Thursday's Daily Brief: In Search of a New Definition of Success; Petraeus Gets Job With Private Equity Firm

Thursday, May 30, 2013

Beyond Money and Power (and Stress and Burnout): In Search of a New Definition of Success

Arianna Huffington: I'm happy to announce that next week, on June 6th, Mika Brzezinski and I will be co-hosting the Huffington Post's first-ever women's conference, "The Third Metric: Redefining Success Beyond Money & Power." The participants include Valerie Jarrett, Jill Abramson, Cindi Leive, Katie Couric, Sen. Claire McCaskill, Lesley Stahl, Ali Wentworth, Erica Hill, Susie Essman, Joanna Coles, Candice Bergen, writer Rebecca Miller, neuroscientist Amishi Jha, Cisco CTO Padmasree Warrior, and a few good men, like Aetna CEO Mark Bertolini, George Stephanopoulos, Rep. Tim Ryan, Whole Foods CEO John Mackey, Joe Scarborough, and Adrian Grenier. We'll be discussing Leadership and Wisdom, Leaning In/Leaning Back, Managing a Frenetic Life, Wellness and the Bottom Line, Taking Care of Our Human Capital, and The Connection Between Giving Back and Well-Being, among other things. There will also be a panel by and for millennials, so that by the time they are in charge, there is a more humane and more sustainable definition of success that includes well-being, wisdom, wonder, empathy, and the ability to give back.

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BLOG POSTS

	Mika Brzezinski: How I Moved Beyond the Label 'Somewhat Aspirational' Somewhat aspirational. I loved it. Didn't know what it meant. But I found it to be hilarious and cuttingly honest, which I admire. I considered getting a T-shirt with the words typed out across my chest.
	Tom Frieden, MD, MPH: Arms Race -- Getting Ahead of Killer Microbes The basic tools of disease tracking and data analysis -- which CDC's disease detectives and others relied on to eradicate smallpox, identify Legionnaires' disease, and stop SARS -- remain essential. But they are no longer enough.
	Laura Cococcia: Quitting Sugar for a Sweeter Life Sarah and I reconnected recently to talk about how to achieve the "zen" that comes with leaving sugar behind. She shared how sugar can make our minds us edgier and less clear, and revealed the ways to overcome cravings on the road to resetting our bodies from sugar dependency.
	Dr. James Hansen: The American Party Our government has failed to address climate, energy, and economic challenges, but our democracy and economic system still have great potential for innovation and rapid adoption of improved technologies, if the government provides the right conditions and gets out of the way.
	Michael T. Klare: The Cold War Redux? Did Washington just give Israel the green light for a future attack on Iran via an arms deal? Did Russia just signal its further support for Bashar al-Assad's Syrian regime via an arms deal?