How to Avoid Being Prisoners of Our Thoughts, with author and speaker, Alex Pattakos aka Dr Meaning (MDE493 )

Minter Dialogue with Alex Pattakos

Alex Pattakos is the founder of the Global Meaning Institute, a political scientist, philosopher and bestselling author. He has written (or cowritten) "The OPA! Way", "Discovering Meaning through the Lens of Work," (for the Journal of Constructive Psychology) and most recently, "Prisoners of our Thoughts, Viktor Frankl's Principles for Discovering Meaning in Life and Work." In this conversation, we discuss his background, including as a US Army Veteran, his encounter with and importance of Viktor Frankl, how and why we're in a crisis of meaning, the notions of free will, relationships, sense of humour and much more.

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