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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
199 reviews for:
Thrive: The Third Metric to Redefining Success and Creating a Life of Well-Being, Wisdom, and Wonder
Arianna Huffington
3.58 AVERAGE
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
informative
inspiring
slow-paced
Not original but maybe she truly just discovered that money and power doesn't bring happiness, that sleeping well, meditation, walking, volunteering, ... etc is the only way to well-being and happiness
She heavily refers to books and articles (mostly I have personally already read)
nothing new, it is definitely old, all of what she said has been written before
She heavily refers to books and articles (mostly I have personally already read)
nothing new, it is definitely old, all of what she said has been written before
Thought provoking quotes, relevant statistics and a deeply personal view into the life of Arianna Huffington.
Meh. I was hoping for more "successful woman memoir" and less "here are a bunch of strung-together quotes from smarter people than I with little actionable advice." She mentions her mother often as being an inspiring role model for the lifestyle she is advocating, and I think the book would have been more interesting and useful with more in-depth stories about how Huffington's mom modeled that lifestyle and the benefits it gave her.
informative
inspiring
medium-paced
I really enjoyed this book and took a lot of good tips from it. It was a nice and gentle self help book without the preachy feeling that I’ve experienced from some other “live your best life” books. Useful tools and real life experiences of the author added to the discussion. Some of the information she provided will definitely stay with me. Reignited my desire to be a person who meditates. I haven’t had much success in the past but the benefits are too obvious to ignore.
Interesting...Thrive was not the kind of book I normally pick up to read, but I found it quite thought-provoking. It makes no pretense of being a "how to" book, but rather Huffington's intent seems to be to raise some issues, ground them in research and practical experience, and lay them out for the reader to ponder and perhaps integrate into his or her own life. It is not in the tradition of some books (Dan Pink's Drive, for example) that do a more thorough job of embedding their work in good research. Instead, Huffington seems to cherry-pick research to support what she wants to say. I don't know that doing so is necessarily wrong, but from an academic's mindset, it is certainly incomplete to tell one side of the story only.
Again, however, that summarizing the full pantheon of research doesn't seem to be Huffington's objective. Rather, I think she has some firm convictions, and wants to lay them out for others who may be experiencing similar struggles. In doing so, she also offers some potential solutions or approaches that she has personal found helpful, and around which she has identified some supporting research that was enough for her to feel good about what she is recommending.
With that in mind, I think Thrive has some interesting and potentially beneficial ideas for those struggling with the consequences of too much stress, damaging definitions of career success, and so forth. However, it is a kind of caveat emptor situation in that the reader shouldn't just take her recommendations at face value, but should do the necessary research to discover whether they are appropriate in his/her own situation. Many of her recommendations are fairly basic or otherwise grounded in a broader research context that I am comfortable with (e.g., get enough sleep, be mindful, eat in a nutritionally balanced way, invest in strong relationships, etc.), but others will require some further thought, if for no other reason than because none of us are in exactly the same situation, and therefore the implementation of her ideas will necessarily vary a bit.
Nonetheless, I found her thoughts interesting enough that I plan to follow up on some I have not already implemented in my own life. YMMV.
Again, however, that summarizing the full pantheon of research doesn't seem to be Huffington's objective. Rather, I think she has some firm convictions, and wants to lay them out for others who may be experiencing similar struggles. In doing so, she also offers some potential solutions or approaches that she has personal found helpful, and around which she has identified some supporting research that was enough for her to feel good about what she is recommending.
With that in mind, I think Thrive has some interesting and potentially beneficial ideas for those struggling with the consequences of too much stress, damaging definitions of career success, and so forth. However, it is a kind of caveat emptor situation in that the reader shouldn't just take her recommendations at face value, but should do the necessary research to discover whether they are appropriate in his/her own situation. Many of her recommendations are fairly basic or otherwise grounded in a broader research context that I am comfortable with (e.g., get enough sleep, be mindful, eat in a nutritionally balanced way, invest in strong relationships, etc.), but others will require some further thought, if for no other reason than because none of us are in exactly the same situation, and therefore the implementation of her ideas will necessarily vary a bit.
Nonetheless, I found her thoughts interesting enough that I plan to follow up on some I have not already implemented in my own life. YMMV.