to the reader if he or she takes the time and energy to authentically address the straightforward, yet thought-provoking questions. And one might even be surprised with some of the answers that emerge. I was!

Dr Pattakos uses examples that each of us can relate to and that demonstrate the power of looking at our work through a new lens - that is, creating a bigger context that elevates the meaningful(l)ness of anything we do if we `choose' to. I loved the story of Winston the bus driver who brought joy and connectedness to all his passengers. As a dear colleague once said to me, you have three ways to live your life: as a victim where it happens to you and you have no control, reactively where you automatically respond, or from a place of creation where it is up to you to choose. If you do want to live from a place where you create your life and work, then you will greatly enjoy Prisoners of our Thoughts and find it personally and professionally relevant.

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