Thrive: The Third Metric to Redefining Success and Creating a Happier Life

by Arianna Huffington

the United Kingdom, according to a study by Oxford professor Russell Foster, more than half of British teenagers may be sleep deprived: “Here we have a classic example where sleep could enhance enormously the quality of

Higher levels of stress put millennials at higher risk downstream for all sorts of destructive consequences. Stress, as we’ve seen, is a huge contributing factor in heart disease, diabetes, and obesity.174, 175, 176 And

stress among younger Americans is work.178 Seventy-six percent of millennials report work as a significant stressor (compared to 62 percent of baby boomers and 39 percent of older Americans). Among the challenges facing millennials is the growing number of them who graduate college with massive student debt and find themselves entering a weak job market. So millennials

Of course, many of these are problems that require political action and economic reform. But whatever end of the spectrum one finds oneself, mindfulness, meditation, and assorted tools and practices not only help strengthen