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Biography & Autobiography. Business. Self-Improvement. Nonfiction. HTML:In Thrive, Arianna Huffington makes an impassioned and compelling case for the need to redefine what it means to be successful in today's world. Arianna Huffington's personal wake-up call came in the form of a broken cheekbone and a nasty gash over her eyeâ??the result of a fall brought on by exhaustion and lack of sleep. As the cofounder and editor-in-chief of the Huffington Post Media Groupâ??one of the fastest growing media companies in the worldâ??celebrated as one of the world's most influential women, and gracing the covers of magazines, she was, by any traditional measure, extraordinarily successful. Yet as she found herself going from brain MRI to CAT scan to echocardiogram, to find out if there was any underlying medical problem beyond exhaustion, she wondered is this really what success feels like? As more and more people are coming to realize, there is far more to living a truly successful life than just earning a bigger salary and capturing a corner office. Our relentless pursuit of the two traditional metrics of successâ??money and powerâ??has led to an epidemic of burnout and stress-related illnesses, and an erosion in the quality of our relationships, family life, and, ironically, our careers. In being connected to the world 24/7, we're losing our connection to what truly matters. Our current definition of success is, as Thrive shows, literally killing us. We need a new way forward. In a commencement address Arianna gave at Smith College in the spring of 2013, she likened our drive for money and power to two legs of a three-legged stool. They may hold us up temporarily, but sooner or later we're going to topple over. We need a third legâ??a third metric for defining successâ??to truly thrive. That third metric, she writes in Thrive, includes our well-being, our ability to draw on our intuition and inner wisdom, our sense of wonder, and our capacity for compassion and giving. As Arianna points out, our eulogies celebrate our lives very differently from the way society defines success. They don't commemorate our long hours in the office, our promotions, or our sterling PowerPoint presentations as we relentlessly raced to climb up the career ladder. They are not about our resumesâ??they are about cherished memories, shared adventures, small kindnesses and acts of generosity, lifelong passions, and the things that made us laugh. In this deeply personal book, Arianna talks candidly about her own challenges with managing time and prioritizing the demands of a career and raising two daughtersâ??of juggling business deadlines and family crises, a harried dance that led to her collapse and to her "aha moment." Drawing on the latest groundbreaking research and scientific findings in the fields of psychology, sports, sleep, and physiology that show the profound and transformative effects of meditation, mindfulness, unplugging, and giving, Arianna shows us the way to a revolution in our culture, our thinking, ou… (more)
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Her Greek / Jewish background, especially the way her mother lived and left life, inspired her. Her comparative religions studies in India further shaped her, while staying connected with the contemporary news consumer. What is the legacy you want to leave behind?
Our current definition of success is killing, makes us selfish, zombies without relationships, always in a hurry. Thrive means movement upward, forward and inward. And so, Arianna shares a lot of insights, examples, quotes from religious texts, philosophers, researchers to ask attention for better time management, a deep consciousness of who and where you are. She distinguishes between institutionalized religion and the spiritual longings every human has. While Huffington is 100% into mindfulness and meditation, you may find rest in other peaceful moments or practices, like prayer and contemplation.
Though she earns her money in online media, the author values disconnecting from her devices, spend time with friends and family, get enough sleep and avoid becoming a real online media addict. Stop, stare and wonder. Life here on Earth's short, so live it fully. And, following Adam Grant 's Give & Take, Arianne also challenges her readers to give more. From this extensive pool of thoughts you may distill lots of lessons to change your thinking, beliefs, workplace, and life for a better cause.