I have admired Arianna Huffington for many years. A self-made Athenian with a thick accent (she?s Greek), she has fought long and hard for her success. When people thought she was crazy, she started the popular online publication The Huffington Post, which now has millions of readers from around the world.

Arianna Huffington is considered successful by any standards, but her 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 co-founder 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?” Check out her new release Thrive: The Third Metric to Redefining Success and Creating a Life of Well-Being, Wisdom, and Wonder.

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, and of 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 personal lives. Finding balance in life is the great quest – especially for female entrepreneurs. Yes, we can have it all, but is it worth the price? So, delve into Thrive and rethink your third metric!

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