When life gets scary and difficult, we tend to look for solutions in places where it is easy or at least familiar to do so, and not in the dark, uncomfortable places where real solutions might lie.

Frankl, creator of Logotherapy, survived Nazi concentration camps and provides a compelling argument that life is a quest for meaning, not power or pleasure. He also argues that meaning is unique to each of us. This book will change you if you have the courage to read it.

Within the brain is the sleeping dragon of fear. It is a defense mechanism that guards against big, risky change. Break big things down into small steps, and the dragon continues sleeping. Take too big of a step, and you must face the dragon's wrath.