Tom Rath
Tom Rath
Tom Rath is an American author, researcher, and speaker whose books have sold more than 5 million copies and have been translated into sixteen languages. He is best known for his studies on strengths based leadership and wellbeing and synthesizing research findings in a series of bestselling books...
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CountryUnited States of America
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Friendships are among the most fundamental of human needs.
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Followers need to see how things will get better and what that future might look like. Leaders need to build that foundation of stability, and hope sits on top of that.
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When we asked people if they would rather have a best friend at work or a 10% pay raise, having a friend clearly won.
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People who say they have a best friend at work are seven times as likely to be engaged in what they're doing. And if they don't have a best friend at work, the odds of being engaged are just 1 in 12.
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I've seen the same thing emerge in the research around the interaction of sleeping and moving and eating: if you get a good night's sleep, you are significantly more likely to make the right choices about what you eat the next morning, you're more likely to work out, you're more likely to get a better night's sleep the next night.
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What we've learned is that if you can make the right decision in the supermarket aisle, it's a heck of a lot easier to make a good decision when you reach in your cupboard when you're craving a snack at eight o'clock at night.
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When we look at what has the strongest statistical relationship to overall evaluation of your life, the first one is your career well-being, or the mission, purpose and meaning of what you're doing when you wake up each day.
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Positive defaults align our short-term decisions with our long-term interests. And we don't always do that.
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You need a lot of effort and talent to produce greatness.
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Our relationships with people are formed by small moments - and relationships are crucial in business.
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When I speak with people who love their jobs and have vital friendships at work, they always talk about how their workgroup is like a family.
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We need to adjust to reflect the difficulties in raising money in the wake of Bush mania. Until that subsides, and it may subside when (Texas Gov. George W. Bush) gets out on the campaign trail and we see what kind of candidate he can be, we need to do things to stay viable.
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When you are caring for someone who is in hospice you learn all these skills that you never think you will need again. Well I had them, and I thought, why not use them? I am fortunate to be in the situation I am in right now and I have a desire to give something of myself.
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We've seen the enemy, and he is us.