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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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" 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. "

Tom Rath

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Friend

Work

" I would absolutely recommend against excessive positivity and optimism. Any positive emotion that you're infusing into a workplace needs to be grounded in reality. If it's not realistic, sincere, meaningful, and individualized, it won't do much good. "

" The reality is that a person who has always struggled with numbers is unlikely to be a great accountant or statistician. "

" When you ask people about what they enjoy doing, time spent with the boss is even worse than time spent cleaning the house. So this suggests that there are a lot of leaders out there who are not doing an adequate job. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

Tom Rath

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Thinking

" 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. "

Tom Rath

Daily

People

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

" Figure out what you really love doing and use your strengths on a daily basis. "

" I first found out I had cancer on my eye and lost an eye to this disease when I was 16, and I've since had cancer in my kidneys and pancreas and a host of other areas. "

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

" Friendships are among the most fundamental of human needs. "

" 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. "

" At a very basic level, people need to know that there is constancy in their jobs and, more broadly, in where the organization is headed. "

Tom Rath

Need

People

" Don't worry about breaks every 20 minutes ruining your focus on a task. Contrary to what I might have guessed, taking regular breaks from mental tasks actually improves your creativity and productivity. Skipping breaks, on the other hand, leads to stress and fatigue. "

" Exercise is not enough. Working out three times a week is not enough. Being active throughout the day is what keeps you healthy. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" Most people perceive their occupation as being a detriment to their overall wellbeing. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

Tom Rath

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Future

" When we asked people if they would rather have a best friend at work or a 10% pay raise, having a friend clearly won. "

" 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. "