Health Club Management is IHRSA’s European Strategic Media Partner
Huffington’s top tips include introducing five minutes of meditation into daily routines, building up to 15–20 minutes or more
“If we don’t redefine what success is, the price we pay – in terms of our health and wellbeing – will continue to grow”
As one of the keynote speakers at IHRSA, you’ll be discussing the topic ‘Redefi ning success: The third metric that can benefi t your bottom line’, which is based on your most recent book. Tell us more. Earlier in my career, I operated under the common delusion that burning out was the necessary price one paid for accomplishment and success. However, recent scientific findings have made it clear that this couldn’t be less true. In fact, performance actually improves when our lives include time for renewal, wisdom, wonder and giving. Things changed for me when I had a painful wake-up call in 2007. Sleep-deprived and exhausted, I fainted, hit my head on my desk and broke my cheekbone. Since then, I’ve arrived at a new phase that features breathing spaces, a deeper perspective and daily practices to keep me on track – and out of doctors’ waiting rooms.
What are the components of the Third Metric, and how do they relate to personal, as well as professional, success? The Third Metric is about wellbeing, wonder, wisdom and willingness. If we don’t redefine
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UP CLOSE & PERSONAL See Arianna live at IHRSA 2015
For a lively, engaging and illuminating evening, Arianna Huffington will discuss ‘Redefining Success: The Third Metric That Can Benefit Your Bottom Line’ during IHRSA’s 34th Annual International Convention and Trade Show, which takes place in Los Angeles on 11–14 March 2015. Her keynote address will take place on
Wednesday 11 March, from 5.15–6.30pm. For more information or to register, log on to
www.ihrsa.org/convention
what success is, the price we pay – in terms of our health and wellbeing – will continue to grow. But when we include wellbeing in our definition of success, we begin to change how we deal with time, which leads us to the next element: wonder. When we live a life characterised by what Harvard professor Leslie Perlow calls “time famine”, we rob ourselves of our ability to experience wonder – our sense of delight in the mysteries of the universe,
and the everyday occurrences and small miracles that fill our lives. We also need wisdom to redefine success.
Around the world, we see smart leaders – in politics, in business, in media – making terrible decisions because they lack inner wisdom. That’s no surprise. It’s never been harder to tap into our inner understanding, because in order to do so, we have to disconnect from all our omnipresent devices – gadgets, screens, social media – and reconnect with ourselves. The last component of the Third Metric is a willingness to give, prompted by our empathy and compassion. When we have a wake-up call, and subsequently experience wellbeing, wonder and wisdom, we discover that we possess a natural willingness to serve – to respond to a wake-up call for humanity.
People in the fi tness industry already share your passion about many of these concerns. What more do you hope to leave with the IHRSA ’15 audience? I want to give them concrete ways to move from knowing what to do, to actually doing it. I describe 12 steps they can take; each person needs to pick the one that resonates most strongly with them.
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