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" You need a lot of effort and talent to produce greatness. "
Tom Rath
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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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" Positive defaults protect you from yourself - and that helps you to make decisions in the moment that are better for your long-term interests. "
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" 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. "
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" I've seen so many people - loved ones and colleagues - who jump from one diet to the next, one exercise regimen to the next . I was trying to figure out what were some of the basic things that each of us can build into a lifestyle for good, instead of bouncing from one thing to the next. "
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" Even if people just change two or three things that they are able to sustain over time, it makes quite a difference eventually. "
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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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" Ignoring negative things that need to be changed is destructive and does nothing to alleviate negativity. Instead, we should focus on the way we're treating other people in our brief interactions with them. "
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" If a school makes an effort to provide kids the right foods and help them to be more active, this benefits the student and the family's health. If you embark on a program to improve your health with a church or community group, you are more likely to stick with it over time. "
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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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" 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. "
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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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" Having fewer unhealthy days and, in turn, more days when you have the energy to get things done is probably the global constant through which businesses and individuals can think about the quantifiable upside of increasing wellbeing. "
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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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" The reality is that a person who has always struggled with numbers is unlikely to be a great accountant or statistician. "
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" Followers need to see how things will get better and what that future might look like. Leaders need to build that foundation of stability, and hope sits on top of that. "
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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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" 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. "
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" Every day, I read about new ideas and research that could help someone I care about live a longer and healthier life. "
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" What works for one person's needs is almost always very different from the next. "
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" 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. "
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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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" The right choices over time greatly improve your odds of a long and healthy life. "
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