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...
NationalityAmerican
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CountryUnited States of America
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I talk about an enthusiasm deficit, and I think we have a little bit of that. They say we need to get our act together. They still love this president. But they want to see movement on the things that brought us to power. We took the government over and promised to fix things.
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We engineered activity out of our lives in the name of convenience. We created foods that put fried, fatty, sweet, and salty ahead of fresh, natural, and healthy. We quickly sacrifice sleep to work longer hours in pursuit of the American Dream. Even when we do these things with good intentions, they have life-threatening consequences.
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Half an hour of exercise in the morning makes for better interactions all day. Then a sound night of sleep gives me energy to tackle the next day. I am a more active parent, a better spouse, and more engaged in my work when I eat, move, and sleep well.
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We'd kind of like us to get our act together a little bit, instead of standing in a circle shooting inward.
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No matter how healthy you are today, you can take specific actions to have more energy and live longer.
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If you want to improve your life and the lives of those around you, you must take action.
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When we can see an immediate payoff, we are more likely to change our behavior in the moment. This aligns our daily actions with our long-term interests.
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The things that change people's lives are usually an accumulation of small acts.
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We had some people in that delegation who were very close to -- and great fans of -- Senator McCain. And they were front and center when he came, and I think that that was totally appropriate after his run four years ago.
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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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Our relationships with people are formed by small moments - and relationships are crucial in business.
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You need a lot of effort and talent to produce greatness.
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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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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.