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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You need a lot of effort and talent to produce greatness.

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While the things that motivate us differ greatly from one person to the next, the outcomes do not.

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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 st...

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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.

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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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No matter how healthy you are today, you can take specific actions to have more energy and live longer.

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

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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...

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When I was in kindergarten, I entered a competition and read 52 books in a week.

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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.

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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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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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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.

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What works for one person's needs is almost always very different from the next.

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

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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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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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You cannot be anything you want to be - but you can be a whole lot more of who you already are.

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If we can find short-term incentives that are consistent with our long-term objectives, it is much easier to make the right decisions in the moment.

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When we build on our strengths and daily successes — instead of focusing on failures — we simply learn more.

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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.

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Author Bio

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