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

Arianna Stassinopoulos Huffington is a prominent figure both within and beyond the pages of her book Thrive. Born on July 15, 1950, in Athens, Greece, she is a well-known author, entrepreneur, and media personality. Though she studied economics in college, she demonstrated a passion for journalism and writing. Throughout Thrive, Huffington references The Huffington Post, which Huffington co-founded in 2005. The Huffington Post, now known as HuffPost, is an online news platform that offers a diverse range of perspectives on current events and issues. Huffington departed from the platform in 2016 to launch Thrive Global, a company that offers technology to promote well-being and productivity. 

Huffington’s book Thrive, published in 2014, marked a shift in her career focus from news journalism to an exploration of themes related to well-being, wisdom, and wonder. Throughout, she is explicitly critical of modern, Western workplace culture that exacerbates the problems of stress and burnout, and she offers suggestions and solutions rooted in science, philosophy, and her own experiences. Huffington features her family members, especially her mother, prominently in her text, indicating to her readers that family relationships are particularly important to her; she credits them openly as inspiration for the “Third Metric” of success and