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Thrive: The Third Metric to Redefining Success and Creating a Life of Well-Being, Wisdom, and Wonder
Arianna Huffington
3.58 AVERAGE
198 reviews for:
Thrive: The Third Metric to Redefining Success and Creating a Life of Well-Being, Wisdom, and Wonder
Arianna Huffington
3.58 AVERAGE
I generally liked this book. Huffington gives really practical advice with lots of facts to back it up. However, at times it can get hokey and repetitive. Four stars for the techniques and advice, otherwise it probably would have been 3.
Huffington's book is directed primarily at people who can't roll over in bed without checking their cell phone. I'm not in that category, but I still found a few points that resonated with me, if mainly to reassure myself I'm already on the right track.
Huffington's 4 points for a happier life are to cultivate the values of well-being, wisdom, wonder and giving. Nothing new or groundbreaking here, but Huffington's style of gentle reassurance and amusing anecdotes made this book feel as though I were sharing a coffee and chat with a friend.
Huffington's 4 points for a happier life are to cultivate the values of well-being, wisdom, wonder and giving. Nothing new or groundbreaking here, but Huffington's style of gentle reassurance and amusing anecdotes made this book feel as though I were sharing a coffee and chat with a friend.
Not necessarily full of groundbreaking ideas, but full of little kernels that resonated with me while I read it.
While I'm not against the premise of this book and wholeheartedly agree with redefining success, I found the book, the terminology and many of the examples that the author uses to be based on the notion of "success" that she is attempting to be critical about. Do yourself a favour and instead of reading this book, go for a walk, hang out with your family, read poetry.... and you will already be more successful.
Great book with great resources and a refreshing look on what real success should be measured by.
I picked this up after hearing Huffington discuss it on a few talk shows, but wasn't particularly impressed. I appreciated that Huffigton quotes statistics and studies along with her personal stories, but somehow this style doesn't work with her voice. There are some very strong narrative sections, particularly the one about her mother's death, but most of the book feels like personal stories with facts randomly dropped in to "prove" her personal revelations.
The section about dying is by far the strongest and most unique; this part alone bumped the book to 2.5 stars (rounded to 3). It's a hard subject to write about while avoiding cliches and without skewing depressive, but Huffington does so with a subtlety and vulnerability that is admirable.
The advice itself is solid, and it's never a waste of time to remind yourself to be more mindful and practice self-care. I just wish it felt a little bit less like a pamphlet designed to advertise HuffPo's mindfulness initiatives and conferences. If I had read it when it came out in 2014 it may have felt more innovative, but it helped start a conversation that feels a bit tired at this point.
The section about dying is by far the strongest and most unique; this part alone bumped the book to 2.5 stars (rounded to 3). It's a hard subject to write about while avoiding cliches and without skewing depressive, but Huffington does so with a subtlety and vulnerability that is admirable.
The advice itself is solid, and it's never a waste of time to remind yourself to be more mindful and practice self-care. I just wish it felt a little bit less like a pamphlet designed to advertise HuffPo's mindfulness initiatives and conferences. If I had read it when it came out in 2014 it may have felt more innovative, but it helped start a conversation that feels a bit tired at this point.
At the beginning of the book, there was something about the writing structure that was grating. It felt repetitive and like every other sentence contained a quote or started with but/and. Why 4 stars then? The more I read, the more I got used to it (I think the writing did improve as the book went along also) and was able to see her desire/care for sharing what she's learned. None of this is new, but reading the specific things emphasized here from the perspective of a successful woman with her experiences is, for me at least.
This book came to me at the right time of my life. It will well written with research, antidotes, and quotes to describe Huffington's theory of the Third Metric. I happen to agree with 3/4 of this book and recommend it to anyone who's every had the thought "is this really what life is suppose to be?"
Didn’t really hit for me. The concepts were agreeable but nothing I haven’t read before. Felt like the audience was more written for current or very recently recovering chronic workaholics, which is not me. Felt kind of preachy a lot of times too.