Amor fati. – Friedrich Nietzsche I came across this quote lately, when thinking about my own future. I have this trait to (over)think decisions or events that might or might not happen in the future. This is what sometimes keeps me lying in my bed without being able to fall asleep. And I believe, we …
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Reflections on Victor Frankl’s meaning of life
On Friday, September 25, 1942 the 37-year old psychologist Victor Frankl was brought to the Nazi Ghetto Theresienstadt (Terezin in today’s Czech republic), along his wife and his parents. At this point Frankl was already a very well regarded doctor of psychology and philosophy. In his early career he already worked alongside with Sigmund Freud and Alfred …
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Strain: The art of pushing yourself.
In the beginning of this year I read an article by one of my favorite podcast hosts Patrick O’Shaughnessy about strain and one by the author Ryan Holiday about not being hard enough on ourselves. Lately I was thinking a lot about those topics so I want to share some thoughts about them. Strain O’Shaughnessy …
Fasting & Failing – lessons on decision making and self-management
Every year 40 days before easter thousand of religious people start with a ritual called fasting. Here in Austria – a catholic country – it’s quite popular. Interestingly this idea of self discipline is present in multiple religions and comes in different forms: Ramadan in Islam (30 days), Vassa in Buddhism or Fasting in the …
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