Fueling Human Potential
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About the Leader
Arianna Huffington
Founder and CEO of Thrive Global and Founder of The Huffington Post
- Connectedness®
- Strategic®
- Learner®
- Achiever®
- Intellection®
Arianna Huffington is the founder and CEO of Thrive Global; the founder of The Huffington Post; and the author of 15 books, including international bestsellers Thrive and The Sleep Revolution. In 2016, she launched Thrive Global, a behavior change technology company with the mission of improving health outcomes and productivity. Originally from Greece, she moved to England when she was 17 and graduated from Cambridge University with an M.A. in economics. At 21, she became president of the famed debating society, the Cambridge Union. She has been named to Time magazine’s list of the world’s 100 most influential people and Forbes’ World’s Most Powerful Women list.
"It's my absolute belief that there is something more to the universe — that we are living in a benevolent universe and that I'm connected to it."
Huffington feels linked to the universe and has a profound trust that things happen for a reason. This includes difficulties and challenges that have ultimately developed into cherished parts of her life.
"When I learn something, I want to shout it from the rooftops."
Huffington makes discoveries and then shares them to help people have happier, healthier lives that are free from unnecessary suffering.
"Is that all there is?"
Huffington uses her Intellection to ask deep questions about life's meaning and the nature of happiness. This talent drives her to constantly seek deeper meaning.
"The most important thing for Achievers is to study the science of achieving."
Huffington says that, like herself, Achievers who need to be creative or innovative need to continually refuel themselves. Hard work is necessary for achieving, she says, but hard work without refueling has diminishing returns: The more you put in, the less you get out.
"I use Strategic to look around the corner and see where I think the world is going."
When Huffington launched The Huffington Post, blogging was on the fringes of the literary world. But using her Strategic to anticipate a boom in the blogging industry, she built The Huffington Post around this way of writing.