n 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 eye -- 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 Group -- one of the fastest growing media companies in the world -- 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 success -- money and power -- 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 leg -- a third metric for defining success -- 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 resumes -- 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 daughters -- 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, our workplace, and our lives.
1 有用 童书小读伴 2016-04-26 09:30:37
the soup is toxic!!!
0 有用 师父如花隔云端 2018-12-26 21:03:00
全是废话啊
0 有用 Kismet 2014-06-27 10:34:24
说服自己了无数次克服掉厌倦的情绪最终读完了这本书。虽然同样站在女性角度,但作者是我不甚熟悉的人从事着我不甚熟悉的职业说着一些比较陈词滥调的道理,因此跟Sheryl Sandberg在说服力上相去甚远。这本书对我最大的影响是终于开始对meditation感兴趣了,想要一试。
0 有用 香槟塔 2015-06-10 10:52:48
河粉屯女士的心灵鸡汤。挤地铁打工无聊的必备读物。
0 有用 每一个清晨 2015-01-02 07:59:36
磨叨 真不给力啊。有点失望
0 有用 日子旁见 2020-06-15 06:55:57
the perfect balance of scientific evidence and beautiful philosophical prose
0 有用 JOICE 乔 2020-02-23 14:08:48
没有太多闪光点,我甚至想把它归入鸡汤文类别。观点平淡无奇表达也很松散,东一枪西一捶,中间都想弃读,为了有始有终一带而过吧。 [/cp]
0 有用 Jenallism 2019-04-26 12:25:01
感觉灌的不是我这个年龄该喝的汤 但还是一口一口抿着干了 但愿能在身体里留下些什么吧
0 有用 师父如花隔云端 2018-12-26 21:03:00
全是废话啊
0 有用 向阳而生🍃 2018-04-12 21:07:53
这本书里的概念与如今的普遍大众鸡汤书籍比较相似,也有许多重复的地方。书中提到除了金钱和权利,更重要的是学会在忙碌的生活中学着照顾好自己的身体和你的精神世界。例如:每天拥有8小时充足的睡眠,每天写下你值得庆幸感恩的5句话,每天练习冥想,每天至少有2小时脱离高科技产品的时间。书中还提了很多其他方面的建议,例如要多读书多充电多提问,也要学会时不时问自己一些深度思考的问题,比如说问问你自己“Why you... 这本书里的概念与如今的普遍大众鸡汤书籍比较相似,也有许多重复的地方。书中提到除了金钱和权利,更重要的是学会在忙碌的生活中学着照顾好自己的身体和你的精神世界。例如:每天拥有8小时充足的睡眠,每天写下你值得庆幸感恩的5句话,每天练习冥想,每天至少有2小时脱离高科技产品的时间。书中还提了很多其他方面的建议,例如要多读书多充电多提问,也要学会时不时问自己一些深度思考的问题,比如说问问你自己“Why you are here, What is the point of your life? “,同时不要吝啬给予他人赞美和快乐,明白你的Life Value意义在何。总之四大点:Well-being, Wisdom, Wonder, Giving. 一句老话:让我们一起跳出舒适圈Comfort Zone! (展开)