Okay, I have to admit that it wasn’t just the three of us chatting over a glass of wine after a day’s work last Thursday evening. Add about 2,799 other people in a large venue in downtown San Francisco and you’ll get the real picture. Yet, I have to admit the feeling was the same as Sheryl interviewed Arianna about her new book, Thrive and her belief that today’s world needs to redefine success beyond power and money to include the third metric—what personally gives your life meaning and purpose. In Thrive, Arianna emphasizes well-being, wisdom, wonder, and giving as components of this Third Metric.

This is the conclusion I had determined after spending almost 20 years working with executives who may have ‘made it’ as far as money and status, but were some of the unhappiest and unhealthiest people around. Something was missing in their lives, but they couldn’t see beyond the two elements of money and power because that is what is so valued in our society. They figured they just needed more of it to feel better, happier and more successful.

So here is Arianna—I feel like I can be on

a first name basis with her since we share a similar philosophy—talking about things like:

• We take better care of our cell phones than we do ourselves. Should our phones need to be ‘recharged’, we are in a state of panic until we
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• We should be go-givers instead of go-getters. Giving can be an instant shortcut to happiness.
• We make some of our biggest mistakes when we are exhausted. She really emphasized how important being well-rested was to our well-being.
• You can complete a project by dropping it and done is better than perfect. Love this…I now have an excuse for less than perfect blogs!
• The more hyper-connected we are to technology, the more disconnected we are to ourselves (the irony is not lost on this advice and who these two women work for).

Wow! Although there is a part of me that is a little envious since we talked about all these points in our book, Having Your All, but more than that, so relieved and excited that the conversation is going strong. Arianna’s voice and reach is far more powerful than mine and she has no doubt perfected speaking in sound bites and all with an exotic accent, of which I have neither.

Both ladies have

more than enough money and power that allows them to play with the ‘big boys’, but here they are taking their time and energy to remind us that meaning and purpose cannot be bought. It is accessible to all and it’s the great equalizer when it comes to defining success. We all can be successful when we define our own version of success and determine what is meaningful to us in our lives…and imagine what the world would look like.

So, thank you ladies for

re-charging me and reaffirming our message and anytime you want to get together again on a Thursday evening, let me know…the drinks are on me!

-Nisha