Thrive 從容的力量 | 拾書所

Thrive 從容的力量

$ 415 元 原價 525

Arianna Huffington's personal wake-up call came in the form of a broken cheekbone and a nasty gash over her eye -- the result of a fall brought on by exhaustion and lack of sleep. As the cofounder and editor-in-chief of the Huffington Post Media Group -- one of the fastest growing media companies in the world -- celebrated as one of the world's most influential women, and gracing the covers of magazines, she was, by any traditional measure, extraordinarily successful. Yet as she found herself going from brain MRI to CAT scan to echocardiogram, to find out if there was any underlying medical problem beyond exhaustion, she wondered is this really what success feels like? As more and more people are coming to realize, there is far more to living a truly successful life than just earning a bigger salary and capturing a corner office. Our relentless pursuit of the two traditional metrics of success -- money and power -- has led to an epidemic of burnout and stress-related illnesses, and an erosion in the quality of our relationships, family life, and, ironically, our careers. In being connected to the world 24/7, we're losing our connection to what truly matters. Our current definition of success is, as Thrive shows, literally killing us. We need a new way forward. In a commencement address Arianna gave at Smith College in the spring of 2013, she likened our drive for money and power to two legs of a three-legged stool. They may hold us up temporarily, but sooner or later we're going to topple over. We need a third leg -- a third metric for defining success -- to truly thrive. That third metric, she writes in Thrive, includes our well-being, our ability to draw on our intuition and inner wisdom, our sense of wonder, and our capacity for compassion and giving. As Arianna points out, our eulogies celebrate our lives very differently from the way society defines success. They don't commemorate our long hours in the office, our promotions, or our sterling PowerPoint presentations as we relentlessly raced to climb up the career ladder. They are not about our resumes -- they are about cherished memories, shared adventures, small kindnesses and acts of generosity, lifelong passions, and the things that made us laugh. In this deeply personal book, Arianna talks candidly about her own challenges with managing time and prioritizing the demands of a career and raising two daughters -- of juggling business deadlines and family crises, a harried dance that led to her collapse and to her "aha moment." Drawing on the latest groundbreaking research and scientific findings in the fields of psychology, sports, sleep, and physiology that show the profound and transformative effects of meditation, mindfulness, unplugging, and giving, Arianna shows us the way to a revolution in our culture, our thinking, our workplace, and our lives.

 

 

每個人都告訴我們必須賺更多的錢、不斷往上爬,
但你的人生,只能這樣嗎?

★榮登紐約時報、洛杉磯時報暢銷排行榜第一名!
★《哈芬登郵報》創辦人兼總編輯,被譽為全世界最有影響力的女性之一!

從容,不只是一種速度,更是一種態度。
當我們不再把所有的時間投注在追逐金錢與權力上,
而是學會灌溉我們自己生命的花園,
才能活出真正有意義的人生。

雅莉安娜‧哈芬登是全美最大網路媒體《哈芬登郵報》的創辦人兼總編輯,曾入選《時代》雜誌全球百大人物、《富比士》雜誌當代媒體界最有影響力的女性,無論從任何標準來看,她都是一個成功的人,擁有無可挑剔的人生。然而,一次因工作過度疲勞在自家書房昏倒受傷的經驗,卻讓她開始思考,這真的是她想要的「成功」嗎?

我們苦苦追求兩種傳統的成功指標──金錢與權力,導致身心俱疲,連帶造成生活品質的惡化。我們一天二十四小時、一週七天不停地和世界連線,卻與真正重要的東西失去連結。我們目前對成功所下的定義,事實上反而正在殘害我們,我們亟需一個新的指標,幫助我們重新找回生活的支點。

雅莉安娜透過自己的親身例證,並援引最新研究,從心理、生理、運動、睡眠等各個角度,與大家分享她「重生」的體悟。她想要告訴所有讀者,比起急著賺更多的錢、佔用更大的辦公室,學習從容地面對我們的人生,花一些時間維持身心健康、謙遜接受智慧、對世界發出驚嘆、為他人做出奉獻,才是最重要的,而這也將使我們的生命欣欣向榮,讓我們不但成功,更超越成功,活出無悔的人生。



【名家推薦】

16位各界名家一致推薦!

【NuSkin五百萬美元名人】王人美
【生意人‧悅日人‧漣漪人】朱平
【創新工場董事長、前谷歌副總裁】李開復
【特力集團董事長】李麗秋
【華人正念減壓中心創辦人】胡君梅
【美麗佳人雜誌社長】胡玲玲
【TED×Taipei創辦人】許毓仁
【北一女中校長】楊世瑞
【哈佛心理教育家】劉軒
【資深媒體人】陳安儀
【「更快樂營」創辦人】陳郁敏
【台灣正念工坊執行長】陳德中
【現代婦女基金會董事】賴芳玉
【魅麗雜誌發行人/作家】賴佩霞
【ELLE雜誌總編輯】盧淑芬
【上銀科技總經理】蔡惠卿

(按姓名筆劃序排列)



【國外好評】

在本書中,作者要求我們所有人和自己的真實自我連結,以活出自己的人生道路。從睡眠的重要,到傾聽內在聲音指導我們如何處理每天的時間壓力,本書為我們勾勒出一條內省的道路,讓我們的生活更加真實與圓滿。——Facebook首席營運長、《挺身而進》作者/雪柔‧桑德柏格

對於如何活出更有意義、更令人滿足的人生,提供了非常有吸引力的觀察。本書洋溢著熱情,提出了科學研究支持,並有實用的洞見加持,雅莉安娜這本好書將轉化我們的工作環境、學校,與家庭。——華頓商學院教授、《給予》作者/亞當‧格蘭特

既深入又迷人,本書是雅莉安娜‧哈芬登最有說服力的作品。它是召喚,是冥想,是我們對「如何活著」這個問題的實用回覆。——《安靜,就是力量》作者/蘇珊‧坎恩

《從容的力量》是一本讓我想起來便忍不住微笑的書,它提供了見證、智慧與實用的建議,協助我們藉由改變價值觀來改變生活。畢竟,如果我們能夠活出幸福的人生,又何必僅僅滿足於活著?——普林斯頓大學教授/安妮-瑪麗.斯勞特

本世紀最重要的書之一!交織著家庭智慧、科學、吸引人的生活故事,本書既激勵人心又實用,每個人都能從中獲益。任何想讓人生更加圓滿的人必讀!——威斯康辛大學「健康心理調查中心」創辦人/理查.戴維森

這是一本慷慨、緊急、至關重要的書,一個在太遲之前重新定義人生得分方式的機會。雅莉安娜給了我們一個禮物,並以其獨特的風格送到我們手中。——《紫牛》作者/賽斯‧高汀

蘇格拉底、柏拉圖、亞里斯多德……雅莉安娜。她在政治以外的領域也有適用於眾人的智慧。本書大概讓我多活了十年,多出來的十年之中會有一部分時間用來重讀這本書。——馬赫脫口秀主持人/比爾‧馬赫

警告:本書內容相當危險,即使只是驚鴻一瞥,也可能使你踏上一條道路,通往更清晰的視野、劇烈的優先順序調整、深度的思索,以及,健康幸福。它也有可能融化你的心。——麻州大學醫學院教授、「正念減壓」創始人/喬.卡巴金

Brand Slider