Arianna, your performance will actually improve if you can commit to not only working hard, but also unplugging, recharging and renewing yourself.

What preoccupies us is the way we define success. If you see your life purely in terms of money and power, then everything in your life becomes about 'Am I getting ahead?' and that is truly a barbaric way to live, because it eliminates huge chunks of our humanity.

I studied, I met with medical doctors, scientists, and I’m here to tell you that the way to a more productive, more inspired, more joyful life is: getting enough sleep.

Meditation is not about stopping thoughts, but recognizing that we are more than our thoughts and our feelings.

Well, you could become a Southern Baptist. I mean, instead of having to obey the Pope, you could just obey your husband.

Moving ourselves to the background and others to the foreground is evidence that the (spiritual) search is achieving its purpose.

Creating the culture of burnout is opposite to creating a culture of sustainable creativity. This is something that needs to be taught in business schools. This mentality needs to be introduced as a leadership and performance-enhancing tool.