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" Figure out what you really love doing and use your strengths on a daily basis. "
Tom Rath
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" On average, spending time with your boss is consistently rated as the least pleasurable activity in a given day. "
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" Our relationships with people are formed by small moments - and relationships are crucial in business. "
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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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" Washington is not a city that takes great pride in being a healthy place, necessarily. Now, I have no data. That's just my own observation. "
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" Leaders need to be thinking constantly about what they're doing to create a basic sense of security and stability throughout an organization. "
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" The right choices over time greatly improve your odds of a long and healthy life. "
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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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" Clearly, there aren't enough positive moments or interactions happening in the workplace. As a result, our economy suffers, companies suffer, and individual relationships suffer. "
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" 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. "
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" Making better choices takes work. There is a daily give and take, but it is worth the effort. "
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" I act as if my life depends on each decision. Because it does. "
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" There's a conventional wisdom that says that strategic thinking is much more important than relationship building, which doesn't seem to be nearly as highly valued as it should be, based on what some of the leaders that I've spoken with have said to me. "
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