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How Do You Want To Be Remembered?

Alex Pattakos | Posted 01.24.2009 | Living

Read More: Happiness, Living News, The Balanced Life, Living With Meaning, Alex Pattakos, Viktor Frankl, Health, The Giving Life, The Inner Life, Giving, Attitude, Balanced Life, Meaning, Living News
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It's that time of year again! You know, when we not only should be in the "holiday spirit" but also should be preparing for the New Year. There is n...

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Meaningful Capitalism: Change We Can Believe In

Alex Pattakos | Posted 01.17.2009 | Living

Read More: The Balanced Life, Living With Meaning, Alex Pattakos, Economy, Viktor Frankl, Bob Dylan, Capitalism, Creative Capitalism, Business, Meaning, Aquarian Conspiracy, Megatrends, Living News
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"The Times They Are A-Changin," sang Bob Dylan, which is one of his most famous title tracks for it captured the spirit of social and political upheav...

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True Optimism: A Prescription for Getting Through Hard Times

Alex Pattakos | Posted 01.10.2009 | Living

Read More: Happiness, Optimism, Chicken Little, The Inner Life, Attitude, Meaning, Stress, Living With Meaning, Alex Pattakos, Viktor Frankl, Living News
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"The sky is falling! The sky is falling!" cried Chicken Little. If you are unfamiliar or don't remember the story of Chicken Little, I invite you to...

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How To Tame Your "Inner Brat"

Alex Pattakos | Posted 01.03.2009 | Living

Read More: Happiness, Inner Child, The Inner Life, Attitude, Meaning, Communication, Living With Meaning, Alex Pattakos, Viktor Frankl, Entitlement, Crisis, Dereflection, Living News
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Consider this: as consumers in a highly-technical society, we have come to expect efficiency and convenience, as well as instant gratification and quick turnarounds.

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And The Oscar Goes To...You!

Alex Pattakos | Posted 12.27.2008 | Living

Read More: Academy Awards, Oscar, Existential Digging, The Inner Life, Attitude, Meaning, Ricky Gervais, Living With Meaning, Jon Stewart, Alex Pattakos, Viktor Frankl, Living News
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Did you know that, like the actors who receive Academy Awards for their outstanding performances, each of us plays the leading role in our own life's movie?

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Living With Meaning: Look At Yourself From A Distance

Alex Pattakos | Posted 12.20.2008 | Living

Read More: Self Detachment, The Inner Life, Attitude, Balanced Life, Meaning, Stress, Living With Meaning, Alex Pattakos, Viktor Frankl, Sense of Humor, Crisis, Rodney Dangerfield, Living News
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The ad in a London newspaper read, "Unemployed. Brilliant mind offers its services completely free; the survival of the body must be provided for by ...

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Can You Deal With Life's "Crises"?

Alex Pattakos | Posted 12.13.2008 | Living

Read More: Living News, The Balanced Life, Living With Meaning, Alex Pattakos, Coping Maxim, Viktor Frankl, The Giving Life, Health, The Inner Life, Giving, Attitude, Balanced Life, Meaning, Crisis, Stress, Living News
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Faced with an economic crisis, a housing crisis, a healthcare crisis, a global warming crisis, and a "war on terror" that appears to have no end in si...

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Our Cry For Meaning: Aggression, Addiction, Depression

Alex Pattakos | Posted 12.06.2008 | Living

Read More: The Inner Life, Attitude, Balanced Life, Meaning, Stress, Aggression, Living With Meaning, Alex Pattakos, Viktor Frankl, Addiction, Depression, Crisis, Tom Cruise, Living News
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Some 50 years ago, the world-renown psychiatrist and Nazi concentration camp survivor, Dr. Viktor Frankl, called attention to three major societal ill...

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Life, Liberty, And The Pursuit Of Meaning

Alex Pattakos | Posted 11.29.2008 | Living

Read More: Happiness, Statue of Liberty, The Inner Life, Attitude, Meaning, Statue of Responsibility, Declaration of Independence, Nelson Mandela, Living With Meaning, Alex Pattakos, Personal Legacy, Viktor Frankl, Responsibility, Living News
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The introduction to the Declaration of Independence contains the following words: "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created e...

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Living with Meaning: What Are You Reflecting?

Alex Pattakos | Posted 11.22.2008 | Living

Read More: Happiness, Karma, The Inner Life, Meaning, Living With Meaning, Ubuntu, Viktor Frankl, Echo, elAlex Pattakos, Rationships, Living News
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We've all heard the saying, "What goes around, comes around." Many of us would probably even add that this simple-sounding saying actually and accura...

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Living with Meaning: Don't Work Against Yourself

Alex Pattakos | Posted 11.15.2008 | Living

Read More: Happiness, Paradoxical Intention, The Inner Life, Meaning, Stress, Living With Meaning, Alex Pattakos, Viktor Frankl, Intention, Paradox, Living News
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Good intentions are not enough--no matter how well intended they may be. Paradoxically, if we become fixated or obsessed with our intentions, we may a...

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The Meaning and Power of Forgiveness

Alex Pattakos | Posted 11.08.2008 | Living

Read More: Happiness, Living News, The Balanced Life, Forgiveness, Health, The Inner Life, Attitude, Balanced Life, Meaning, Stress, Living With Meaning, Wall Street, Alex Pattakos, Viktor Frankl, The Giving Life, Relationships, Giving, Living News
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In light of everything that is going on in our country and the world right now, including the financial crisis and political discord that are now on c...

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Living With Meaning: The Fear Factor

Alex Pattakos | Posted 11.01.2008 | Living

Read More: Happiness, The Inner Life, Attitude, Balanced Life, Meaning, Stress, Rip Torn, Living With Meaning, Albert Brooks, Alex Pattakos, Personal Legacy, Viktor Frankl, Fear, Giving, Living News
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The world is full of good deeds and the opportunity to do good deeds. When we don't do them, it's often out of fear. Fear of losing something: our s...

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Living with Meaning: Detect The Meaning Of Life's Moments

Alex Pattakos | Posted 10.25.2008 | Living

Read More: Happiness, Living News, The Balanced Life, Health, The Inner Life, Attitude, Balanced Life, Meaning, Stress, Living With Meaning, Alex Pattakos, Personal Legacy, Viktor Frankl, The Giving Life, Relationships, Giving, Living News
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Have you ever wondered if there was more to "life" than what you were experiencing? Have you ever felt like "bad" things just happened to you; that i...

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Finding Meaning In The Financial Crisis

Alex Pattakos | Posted 10.18.2008 | Living

Read More: Alex Pattakos, Living With Meaning, Meaning, Economy, Viktor Frankl, Finances, Family, Happiness, Living News
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You don't have to be Sherlock Holmes to uncover clues that our country is going through difficult times. Most recently, the unfolding drama on Wall S...

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Living With Meaning At "Midlife"

Alex Pattakos | Posted 10.11.2008 | Living

Read More: Happiness, The Inner Life, Attitude, Meaning, Stress, Living With Meaning, Alex Pattakos, Dealing With Stress, Viktor Frankl, Finding Happiness, Midlife Crisis, Living News
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Because I received so many inquiries over the last week from people who described some kind of existential angst or sincere concern about "midlife," I...

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Living With Meaning: Realize Your Will To Meaning

Alex Pattakos | Posted 10.04.2008 | Living

Read More: Living News, Alfred Adler, Sigmund Freud, Pleasure, The Inner Life, Attitude, Power, Meaning, Stress, Living With Meaning, Alex Pattakos, Dealing With Stress, Viktor Frankl, Living News
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Welcome back to the Living with Meaning conversation! And if this is your first time with us, I want to welcome you to a place where we can have an o...

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