I come from a Greek household. My mother wouldn't let the FedEx man come in without eating. Arianna Huffington More Quotes by Arianna Huffington More Quotes From Arianna Huffington Don’t just climb the ladder of success - a ladder that leads, after all, to higher and higher levels of stress and burnout - but chart a new path to success, remaking it in a way that includes not just the conventional metrics of money and power, but a third metric that includes well-being, wisdom, wonder and giving, so that the goal is not just to succeed but to thrive. Arianna Huffington stress goal giving Failure is not the opposite of success; it's part of success. Arianna Huffington women failure successful We take better care of our smartphone than ourselves. We know when the battery is depleted and recharge it Arianna Huffington batteries smartphones care We think, mistakenly, that success is the result of the amount of time we put in at work, instead of the quality of time we put in. Arianna Huffington business inspirational thinking Success is not a straight line, it's much more of a dance and being open to possibilities. Arianna Huffington inspiring-business possibility lines We need to accept that we won't always make the right decisions, that we'll screw up royally sometimes - understanding that failure is not the opposite of success, it's part of success. Arianna Huffington business success positive The first step toward changing the world is to change our vision of the world and of our place in it. Arianna Huffington vision world firsts It’s not ‘What do I want to do?’, it’s ‘What kind of life do I want to have?’ Arianna Huffington kind want There is a purpose to our lives, even if it is sometimes hidden from us, and even if the biggest turning points and heartbreaks only make sense as we look back, rather than as we are experiencing them. So we might as well live life as if - as the poet Rumi put it - everything is rigged in our favor. Arianna Huffington live-life purpose looks The more fearless we are in our personal lives, the more of that spirit we'll bring to changing our world. Arianna Huffington fearless our-world spirit What's the third metric beyond money and power? I think it's a combination of wellbeing and wisdom. Because the problem also with defining success just in terms of money and power means that people feel that they have to work around the clock, burn out, and the result is people making terrible decisions. Arianna Huffington mean people thinking In life, the things that go wrong are often the very things that lead to other things going right. Arianna Huffington graduation inspirational We all have within us the ability to move from struggle to grace. Arianna Huffington grace struggle moving But you have to do what you dream of doing even while you're afraid. Arianna Huffington successful dream inspiring There are almost no worldly signals reminding us to stay connected to the essence of who we are, to take care of ourselves along the way, to reach out to others, to pause to wonder, and to connect to that place from which everything is possible. Arianna Huffington care essence needs Life is a dance between making it happen and letting it happen. Arianna Huffington life-is happens I failed, many times in my life. One failure that I always remember was when my second book was rejected by 36 publishers. Many years later, I watched HuffPost come alive Arianna Huffington alive book years Fearlessness is like a muscle. I know from my own life that the more I exercise it the more natural it becomes to not let my fears run me. Arianna Huffington business running inspiring My mother was a continual source of wisdom and great advice...she taught me that there is always a way around a problem-you've just got to find it. Keep trying doors; one will eventually open. She also taught me to accept failure as part and parcel of life. It's not the opposite of success; it's an integral part of success. I talk a lot about learning to become fearless in your approach to life. But fearlessness is not the absence of fear. It's the mastery of fear. It's all about getting up one more time than you fall down. Arianna Huffington mother doors fall Fearlessness is not the absence of fear. It's the mastery of fear. It's about getting up one more time than we fall down. Arianna Huffington fearless inspiring fall
