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#1 New York Times Bestselling author of StrengthsFinder 2.0, “a blockbuster .. transformative
How Full Is Your Bucket?, Strengths Based Leadership and work ” (Daniel H. Pink) .. from
Wellbeing discusses his new book, Eat Move Sleep
“one of the greatest thinkers of his
generation” (Washingtonian) .. that
Q: What prompted you to write a book about health?
“will change your life” and “might
A. After writing business books for more than a decade, I realized that improving
health is the biggest business challenge of our generation. Nothing breaks even save it” (Sir Ken Robinson)
household fnances, corporate balance sheets, or national economies faster than
poor health.

But the much larger reason why I decided to focus all of my time and energy
on this topic is because I was tired of seeing people that I care about suffer
unnecessarily and die early. We are literally killing ourselves, sapping our energy,
and destroying our wellbeing as a result of lousy decisions we make about our
health each day.

Q: Why have you spent so much time studying this topic?

A. I frst started doing this research to save my own life, literally. While I have
been reluctant to discuss this before, I have been battling cancer for more than
twenty years now. Ever since my diagnosis, I’ve spent time every day learning
about specifc things I can do to extend my odds of living a bit longer. Over the
last decade, I have focused more attention on helping friends, family, and
colleagues to learn from these discoveries and lead healthier lives.

Q: What are some of the most important things you have learned from this
research?
A. What I learned, not only about how to prevent cancer, but also how to prevent
heart disease, diabetes, and obesity - is remarkably encouraging. The vast ______________________
majority of human disease and illness is preventable. There are hundreds of
specifc, proven actions we can take to increase our odds of living longer and ON SALE NOW!
stronger. What matters most are the small decisions we make each day, ones
that give us more energy in the moment and also prevent illness in the future.
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The second major fnding is that these three elements - eating, moving, and
sleeping - build on one another. Eating right makes it easier to be active. Being books are sold
active makes it easier to sleep. Sleeping well helps you to avoid bad foods, and ______________________
so on. As a result, working on all three at once is even easier than focusing on
one area in isolation.

Q: Don’t we already know that we should be eating, moving, and sleeping
better?

A. In Eat Move Sleep, I cover a lot of the essentials that people know they should
be doing, but have trouble applying on a daily basis. I like books that help me
fgure out how to apply things I already know but don’t do. There are several things
in the book I have known for a long time, yet did not practice myself until I learned
new ways to connect short-term incentives with what is best for my long-term
health. Frankly, my biggest challenge in writing this book was narrowing down to
the most practical fndings for a broad audience, given the wealth of good science
on these topics today.

Join Tom Rath, March 26th, 2014, in St. Louis, Missouri,
as he shares stories of his journey with leaders across the globe at the
Chair Academy’s 23rd Annual International Leadership Conference.
www.chairacademy.com
www.tomrath.org