The Importance of Balance and Adopting a Beginner's Mindset

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Ariana initially dismissed the idea of turning her book Thrive into a business, but over time she became passionate about the need to change work and life culture. She launched Thrive Global in 2016 to promote the importance of sleep and rejuvenation in preventing burnout. Sarah embraced the seven year itch and pushed herself to learn marketing, approaching her new position with a beginner's mindset. Embracing skeptics and working hard to find the right answers were crucial for her success. Stay tuned to learn how a leader at Capital One Business embraced the refocus playbook.

To survive your entrepreneurial journey, you have to learn to recharge. Knowing when to turn the lights out may be the only way to keep the lights on. Few know this better than Arianna Huffington, who dramatically scaled the Huffington Post – and then experienced profound physical burnout. Her venture, Thrive Global, scales the idea of balance across an organization. With cameo appearances from Chris Yeh (co-author, Blitzscaling) and Dr. Matt Walker (author of Why We Sleep).

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