by Dr. Daniel A. Franz | Jan 10, 2022 | Management, Marriage, Meaning, Mental Health, Parenting, Personal Growth, Relationships, Spirituality, Work / Career
A new year is often cause for resolutions and goal-setting. But instead, for this year, I am recommending choosing “words to live by”. As promised in a Monday Morning Update a few weeks ago, here is a discussion on the words I am choosing for 2022 –...
by Dr. Daniel A. Franz | Sep 12, 2021 | Anxiety, Depression, Marriage, Meaning, Mental Health, Wellness, Work / Career
“The right attitude to the horror of existence—the alternative to resentment, deceit, and arrogance—is the assumption that there is enough of you, society, and the world to justify existence. That is faith in yourself, your fellow man, and the structure of...
by Dr. Daniel A. Franz | Sep 5, 2021 | Management, MBTI Certified, Meaning, Mental Health, Work / Career
As long as creative values are in the forefront of the life task, their actualization generally coincides with a person’s work. Work usually represents the area in which a the individual’s uniqueness stands in relation to society and thus acquires meaning...
by Dr. Daniel A. Franz | Apr 18, 2021 | Management, Meaning, Mental Health, Work / Career
I’ve had a lot of fun sharing the ideas in my presentation LEADing for Meaning: What is “Meaning at Work?” with several groups and conferences this year. I thought you might find some of the information helpful. Of course, if you would like to...
by Dr. Daniel A. Franz | Mar 14, 2021 | Anxiety, Depression, Grief, Meaning, Mental Health, Personal Growth, Wellness, Work / Career
I was recommended to read Humankind: A Hopeful History by Pam Roy, co-founder of the Viktor Frankl Institute of America. The book takes a positive, and sometimes meaningful, approach to the question of human nature, and whether humankind is inherently good or evil. ...
by Dr. Daniel A. Franz | Jan 31, 2021 | Management, Marriage, Meaning, Mental Health, Parenting, Personal Growth, Wellness, Work / Career
Are you possessed by your work? Or, another way I’ve heard this asked lately – “are you a slave to your own internal Pharaoh (or master)?” Obviously taken from a bit of Biblical reading. But the question seems to come from a lot of different...
