By Viktor Frankl Primarily it’s an account of Frankl’s experience in Nazi concentration camps. In those brutal conditions, Frankl finds meaning in suffering which contributes to his survival where others gave up. He repeatedly clarifies that meaning does not require suffering and that unnecessary is to be avoided. Don’t aim at success–the more you aim
By Joshua Foer I read this book years ago and really enjoyed it. I joined a book club that selected this book, so I read it again. The book ponders the meaning and importance of human memory. It is clearly critical to the experience of life, but extreme stunts of memorization don’t appear to correlate
Jon Ronson This one was a fun, quick read. I zipped through it in two days. I’ve already separated myself from social media. I don’t have any accounts beyond LinkedIn where I very rarely comment or post. The internet really brings out the most vile side of people. Like the author, I’ve certainly participated before,
Trauma, Illness, & Healing in a Toxic Culture Gabor Maté with Daniel Maté I am listening to the audio book. It’s harder for me to catch quotes while listening compared to reading a book. What have I taken from it:
A Guide to Creating Organizations Inspired by the Next Stage of Human Consciousness Frederic Laloux https://www.reinventingorganizations.com/ This was probably the biggest departure from the collection of management books that I’ve read so far. The author argues that all of the prior works fall into prior stages of organizational evolution. The future, in his mind, is