Wednesday, 25 January 2017

A Psychiatrist Who Survived The Holocaust Explains Why Meaningfulness Matters More Than Happiness

A Psychiatrist Who Survived The Holocaust Explains Why Meaningfulness Matters More Than Happiness

"It is the very pursuit of happiness that thwarts happiness." In September 1942, Viktor Frankl, a prominent Jewish psychiatrist and neurologist in Vienna, was arrested and transported to a Nazi concentration camp with his wife and parents. Three years later, when his camp was liberated, most of his family, including his pregnant wife, had perished — but he, prisoner number 119104, had lived.
Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/a-lesson-about-happiness-from-a-holocaust-survivor-2014-10?source=Snapzu

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