Draw My Life -- Arianna Huffington (Thrive Edition)

on April 6 2007 I learned a harsh lesson about success it came in the form of a nasty fall in my home office I didn't trip and I wasn't sick no what caused me to fall was success or at least what many think of a success the fall was a wakeup call brought on by a NeverEnding pile of work mountains of stress and ever increasing sleep deprivation as my mother might have put it I'd made one too many withdrawals from my health bank account without making any deposits as I went from Doctor to doctor from MRI to CAT scan to echo cardiogram I began to seriously rethink how we define success and I realized just how widespread the longing is to redefine what it means to lead the good life this became the subject of my new book Thrive the Third metric to redefining success and creating a life of well-being wisdom wonder and giving in Thrive I explained that our definition of success based on money and power alone is like a two-legged stool you can balance on them for a while but on their own they'll eventually cause you to come crashing down a lesson learned in the Exon Valdez rag the explosion of the Challenger space shuttle and the nuclear accidents at chobble and Three Mile Island all at least partially caused by lack of sleep when I began to think more deeply about the Perils of the way we've defined success as a society one thing became clear to live the lives we truly want and deserve we need a third metric a third measure of success one that goes beyond money and power one that consists of four pillars well-being wisdom wonder and giving all common themes embraced by people who are genuinely thriving in their lives in this way Thrive is designed as a bridge between knowing what we need to do and actually doing it throughout the Book You'll find your own way across that bridge through the latest data academic research and scientific findings to convince even the most stubborn skeptic you'll also find daily practices tools and techniques that are easy to incorporate into your life right now for real lasting success if you ready to join the growing worldwide movement of women and men who are defining success as more than just money and power who are striving for more than just the next promotion who are taking their lives back for themselves and regaining the Wonder and joy that come with taking a moment to appreciate the beauty of the world around us then it's time for you to thrive you don't need to wait for your wakeup call pick up your copy of Thrive today to start building true success on what truly matters and start thriving Thrive the third metric to redefining success and creating a life of well-being wisdom wonder and giving