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Thrive : the third metric to redefining success and creating a life of well-being, wisdom, and wonder / Arianna Huffington.
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- ISBN: 9780804140843 (hardcover) :
- ISBN: 9780804141253 (paperback)
- Physical Description: 342 pages ; 22 cm.
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : Harmony Books, [2014]
- Copyright: ©2014
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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| Subject: | Career development. Success in business. Success. Well-being. Women > Psychology. Work-life balance. |
- Baker & Taylor
Looks beyond power and money, the traditionally accepted measures of success, to elaborate on the importance of a third metric--the nurturing of well-being, wisdom, and compassion to create a healthy work-life balance. - Baker & Taylor
Looking way beyond power and money, the president of The Huffington Post Media Group introduces the Third Metricâthe importance of wellbeing, wisdom and fulfillmentâwhich will help all of us reinvent what it means to be successful in the workplace and in our personal lives. 100,000 first printing. - Random House, Inc.
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER ⢠Arianna Huffingtonâs impassioned and compelling case for the need to redefine what it means to be successful in todayâs worldânow in a 10th anniversary edition featuring a new preface
âA captivating look at what it takes to live a more meaningful, satisfying life. Brimming with passion, supported by science, and crowned with practical insights, Arianna Huffingtonâs exceptional book will transform our workplaces, schools, and families.ââAdam Grant, bestselling author of Think Again
Arianna Huffingtonâs personal wake-up call came in the form of a broken cheekbone and a nasty gash over her eyeâthe result of a fall brought on by exhaustion. The cofounder and editor-in-chief of the Huffington Post Media Groupâwhich became one of the fastest growing media companies in the worldâand celebrated as one of the worldâs most influential women, 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 is like?
In the past decade, and especially in todayâs post-pandemic world, people are realizing there is far more to living a truly successful life than just earning a bigger salary and climbing the career ladder. Our relentless pursuit of the two traditional metrics of successâmoney and powerâhas led to an epidemic of burnout and illness, and an erosion in the quality of our relationships, our family life, and, ironically, our careers. In being connected to the world 24/7, weâre losing our connection to what truly matters. We need a new way forward.
In Thrive, Huffington has written a passionate call to arms, as timely today as it was when it was first published more than ten years ago, looking to redefine what it means to be successful in todayâs world. Huffington likens our drive for money and power to two legs of a three-legged stool. It may hold us up temporarily, but sooner or later weâre going to topple over. We need a third legâa Third Metric for defining success. In this deeply personal book, Huffington talks candidly about her own challenges with managing time and prioritizing the demands of a career and a family, the harried dance that led to her collapseâand to her âaha moment.â Drawing on the latest groundbreaking research and scientific findings in the fields of psychology, neuroscience, and physiology that show the transformative effects of our five foundational daily behaviorsâsleep, food, movement, stress management, and connectionâHuffington shows us the way to a revolution in our culture, our thinking, our workplaces, and our lives.
