His most well-known experience was the tragic experience of being persecuted by the Nazis in Auschwitz concentration camp. His parents, children and wife died at the hands of the Nazis. However, with strong perseverance and the pursuit of the meaning of life, he stubbornly survived from the Auschwitz concentration camp.
In the concentration camp, some people can stay happy every day in such a bad environment, which is incredible to him. In fact, most prisoners are very depressed and sad every day because they know that they may face death at any time. Frank deeply understood "what is the meaning of life" through observation and sentiment in his life with prisoners. After World War II, his book "Living the Meaning of Life" influenced thousands of people in Qian Qian all over the world.
The book Thinking Prisoner is an instructive book, which is based on the important theory of the meaning of life.
There are seven important principles in the book. This time, I will share the first principle: freely choose your attitude.
When we face difficulties in life and work, we often show negative emotions to reflect our inner pain, which is a very normal psychological phenomenon. However, one of the most important theories put forward by Frank is that we can freely choose our attitude, no matter what the situation.
Almost more than 90% people will encounter all kinds of difficulties and setbacks in their lives. Many people show helplessness when they come back. They are overwhelmed by the pressure of life and work, and dare not imagine the future they expect. They can be negative all the time, and of course they can make changes immediately. In fact, in Nazi concentration camps, people faced death at any time. Under bad luck, some people still take the initiative to change their attitude towards life and face every day optimistically. Is there anything more difficult in this world than facing death every day?
In the face of difficulties, people who are free to choose their own attitude are optimists. An optimistic person will definitely take the initiative to make three choices.
Optimists not only show superhuman optimism in attitude, but also take positive actions for their expected future and turn it into reality.
This is romain rolland's bitter heroism. After recognizing the truth of life, I still love life. And the truth contains suffering and ups and downs.
When you face suffering and misfortune, you can imagine what the positive significance behind them is. On the surface, it seems unfortunate. What good influence will it have on you? Can you try to write the positive results of ten unfortunate things?
We take the epidemic situation as an example. The outbreak of the COVID-19 epidemic has made the whole world witness the horror of the virus. In early 2020, it is ending its life like a god of death. Its impact on the world economy will be unprecedented, and people will be in the panic caused by COVID-19 for a long time to come.
So what is the positive result of this epidemic?
1, we humans finally have a chance to think about where the fate of mankind lies. Humans are vulnerable to viruses. How can we make mankind last longer?
This makes us understand the meaning of unity. Only by uniting to overcome difficulties can we overcome everything.
For people who often work overtime on business trips, during this period of being forced to stay at home, we finally have time to spend with our families and enjoy a short period of happiness.
For us students, this is a time to test our perseverance and self-discipline, and it is also a time for us to actively think about the future direction.
For the society, this is the best experiment to test our medical security system. In the future, we can learn from this life, improve it and protect more people.
6. We also witnessed the greatness and selflessness of human nature in our life.
7. People who are unfortunately unemployed because of the epidemic will also have time to think quietly about their career plans and learn to think.
Even if you are unfortunate, you can actively look for its good side.
In the book, the author lists many examples, such as lovelorn, lost credit cards, car accidents and many bad things. As long as you can find its positive results from different angles, you will feel that it is not so bad, then you will have a calmer and better attitude to deal with it. Instead of being trapped in negative emotions for a long time.
Imagine that you are facing a very challenging thing, and write down the top ten memory results that this thing may bring you. Then you can browse the list and see what new ideas and opinions are in these lists, which can help you find new ways to deal with challenges and change your attitude towards them.
In the process of job hunting, when you face your resume thrown out every day and there is no news of HR, will you complain that the company is as blind as a bat? Or actively respond and patiently think about whether your resume is appropriate? Is it in line with your favorite position?
When you step into the workplace and face a series of work pressures such as boss's censure and project failure, can you find positive results behind these pressures? What measures would you take if you were willing to change your attitude?