Greg McKeown, author of Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less, told HuffPost Live his book grew out of working with people who are really successful.
“Success can become a catalyst for failure,” he said at Davos on Saturday.
McKeown said he’s met leaders at Davos who have experience with plateauing after achieving professional success. To avoid that, McKeown said, people must find a way to expand their contribution without doing more.
“The whole idea is about doing less, but better,” he said.
Below, live updates from the 2015 Davos Annual Meeting:
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“I don’t think there’s an official barrier but there’s a social and structural barrier in a lot of these countries toward women,” Bruder added.
Bruder said his company creates local foundations, and those foundations tackle those issues on EFE’s behalf.
EFE’s president and CEO Jamie McAuliffe, along with founder and chair Ron Bruder, sat down with HuffPost Live at Davos on Saturday.
Bruder said it’s vital to the global economy that youths have jobs.
McAuliffe said EFE starts with businesses.
“Where are the jobs?” he said.
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Experts believe we face a greater threat of terrorist attacks and state crises, while water shortages and extreme weather can create more havoc and be more frequent due to intensifying climate change.
The good news is that the capacity of the human race for avoiding risks, mitigating them and strengthening resilience is now higher than ever in human history. And 2015 in particular presents a number of opportunities to address global risks. There are reasons for optimism that this year may bring significant action.
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Kitty Parry, CEO and Founder of Templars and Founder of Social Media Charter, writes for HuffPost:
Social media regulation for the financial services is now a reality. But is this just another compliance hurdle, or does it offer several opportunities?
When you bring together decision-makers and regulators to look at how social media can improve trust and transparency, and create rules that provide clarity and consumer focus, it helps to foster a collaborative relationship between the regulator and the industry. This is essential for navigating a somewhat uncertain landscape. At the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos this year, social media expert David Kirkpatrick and European banking authority Huw van Steenis will come together to discuss this pressing issue in a global context.
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HuffPost reports:
Emma Watson followed up her September 2013 HeForShe address with another equally impassioned speech — this time at the World Economic Forum.
On Jan. 23, the UN Women Goodwill Ambassador took the stage in Davos, Switzerland to speak about the HeForShe campaign, the influence it has had on her own life and the new initiative Impact 10x10x10. “Women share this planet 50/50 and they are underrepresented — their potential astonishingly untapped,” she told the crowd.
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