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Tom Rath (born 1975) is an American consultant on employee engagement, strengths, and well-being, and author. He is best known for his studies on strengths based leadership and wellbeing and synthesizing research findings in a series of bestselling books. His books have sold more than 5 million copies and have been translated into sixteen languages.

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Far too many people spend a lifetime headed in the wrong direction. They go not only from the cradle to the cubicle, but then to the casket, without uncovering their greatest talents and potential.

Casket, Cradle, Cubicles, Headed, People, Talent

One's single greatest strength may be uncovering the hidden talents of another person.

Hidden, May, Person, Strength, Talent, Uncovering

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.

Actually, Creativity, Fatigue, Hands, Stress, Worry

Even if people just change two or three things that they are able to sustain over time, it makes quite a difference eventually.

Change, Differences, People, Three, Time, Two

Every hour you spend on your rear end. . . saps your energy and ruins your health.

Energy, Hour, Ruins, Sap, Spend

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.

Areas, Cancer, Disease, Eye, Lost

Making better choices takes work. There is a daily give and take, but it is worth the effort.

Choices, Daily, Giving, Success, Take

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

Celebrating, Children, Instead, Parent, Parents, Unique

If you want to improve your life and the lives of those around you, you must take action.

Action, Improve, Improve Your Life, Life, Lives, Want

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

Ask, People, Thinking, Wealth

Talent (a natural way of thinking, feeling, or behaving) × Investment (time spent practicing, developing your skills, and building your knowledge base) = Strength (the ability to consistently provide near-perfect performance)

Behaving, Investment, Perfect, Skills, Thinking

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

Continues, Gone, Leader, Long, Ultimate

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.

Conflict, Economy, Enough, Individual, Suffering, Workplace

When we get at least six hours of daily social time, it increases our wellbeing and minimizes stress and worry. The six hours includes time at work, at home, on the telephone, talking to friends, sending e-mail, and other communication.

Communication, Home, Social, Stress, Wellbeing

Make work a purpose, not just a place.

Make, Place, Purpose, Work

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

Although, Individual, Individuals, Needs, Team, Teams

Wellbeing is about the combination of our love for what we do each day, the quality of our relationships, the security of our finances, the vibrancy of our physical health, and the pride we take in what we have contributed to our communities. Most importantly, it’s about how these five elements interact.

Community, Elements, Finances, Love, Pride, Quality

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.

Engaged, Productivity, Receiving, Safety, Seven Days

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

Already, Want, Whole

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.

Important, Meaning, People, Positive Thinking, Understand

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