Tom Rath Quotes

Sitting at home the way I do, I'd just love the hear from people. It'd be a great help in passing the time.

I was really worried that sitting at home by myself in front of a computer was going to make me crazy.

I'm happy, and I think being happy keeps you looking young.

Humor helps people open up.

Its not stress that kills us, it is our reaction to it.

I think there's a fear of disconnect sometimes; communication is a huge issue for all of us, from adults to kids, as far as our face-to-face time and our ability to interact with each other without isolating itself to a phone. I think that has to be something that's very challenging.

I never laugh or smile when I am writing. When I come home for lunch after writing all morning, my wife says I look like I just came home from a funeral. This is not bragging. This is an illness.

Science tells us more and more now that there is a strong connection between emotional well-being and health outcomes, and that you can proactively cultivate emotional well-being through relatively simple practices like sleep, social connection and meditation.

I love visiting my friends because it makes me feel normal.

I eliminated stress by eliminating people that I don't enjoy working with.

It is astounding how much the immune system is strengthened by reducing daily mental stress levels with either visualization or meditation. The other great tonic for the immune system is love—loving ourselves as well as others.

Worry has never done anyone any good, and it is very much worse than mere dissipation of psychic energy, for it substantially curtails the joy and fullness of life.

I'm sort of socially inept, so music is my way to connect to people. It's a means of socializing and having a life. Otherwise I wouldn't bother. I would just make home recordings and play them for myself. And that's not really healthy.

The recommended daily requirement for hugs is: four per day for survival, eight per day for maintenance, and twelve per day for growth.

Nursing a grudge is bad for your heath.

If you are sad, ask yourself why you are sad. Then pick up the phone and call someone and tell him the answer to the question. If you don't know anyone, call the operator and tell him. Most people don't know that the operator has to listen, it is a law. Also, the postman is not allowed to go inside your house, but you can talk to him on public property for up to four minutes or until he wants to go, whichever comes first.

I do not think stress is a legitimate topic of conversation, in public anyway. No one ever wants to hear how stressed out anyone else is, because most of the time everyone is stressed out. Going on and on in detail about how stressed out I am isn’t conversation. It’ll never lead anywhere. No one is going to say, “Wow, Mindy, you really have it especially bad. I have heard some stories of stress, but this just takes the cake.

Practicing regular, mindful breathing can be calming and energizing and can even help with stress-related health problems ranging from panic attacks to digestive disorders.

Hard work never killed a man. Men die of boredom, psychological conflict, and disease. They do not die of hard work.

Health will improve almost at once when worrying ends.

Complete freedom from stress is death

Music is important for one's health.

Cell phones have gotten so small, you can't tell who's a cell phone user and who's a schizophrenic.

WORRYING does not take away tomorrow's TROUBLES, it takes away today's PEACE.

Laughter dulls the sharpest pain and flattens out the greatest stress. To share it is to give a gift of health.