Thrive: The Third Metric to Redefining Success and Creating a Happier Life.

Huffington, Arianna.

ISBN 10: 0753555417 / ISBN 13: 9780753555415

Verlag: W. H. Allen / Ebury / Random House, London, 2014

Beschreibung

Paperback trade, very good condition. 342 pp. Arianna Huffington, the co-founder and editor-in-chief of the Huffington Post - and one of the most influential women in the world - has written a passionate call to arms, looking to redefine what it means to be successful in today's world. She 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 we're going to topple over. We need a third leg - a third metric for defining success - in order to live a healthy life. In this deeply personal book, she talks candidly about her own challenges with managing time and prioritising the demands of a career and two daughters. Draws on the latest groundbreaking research and scientific findings in the fields of psychology, sports, sleep and physiology, she shows the profound and transformative effects of meditation, mindfulness, unplugging and giving.

Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 15905

Bibliografische Details

• Titel: Thrive: The Third Metric to Redefining Success and Creating a Happier Life.
• Verlag: W. H. Allen / Ebury / Random House, London
• Erscheinungsjahr: 2014
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN-10: 0753555417
• ISBN-13: 9780753555415
• Einband: Softcover
• Auflage: 1st U.K., reprint ed.
• Verkäuferkataloge:
  • SELF-HELP & PERSONAL GROWTH

Über diesen Titel

Inhaltsangabe

In Thrive, Arianna Huffington, the co-founder and editor-in-chief of the Huffington Post and one of the most influential women in the world, has written a passionate call to arms, looking to redefine what it means to be successful in today’s world.

She 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 we’re going to topple over. We need a third leg – a Third Metric for defining success – in order to live a healthy, productive, and meaningful life.

In this deeply personal book, Arianna talks candidly about her own challenges with managing time and prioritising the demands of a career and two daughters. 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, our workplaces, and our lives.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

ARIANNA HUFFINGTON is the co-founder and editor-in-chief of the Huffington Post, a nationally syndicated columnist, and the author of thirteen books. She is also the co-host of the US radio show Left, Right & Center. She was named to the Time 100, Time magazine’s list of the world’s one hundred most influential people, and to the Financial Times’s list of fifty people who shaped the decade. Originally from Greece, she moved to England when she was sixteen and graduated from Cambridge University with an MA in economics.