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𝟎𝟕 𝐋𝐢𝐟𝐞-𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤 "𝐌𝐚𝐧'𝐬 𝐒𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝐅𝐨𝐫 𝐌𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠"

𝟏. 𝐀𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐩𝐭 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐜𝐚𝐧’𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐥

We cannot always control what happens to us, but we can control how we respond.

Accept this. Do not fight it.

Accepting you can only control how you respond gives you more control than trying to control everything.

𝟐. 𝐒𝐮𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐛𝐲-𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧

Instead of putting all of your time and energy into becoming successful,

Put all of your time and energy into creating value, into something bigger than yourself, and success will come.

𝟑. 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧 𝐬𝐮𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠

Frankl explains that suffering is a part of life - it is unavoidable

Hence, if there is meaning in life, there is meaning in suffering.

“Without suffering and death, human life is incomplete”

𝟒. 𝐒𝐮𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬𝐧’𝐭 𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫

As much as suffering is unavoidable - it is not constant.

There will come a time of liberation, a time where the suffering ceases.

That time is generally when you find or create the meaning behind your particular suffering.

𝟓. 𝐒𝐞𝐥𝐟-𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐛𝐲-𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟-𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞

Man must give himself completely to another cause, to his purpose

When he does this man will become more human than he could imagine and the more human he is the more he actualises himself and releases his potential.

𝟔. 𝐏𝐮𝐫𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐤𝐞𝐞𝐩𝐬 𝐮𝐬 𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞

Frankl documents how those in Auschwitz who had given up hope, that had not created their purpose, would soon pass

But those who knew they had something or someone waiting for them after liberation would carry on surviving through the hell they were in

𝟕. 𝐌𝐚𝐧 𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐩𝐮𝐫𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐞

“Man should not ask what the meaning of his life is, but rather recognise it is he who is asked”

Life questions us, it challenges us, and it is up to us to answer the question, rise to the challenge and give meaning to our lives.

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