If we don’t redefine what success is, our health and wellbeing will pay the price, believes Arianna Huffington, who is the keynote speaker at this year’s IHRSA Convention.
In the latest issue of
Health Club Management, the founder of
The Huffington Post talks about the ‘third metric’ and her mantra for personal and professional success. Both are the subject of her latest book
Thrive: The Third Metric to Redefining Success and Creating a Happier Life.
The third metric defines wellbeing, wonder, wisdom and willingness as its cornerstones. “When we include wellbeing in our definition of success, we begin to change how we deal with time,” says Huffington who considers the health and wellbeing of her employees to be of paramount importance.
“We do a lot to prevent burnout, and to acknowledge that our employees have lives outside of work,” she says. As a result nap rooms have been installed at
The Huffington Post and in the company’s New York offices, meditation, breathing and yoga classes have been introduced.
The company also boasts a gym, and stocks the office fridges with healthy snacks such as yoghurt and fruit.
Huffington feels it’s especially important that people involved in industries related to health and wellbeing take care of themselves. “You’re on the cutting edge of science and medical research in terms of what it means to live a healthy life, and you’re part of a community that’s committed to wellbeing," she adds. "At the same time, remember to make time for wellbeing practices and rituals that have nothing at all to do with your career.”
Huffington will be speaking at IHRSA 2015, which runs from 11-14 March in Los Angeles. To read the full
Health Club Management feature, click
here.
