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" Positive defaults align our short-term decisions with our long-term interests. And we don't always do that. "
Tom Rath
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" Wanting a more positive environment isn't enough. You need to do something, and it doesn't require a great deal of effort or some huge change in the way you approach things at work. "
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" We don't have any measures in most cases of the health of our social relationships, of what we're giving to the community. "
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" The vast knowledge we have to prevent cancer, heart disease, and other chronic illnesses is staggering. "
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" When top scientists and psychologists talk about what's important to our overall wellbeing and how satisfied we are with our lives, the only thing that they all agree on is that social relationships are probably the single best predictor of our overall happiness. "
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" The right choices over time greatly improve your odds of a long and healthy life. "
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" People with high levels of wellbeing have been careful to work out early in the morning and not to have heavy meals throughout the day because you kind of fall off a cliff in terms of your energy by 2 or 3:00 if you have a lunch with a lot of heavy foods. "
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" I've spoken with a few employers who have moved away from what has to be some of the least attractive language you could use about health risk to start talking about wellbeing. "
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" What works for one person's needs is almost always very different from the next. "
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" I think trust is primarily built through relationships, and it's important because it's the foundational currency that a leader has with his team or his followers. "
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