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The Meaning-Centered Mindset—Freedom and Responsibility

In: Organizational Ikigai

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  • Bernd Ahrendt
  • Rebecca Sabine Nikolaus
  • Jörg Zilinski

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With logotherapy and existential analysis according to Viktor E. Frankl (in short: original logotherapy), a philosophy is available that makes it possible to explain the concept of Ikigai approximately for the non-Japanese cultural area. The aim of this chapter is therefore to explain essential thoughts of the original logotherapy that are important for understanding a meaning-centered mindset. Thus, the concept of meaning is first explained in more detail before discussing Frankl’s image of man. After this, the human’s orientation towards meaning arises from its noetic (= spiritual) dimension and represents its basic motivation. Realization of meaning is to be understood as realization of values: The individual can and should contribute his or her uniqueness, among other things, to the community, from which a continuous exchange of values between the individual and the community develops. The chapter concludes with a summarizing description of eight important aspects (“Octagon of the meaning-centered mindset”).

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  • Bernd Ahrendt & Rebecca Sabine Nikolaus & Jörg Zilinski, 2024. "The Meaning-Centered Mindset—Freedom and Responsibility," Springer Books, in: Organizational Ikigai, chapter 0, pages 45-77, Springer.
  • Handle: RePEc:spr:sprchp:978-3-662-69067-3_2
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-662-69067-3_2
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