Tom Rath on Impulse Control and Establishing Healthy Habits
The best-selling author and researcher uses his cancer diagnosis to help us learn about the small changes we can make to improve our lives.
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This week on The Moment, Brian talks to Tom Rath, the researcher and author best known for his books Eat Move Sleep: How Small Choices Lead to Big Changes and Are You Fully Charged?: The 3 Keys to Energizing Your Work and Life. On the show, Tom shares a few tips on how to make better microdecisions (7:00) and how to teach kids better social and behavioral dynamics (17:00). Plus, Brian and Tom discuss the work of Adam Grant and why doing things for others is often our best motivator (21:00). Tom also talks about the difference between finding happiness and finding meaning (31:00), and shares his thoughts about people pursuing their passions and how we can change employer to employee relationships to encourage people to find meaningful work (41:00).
You can watch Tom’s documentary, Fully Charged, by clicking here.
Topics mentioned:
Fully Charged by Tom Rath
Eat Move Sleep by Tom Rath
Strengths Finder 2.0 by Tom Rath
Man’s Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl
Give and Take by Adam Grant
Originals by Adam Grant
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