Changemakers

When Arianna Huffington collapsed in 2007 from exhaustion, she recognized a powerful need to reevaluate her priorities. One of the results is her new book, THRIVE: The Third Metric to Redefining Success and Creating a Life of Well-Being, Wisdom and Wonder.

In this event by The Forum at Harvard School of Public Health, Ms. Huffington shared her journey of making room in her life for sleep, mindfulness, health and happiness and explained her vision of "the third metric" — a way to redefine success beyond money and power to live a life of purpose and meaning.

This event was presented in collaboration with The Huffington Post on April 9, 2014.

Watch the entire series from The Forum at Harvard School of Public Health at www.ForumHSPH.org.

THRIVE: A Conversation with Arianna Huffington on Redefining Success | The Forum at HSPH

Seth Godin in conversation with Debbie Millman about courage, anxiety, change, creative integrity,  how to dance with the fear, and more. Background and transcribed highlights: http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2014/05/20/seth-godin-debbie-millman-interview/

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Seth Godin in conversation with Debbie Millman

Full Show Notes Available At: fourhourworkweek.com/2014/10/21/brain-pickings/

This episode is sponsored by 99Designs and ExOfficio.

Maria Popova has written for amazing outlets like The Atlantic and The New York Times, but I find her most amazing project to be BrainPickings.org.

Founded in 2006 as a weekly email that went out to seven friends, BrainPickings now get more than 5 million readers per month (!). I read very few blogs regularly, but BrainPickings is one of the few. It is a treasure trove.

BrainPickings is Maria's one-woman labor of love — her subjective lens on what matters in the world and why. It's also an inquiry into how to live and what it means to lead a good life. From Mark Twain to Oscar Wilde and everyone in between, Maria finds hidden gems to share.

And that's what I hoped to do in this episode. It takes me a few minutes to warm up in this interview, but as soon as we get going, we geek out like crazy, talking about almost every aspect of her life, her site, her business, and her writing.

I loved doing this interview, and I hope you love listening to it. There are a lot of valuable nuggets.

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Full Show Notes

The Tim Ferriss Show Ep 39 - Maria Popova on Writing, Work Arounds, and Building BrainPickings.org

Recorded at St. John the Divine, November 17, 2014. Background, context, and excerpts from the book here: http://www.brainpickings.org/2014/12/05/vanessa-redgrave-blue-nights-joan-didion/

Photograph by Brigitte Lacombe

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Vanessa Redgrave reads Joan Didion's 'Blue Nights'

This week, the NYPL Podcast welcomes Joyce Carol Oates, the author of innumerable novels, plays, and poems, including the novel them, which won the National Book Award in 1970. The prolific and beloved writer joins us to talk about creativity, productivity, and the importance of living an inspired life.

Joyce Carol Oates on Inspiration & Obsession

The beloved writer talks to fellow bestselling author Sloane Crosley about the challenges of putting personal tragedy and illusory pleasure into words.

Joan Didion on Writing & Revising

Virginia Postrel is the author of The Substance of Style and The Future and Its Enemies. She writes the Economic Scene column for The New York Times business section every fourth Thursday. She writes a column for Forbes four times a year and publishes articles on cultural and economic topics in a wide-range of other publications. Writing in Vanity Fair, Sam Tanenhaus described Postrel as "a master D.J. who sequences the latest riffs from the hard sciences, the social sciences, business, and technology, to name only a few sources," while Camille Paglia has called her "one of the smartest women in America."

Design Matters with Debbie Millman: Virginia Postrel

On the heels of the success of his bestselling 2012 novel “Back to Blood,” Wolfe came to NYPL to discuss identity, beliefs, and the weaving together of journalism and fiction.

Tom Wolfe on Handwriting & Humility

Grammy Award winning artist Jay-Z came to NYPL in 2010, when his long-awaited memoir, "Decoded," had just hit shelves. He’s joined by NYPL’s Paul Holdengraber and intellectual icon Cornel West for a conversation about his journey from a rough childhood to becoming an internationally renowned rap artist, philanthropist, and entrepreneur.

Jay-Z on Hustling & Forgiveness

Ann Patchett, the award-winning author of numerous books including “Bel Canto” and “State of Wonder,” joins her good friend Elizabeth Gilbert, author of the hit bestseller “Eat, Pray, Love,” to talk about the challenges and joys of their craft. In this thrilling conversation, Patchett and Gilbert ask each other how and why they write, covering everything from grief, to frustration, to divine inspiration.

Ann Patchett & Elizabeth Gilbert on Writing

Context and transcribed highlights: http://www.brainpickings.org/2015/04/08/anna-deavere-smith-sarah-lewis-nypl-beauty/

Recorded at The New York Public Library, March 2014. Subscribe to NYPL's free podcast here: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/new-york-public-library-podcast/id804982781?mt=2

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Sarah Lewis and Anna Deavere Smith on Inspiring Failures

Debbie Millman talks to author, columnist, and speaker Virginia Postrel about the power of glamorous objects and glamorous people.

Design Matters With Debbie Millman: Virginia Postrel

This week, internationally renowned fashion designer Diane von Furstenberg comes to NYPL for a conversation with Rhonda Garelick, award-winning scholar and author of “Mademoiselle: Coco Chanel and the Pulse of History.”  Together, von Furstenberg and Garelick discuss success, women taking the lead, and what it means to be a fashion icon.

Diane von Furstenberg on Confident Women

"It doesn't matter what you're thinking. It matters what you're doing." - Gretchen Rubin

If you enjoyed this episode, check out show notes and more at http://lewishowes.com/187.

On iTunes

EP 187 Create Powerful Habits That Make You Happy with Gretchen Rubin

Tina Roth Eisenberg is the "Swiss designer gone NYC" behind the popular design blog Swiss Miss (http://swiss-miss.com), as well as the founder of the global free breakfast lecture series CreativeMornings (http://creativemornings.com)

In this interview with Debbie Millman, Eisenberg discusses her blog, sharing her life with her readers, things that make her smile, four-letter names, crowdsourcing, living and working in Brooklyn, CreativeMornings and the beauty found in ordinary things.

Subscribe to Design Matters on iTunes for more great interviews with celebrated designers and creative minds: http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/design-matters-debbie-millman/id328074695

Design Matters with Debbie Millman: Tina Roth Eisenberg

Maria Popova is the editor of Brain Pickings (http://www.brainpickings.org), an inventory of cross-disciplinary interestingness and curiosity, bringing you things you didn’t know you were interested in — until you are. She has also written for Wired UK, The Atlantic, The New York Times, and Nieman Journalism Lab, among others, and is an MIT Futures of Entertainment Fellow. 

In this audio interview with Debbie Millman, Maria discusses curation, creativity as pattern-recognition, growing up in Bulgaria, and her grandmother following her Google Alerts.

Subscribe to Design Matters on iTunes for more great interviews with celebrated designers and creative minds: http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/design-matters-debbie-millman/id328074695

Design Matters with Debbie Millman: Maria Popova

Rob Wallace, Jonathan Asher, Pamela DeCesare & Cheryl Swanson, join Debbie Millman, for a rousing, rigorous and possible riotous hour of discussion on branding and design in today's culture. (04.15.05)

On Design Observer: http://observermedia.designobserver.com/audio/brand-consulting/9997/

On iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/design-matters-debbie-millman/id328074695

Design Matters with Debbie Millman: Brand Consulting

Seth Godin is a bestselling author and entrepreneur, His books that have not only been worldwide bestsellers, they have changed the way people think about marketing, branding and business. (01.12.07) 

On Design Observer: http://observermedia.designobserver.com/audio/seth-godin/10167/

On iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/design-matters-debbie-millman/id328074695

Design Matters with Debbie Millman: Seth Godin

Maira Kalman is a remarkable and magical designer, illustrator, educator, author and National Treasure. (03.23.07)

On Design Observer: http://observermedia.designobserver.com/audio/maira-kalman/9287/

On iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/design-matters-debbie-millman/id328074695

Design Matters with Debbie Millman: Maira Kalman

Dominique Browning is a writer, editor and consultant in the newspaper and magazine fields. She has worked with and written for The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, New York magazine, O, the Oprah magazine, among others. She writes a monthly column about environmental issues for the Environmental Defense Fund website and blogs at SlowLoveLife.com.

Until November 2007, Browning was the editor-in-chief of House & Garden. Browning is the author of three books: Around the House and In the Garden: a Memoir of Heartbreak, Healing, and Home Improvement; Paths of Desire: the Passion of a Suburban Gardener; and Slow Love: How I Lost my Job, Put on My Pajamas, & Found Happiness.

In this audio interview with Debbie Millman, Dominique Browning discusses her tenure as Editor in Chief at House & Garden, her recent book, Slow Love: How I Lost My Job, Put On My Pajamas & Found Happiness, and the effects of love on a stuffed animal. (03.25.11)

On Design Observer: http://observermedia.designobserver.com/

On iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/design-matters-debbie-millman/id328074695

Changemakers

Chinmayee Manjunath