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| From: www.publishersweekly.com |
My intentions are good and pure to do a blog post
weekly. And, then life happens, even on
a self-gifted Sabbatical. Fiercely
fighting a cold the week before going to Charleston, I laid low (for me, anyway). Although even then, I did have to take
advantage of some of the offerings of NYC.
A friend, the founding director of the International
Women’s Artist Salon, told me about
the really interesting lecture series Platform
for Pedagogy. (Most of the lectures are free.) It was through them that I thoroughly enjoyed
a lecture given by Ariana Huffington at Columbia! From the website: The Chazen Institutes Global Leadership Matrix
(GLeaM) invites you to join Arianna Huffington discuss how the Third Metric
relates to both current and future global leadership challenges. The event will
be accompanied by a book signing of Huffington’s latest and 14th book, Thrive: The Third Metric to Redefining
Success and Creating a Life of Well-Being, Wisdom, and Wonder.
It
was a fascinating lecture by one of the most respected Women of my generation. Two years into
creating the Huffington Post, 18-hour workdays were normal for her. After arriving home from work one night, she
collapsed in her home office, hitting her head as she fell. Doctors ran numerous tests to discover the
cause, but found nothing beyond sheer exhaustion. It was then she says she realized that
sleep-deprivation is not a badge of honor worth wearing.
“By professional definitions of
success, I was successful. By any sane definition of success, if
you are lying in a pool full of blood on the floor of your office, you are not
successful,” she claimed.
Huffington now believes that these professional
definitions of success-money and power-are a distorted view of living. They are
missing what she considers the third metric—thriving. Hence her book, and discussion that night
focused on these four pillars as she called them:
My personal take away from that
evening? I am doing exactly what I
should be for myself, right now, at this time in my life. I am so glad when “People” confirm what I
know to be true for me! Many people I
meet and explain how and why I am fulfilling my dreams, congratulate me. They think I’m “brave.” I simply know I was, and am, saving my life,
literally. I am so grateful for the
people that understand, and yes, respect that.
(I desperately try to be patient and calm with those that worry about me
not having a “job.”)
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| From the SIBL website |
On that note, I am, as always, taking advantage of
one of my favorite institutions in NYC, the New York Public Library. Earlier in the day of my Columbia lecture, I
went to the Science Industry and Business Library (SIBL) in Midtown for a lecture
“Interviewing: How to Get Them and Prepare for Them”. Daunting and scary. Later in the week I was back taking “Work Search
Orientation” which was sponsored by AARP!
Yes, sad but true, I am now in that demographic. What I did find interesting, was that some of the
simple assessments we took actually pointed me in a direction I am
considering!
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| Artisinal Bistro |
Always, I manage to eat. One of my favorite bartenders from Sojourn
has started a small event company, AW Presents, and a group of lovely people enjoyed a
wonderful wine tasting dinner at Afghan Kebob
lead by “Brunello Bob.” A delightful
evening. Then, the night before I left
for Charleston I had the true pleasure of catching up with former patients, and
a member the Artemis Bookclub (which alas has disbanded
since I left Boston), at one of my favorites,
Artisinal Bistro!
All in all, not bad for a week where I didn’t feel
well! 
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