LETTER FROM
THE EDITOR
about me? When do I sleep? Am
I happy? Am I mentally healthy?
Am I physically healthy? Am I
giving back? Am I remembering
where I came from? What about
my friendships?”
But these are also questions that
women who are struggling to make
ends meet are facing every day.
In the magazine this week, we are
also featuring the voices of women
— and a few good men — on how
they are already redefining success: Suze Orman on what constitutes a successful life (“Success
is not how many zeroes your bank
account has. It’s about making
the most of the life you have.”),
Canadian entrepreneur Margot
Franssen on employers’ destructive tendency to ask women and
men to “choose between being a
good parent and being a good employee,” ABC News vice president
Susan Mercandetti on how her
definition of success has changed
over the course of her career, and
LinkedIn CEO Jeff Weiner on how
he learned, after many years, the
value of applying the most valuable lessons learned at home to
his career, and vice versa.
Finally, since the need to unplug
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and recharge is a key tenet of the
Third Metric, we’re spotlighting
vacation destinations and retreats
that help you leave behind your
This is a great moment for
all of us to acknowledge that
the current male-dominated
model of success isn’t working
for women, and it’s not
working for men, either.”
devices and reconnect with yourself. So join us as we redefine success and chart a course to a new,
more humane, more sustainable
definition — for women
and for men.
ARIANNA
BEHIND THE
SCENES
Tap here for a video
showing how the
cover of last week’s
summer issue
unfolded.