

Thriving is not a way-point on the map of personal development. To thrive is not to find a point in your life where you are comfortable enough where things are okay, or even great.

When you look up thrive in most dictionaries, the word flourish appears alongside it as simile. But to focus on the attainment of these milestones is to ignore the most important, most fundamental, element of thriving: ongoing evolution and growth. If you sleep enough, eat well, exercise, choose positive thoughts (and so on …) you will eventually find yourself in a place of joyous prosperity and ease.Ĭertainly, all of these lifestyle choices can help you thrive. With this mindset - as with many concepts in our modern, mechanized lives - the condition of thriving will be obtained by following the right formula and ticking the right boxes. “I have attained my goal I am now thriving and all is well.”) In our results-obsessed society, you can be forgiven for having an automatic and unconscious tendency to regard “thriving” as a personal goal a desirable point of reference from which you will experience greater happiness, wellness and wealth. Verb /θraɪv/: to grow, develop, or be successfulĪrianna Huffington wants you to thrive.
