Thrive: The Third Metric to Redefining Success and Creating a Life of Well-Being, Wisdom, and Wonder Audiobook

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• “In Thrive, Arianna urges all of us to get in touch with who we really are so that we can live life on our own terms. From the importance of sleep to the imperative to listen to our own inner voice for ways to deal with the daily time crunches we all feel, this book lays out a path for each of us to look within and make our lives more authentic and fulfilling.

  — Sheryl Sandberg, Facebook COO and author of Lean In 

• At once intimate and formidable, this book is Arianna Huffington at her persuasive best. Thrive is a clarion call, a meditation, and a practical response to the question of how to live.

  — Susan Cain, author of New York Times bestseller Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking

• Socrates, Plato, Aristotle…Arianna. Beyond politics, there is her wisdom, applicable to everyone. This book probably added ten years to my life, some of which I'll spend re-reading it.

  — Bill Maher, host of Real Time with Bill Maher, bestselling author of The New Rules

• Arianna Huffington has been disrupting media as we know it for her entire career. Now, in remarkably vulnerable and moving prose, she explains that money and power are a small piece of success, the most important piece is the Third Metric—which incorporates not only well being, but also wisdom, wonder and giving. Reading this book is the best thing you can do for yourself and your loved ones. A monumental work that will change your life, and your health.

  — David B. Agus, M.D., Professor of Medicine and Engineering, University of Southern California and author NY Times bestsellers, The End of Illness and A Short Guide to a Long Life

• Thrive is an urgently needed compendium of wisdom and practical guide enabling us to create peace of mind and well-being in our ever more chaotic lives.  Filled with cutting edge scientific research, captivating stories, and straightforward everyday practices, this book is a call-to-action that informs, invigorates, and inspires all at once.  Arianna Huffington’s ingenious gift is to bring herself fully into these pages as she invites us to join her on this rewarding journey to become more connected and compassionate with ourselves and others as we change our cultural conversation about how to best live our lives.

  — Daniel J. Siegel, M.D., author of Brainstorm and Mindsight, professor, UCLA School of Medicine

• Arianna’s honest, raw and compelling call for us to Thrive, in the midst of jumbled, chaotic world by redefining what matters – well-being, wisdom, wonder, service and each other – is the right book, at the right time to heal us from our disconnection to ourselves and each other.

  — Mark Hyman, MD, author of the #1 New York Times bestseller, The Blood Sugar Solution

• “Once in a generation, a book comes along that can truly transform your life.  This is it.  Some of the most unhappy people are those who have achieved unfathomable money, power, and fame and found that it didn’t bring them the happiness they were seeking.  Now what?  Thrive doesn’t show just how to become more successful; it shows how to realize and experience what matters most.

  — Dean Ornish, founder of the Preventive Medicine Research Institute, bestselling author of The Spectrum

• Thrive is a captivating look at what it takes to live a more meaningful, satisfying life.  Brimming with passion, supported by science, and crowned with practical insights, Arianna’s exceptional book will transform our workplaces, schools, and families.

  — Adam Grant, Wharton professor and author of Give and Take

• Arianna Huffington has written a passionate and much needed prescription for reshaping life from the inside out. Turn off your cell phone, your email, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and every other tool of the stressed-out, distracted world to spend some time thinking about grace, joy and wonder. You'll be glad you did.

  — Ellen Goodman, Pulitzer prize winning columnist and bestselling author of I Know Just What You Mean

• Thrive is a book that makes me smile just thinking about it. It is a book of wit, wisdom, and practical advice for changing our lives by changing our values. After all, why should we be content just to live when we can thrive?

  — Anne-Marie Slaughter, professor, Princeton University, author of What Works for Women at Work

• This is a generous, urgent, vital book, a chance to redefine how we keep score before it's too late. Arianna has given us a gift, and delivered it with style. Read it!

  — Seth Godin, bestselling author of The Icarus Deception 

• You can feel Arianna's passion for her subject on every page of this book.   Arianna has reflected on and struggled with  how best to define success ever since I met her more than 30 years ago.  In Thrive she's created a new paradigm for redefining how to systematically build a life of  purpose and balance and accomplishment— the whole life we're all ultimately after.

  — Tony Schwartz, CEO, The Energy Project, author of The Way We're Working Isn't Working

• Beautiful, bold and brilliant…. I must confess I did not just read this book, I entered into long conversations with it. Rarely comes a title that makes you stop whatever you are doing and look at yourself in a new light, look within. Arianna Huffington is a compassionate rebel; she not only changes the world but also understands it. Her latest book Thrive profoundly transforms our understanding of success and wakes us up from the broken dreams we chase.

  — Elif Shafak, bestselling author of Honor and The Forty Rules of Love

• "Warning:  The content of this book is highly contagious. Even slight exposure may set you on a path to far clearer seeing, a radical resetting of your priorities, deep contentment, and, of course, thriving. Chances are, it will also melt your heart.

  —  Jon Kabat-Zinn, professor, UMass Medical School, author of Full Catastrophe Living

• One of the most important books of this century.  Weaving a tapestry of home-spun wisdom, science and compelling life stories, this is a profoundly uplifting and practical book that has something for everyone.  A must read for anyone wishing to live life more fully.

  — Richard J. Davidson, founder and chair, Center for Investigating Healthy Minds, University of Wisconsin-Madison

• Not only is Thrive rich in worldly  wisdom and brimming with motivation, it gives us the practical tools to help us reconnect to what is deepest and best inside of us.  With evidence and inspiration, Arianna gently shows us how to face the craziness of life today with awareness, grace and a sense of humor. I have a feeling I'll be referencing this book for a long time.

  — Congressman Tim Ryan, Ohio, author of A Mindful Nation

• “Socrates, Plato, Aristotle … Arianna. Beyond politics, there is her wisdom, applicable to everyone. This book probably added ten years to my life, some of which I'll spend re-reading it.”

  — Bill Maher

• “In Thrive, Arianna urges all of us to get in touch with who we really are so that we can live life on our own terms. From the importance of sleep to the imperative to listen to our own inner voice for ways to deal with the daily time crunches we all feel, this book lays out a path for each of us to look within and make our lives more authentic and fulfilling.”

  — Sheryl Sandberg, Facebook COO and New York Times bestselling author of Lean In

• “Once in a generation, a book comes along that can truly transform your life. This is it. The most unhappy people are those who have achieved unfathomable money, power, and fame and found that it didn’t bring them the happiness they were seeking. Now what? Thrive doesn’t show just how to become more successful; it shows how to realize and experience what matters most.”

  — Dean Ornish, New York Times bestselling author of The Spectrum

• “Coleen Marlo narrates this intelligent personal growth book with the directness we associate with the author, the hard-driving founder of the online newspaper the Huffington Post. Marlo’s performance asserts and reinforces Huffington’s powerful insights with reassuring confidence.”

  — AudioFile

• “Warning! The content of this book is highly contagious. Even slight exposure may set you on a path to far clearer seeing, a radical resetting of your priorities, deep contentment, and, of course, thriving. Chances are, it will also melt your heart.”

  — Jon Kabat-Zinn, professor, UMass Medical School, author of Full Catastrophe Living

• “This is a generous, urgent, vital book, a chance to redefine how we keep score before it's too late. Arianna has given us a gift, and delivered it with style. Read it!”

  — Seth Godin, author of The Icarus Deception