I realized that you can actually complete a project by dropping it and if you drop projects

you are really not going to put your energy into you are left with what you are really going

to put your energy into. I am Vision Latiani, founder of Mind Valley, the School for Human Transformation.

You're listening to the Mind Valley Podcast where we'll be bringing you the greatest teachers

and thought leaders on the planet. It's got the world's most powerful ideas and personal growth

for mind, body, spirit and work. Welcome back to Mind Valley Podcast and I

guess today is the incredible Ariana Huffington. If you've not heard of Ariana Huffington,

you've probably been living under a rock. She is one of the most followed women on LinkedIn,

the founder of the Huffington Post and a woman who is an absolute badass in terms of the

impact that she's having on the world. But one of the things I like about Ariana is that she's

an advocate for work, life, balance. This woman is incredibly successful with her companies,

with her businesses, with her media empire. But Ariana around 10 years ago went through a situation

where she realized she wasn't the verge of burnout. And to emerge from the situation, she had to

take a step back, question the hustle culture which was so dominant in America and set her own

rules on how people like her empire builders could also have the space and time to nurture their

own health. I got in this conversation with Ariana in 2011. So the recording you're about to

listen to, it's about 11 years old. But the message here is still relevant. This recording was

initially done for a private group in Mind Valley. It was behind a paywall. But because of my

profound respect for Ariana, I wanted to bring these ideas to the forefront and make it accessible

to everyone on the Mind Valley podcast. So here's what we're going to be discussing. We're going

to be discussing meditation as a tool to reevaluate your life. We're going to be talking about

well-being as the first pillar of success. We're going to learn why Ariana believes it's important

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