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" Executives must place a priority on wellbeing if they want to attract the right people, keep their best people, and drive their company's financial performance. "

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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. "

" When you ask people what affects their wellbeing most, they think of health and wealth. "

" What works for one person's needs is almost always very different from the next. "

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Almost

Always

" I've seen people be effective, even among local teams, by offering something that improves wellbeing in a small way - people who get passionate about smart investment strategies and managing finances for retirement, for example. "

" Making better choices takes work. There is a daily give and take, but it is worth the effort. "

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" Even though people spend more of their waking hours at work than anywhere else, people underestimate how work influences their overall wellbeing and daily experience. "

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Daily

People

" Leaders need to be thinking constantly about what they're doing to create a basic sense of security and stability throughout an organization. "

" For wellbeing to take hold, it's got to be something that individual team members are getting excited about in their own lives. It can't be something that a company is forcing top-down through hierarchical structures. "

" It's unrealistic to expect the person you go to for sage advice also to be the person you go out and have a good time with. And it's unlikely that he or she will be the same person who's pushing you and motivating you to do more every day, like a coach or manager does. "

" I always thought there were some people who were just destined to be disengaged in their jobs because that was their personality, and no matter how hard managers tried, there wasn't much they could do with some of those people. "

" Regardless of your age, you can make better choices in the moment. Small decisions - about how you eat, move, and sleep each day - count more than you think. As I have learned from personal experience, these choices shape your life. "

" You would think that when someone accepts a position with a company, they would assume that their life will be better off because they have that job rather than a different one. "

" I think the term 'friend' itself has lost almost all of its exclusivity. Even the term 'good friend' is overused. Adding the word 'vital' provides a clear definition of what we mean. "

" Our relationships with people are formed by small moments - and relationships are crucial in business. "

" While the things that motivate us differ greatly from one person to the next, the outcomes do not. "

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Person

Motivate

" Team members care about one another, listen, share secrets, talk about the latest news, have heated arguments, are sometimes jealous of each other, and even cry together. "

" You can intentionally choose to spend more time with the people you enjoy most and engage your strengths as much as possible. "

" I act as if my life depends on each decision. Because it does. "

" When your boss and colleagues care enough to invest in your health, it is good for you and the business. "

" On average, spending time with your boss is consistently rated as the least pleasurable activity in a given day. "

" Employees who report receiving recognition and praise within the last seven days show increased productivity, get higher scores from customers, and have better safety records. They're just more engaged at work. "

" The quickest way to be a little bit happier and more engaged in your job is to spend some time thinking about developing closer friendships. "

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Thinking

" Make it easier to do things that increase your wellbeing before you have to make a choice because a lot of our choices, though they seem small in the moment, have a big effect. "

" There is certainly some predisposition to wellbeing, based on the research I've looked at. There are people who have a lot more natural discipline. But for most of us, it takes a lot more in terms of social expectations, where, say, we tell people we're going to run a 5K. "

" I'm a researcher, so I'm realistic that there's nothing I'm doing that's going to prevent me from getting cancer in the future. But I can slow it down. "

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Down

Future

" The vast knowledge we have to prevent cancer, heart disease, and other chronic illnesses is staggering. "