Quotes by Tom Rath

About Tom Rath:

Tom Rath is an American author, researcher, and speaker whose books have sold more than 5 million copies and have been translated into sixteen languages. He is best known for his studies on strengths based leadership and wellbeing and synthesizing research findings in a series of bestselling books.
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The lesson here is clear: If you want people to understand that you value their contributions and that they are important, the recognition and praise you provide must have meaning that is specific to each individual.

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Instead of celebrating what makes each child unique, most parents push their children to "fit in" so that they don't "stick out." This unwittingly stomps out individuality and encourages conformity, despite these parents' good intentions

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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.

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the key to human development is building on who you already are

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The most successful people start with dominant talent—and then add skills, knowledge, and practice to the mix. When they do this, the raw talent actually serves as a multiplier.

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What's more, we had discovered that people have several times more potential for growth, when they invest energy in developing their strenghts instead of correcting their deficiencies.

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If you spend your life trying to be good at everything, you will never be great at anything.

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Although individuals need not be well-rounded, teams should be.

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Perhaps the ultimate test of a leader is not what you are able to do in the here and now - but instead what continues to grow long after you're gone

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What great leaders have in common is that each truly knows his or her strengths - and can call on the right strength at the right time.

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followers have a very clear picture of what they want and need from the most influential leaders in their lives: trust, compassion, stability, and hope

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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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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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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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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 overa...

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'StrengthsFinder 2.0' is an effort to get the core message and language out to a much broader audience. We had no idea how well received the first strengths book would be by general readers - it was oriented more toward managers - or that the energy ...

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Friendships are among the most fundamental of human needs.

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The real energy occurs in each connection between two people, which can bring about exponential returns.

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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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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.

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Author Bio

  • NameTom Rath
  • DescriptionAmerican author
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionWriter