Are You Fully Charged? Quotes

“The pursuit of meaning — not happiness — is what makes life worthwhile.”
― Tom Rath, Are You Fully Charged?: The 3 Keys to Energizing Your Work and Life

“Working toward a shared mission with other people will add a positive charge to each day.”
― Tom Rath, Are You Fully Charged?: The 3 Keys to Energizing Your Work and Life

“There is nothing wrong with working on important individual milestones as long as you understand that they may not be the memories you treasure 25 years from now.”
― Tom Rath, Are You Fully Charged?: The 3 Keys to Energizing Your Work and Life

“In Finland, for every 45 minutes in the classroom, students are given a 15-minute break.”
― Tom Rath, Are You Fully Charged?: The 3 Keys to Energizing Your Work and Life

“Happiness cannot be pursued; it must ensue. One must have a reason to ‘be happy.’” It was this work that he used as he helped fellow prisoners in concentration camps.”
― Tom Rath, Are You Fully Charged?: The 3 Keys to Energizing Your Work and Life

“Instead of aspiring to be anything you want to be, you should aim to be more of who you already are.”
― Tom Rath, Are You Fully Charged?: The 3 Keys to Energizing Your Work and Life

“It turned out that looking forward to a vacation or event provided even more happiness than the event itself.”
― Tom Rath, Are You Fully Charged?: The 3 Keys to Energizing Your Work and Life

“When you focus on other people’s shortcomings, they lose confidence in their abilities. But if you focus on their hard work and successes, you produce a sustainable increase in their self-confidence. What’s more, researchers have discovered that the earlier in life you focus on a person’s daily successes, the greater the gains over time.”
― Tom Rath, Are You Fully Charged?: The 3 Keys to Energizing Your Work and Life

“Your overall satisfaction with life certainly matters. But you create meaningful change in moments and days, not years and decades.”
― Tom Rath, Are You Fully Charged?: The 3 Keys to Energizing Your Work and Life

“There is no better use of your financial resources than to spend them on meaningful experiences with other people.”
― Tom Rath, Are You Fully Charged?: The 3 Keys to Energizing Your Work and Life

“Trying to do a little bit of everything leads to doing nothing of substance. When you let the demands of a day pull you in 20 different directions, they do exactly that”
― Tom Rath, Are You Fully Charged?: The 3 Keys to Energizing Your Work and Life

“What will matter later in life is what you initiate today — striking up a conversation that leads to a new friendship, sharing an idea with someone at work that turns into a new product or offering, or investing in another person’s growth and watching her succeed over the years.”
― Tom Rath, Are You Fully Charged?: The 3 Keys to Energizing Your Work and Life

“If you fail to do meaningful work that makes a difference today, the day is gone forever.”
― Tom Rath, Are You Fully Charged?: The 3 Keys to Energizing Your Work and Life

“Yet society keeps telling you that you can be anything you want to be . . . if you just try hard enough. This age-old aspirational myth does more harm than good.”
― Tom Rath, Are You Fully Charged?: The 3 Keys to Energizing Your Work and Life

“This is why I was taken aback by research Gallup conducted on this topic. When workers across the United States were asked whether their lives were better off because of the organization they worked for, a mere 12 percent claimed that their lives were significantly better. The vast majority of employees felt their company was a detriment to their overall health and well-being. How did this relationship between individuals and organizations go so wrong? One catalyst for this change was the Industrial Revolution, when people almost literally became cogs in big machines and assembly lines. The premise was that an employee would work at a routine task for a fixed number of hours in exchange for a set amount of hourly pay.”
― Tom Rath, Are You Fully Charged?: The 3 Keys to Energizing Your Work and Life

“The essential thing people want in a job today is work that will allow them to create meaning for others.”
― Tom Rath, Are You Fully Charged?: The 3 Keys to Energizing Your Work and Life

“Meaning: doing something that benefits another person Interactions: creating far more positive than negative moments Energy: making choices that improve your mental and physical health”
― Tom Rath, Are You Fully Charged?: The 3 Keys to Energizing Your Work and Life

“It is easier to improve your own happiness — and the well-being of others — when you focus on doing it right now.”
― Tom Rath, Are You Fully Charged?: The 3 Keys to Energizing Your Work and Life

“Work is a purpose, not a place. Work is about productively applying your talent.”
― Tom Rath, Are You Fully Charged?: The 3 Keys to Energizing Your Work and Life

“The pursuit of meaning — not happiness — is what makes life worthwhile. Despite Thomas Jefferson including it in the Declaration of Independence, the “pursuit of happiness” is a shortsighted aim. Putting your own well-being before well-doing pulls you in the wrong direction.”
― Tom Rath, Are You Fully Charged?: The 3 Keys to Energizing Your Work and Life

“The essential thing people want in a job today is work that will allow them to create meaning for others. My research suggests that the odds of being completely engaged in your job increase by more than 250 percent if you spend a lot of time doing meaningful work throughout the day.”
― Tom Rath, Are You Fully Charged?: The 3 Keys to Energizing Your Work and Life

“Every person has hidden talent waiting to be uncovered.”
― Tom Rath, Are You Fully Charged?: The 3 Keys to Energizing Your Work and Life

“I have started forcing myself to substitute thinking “I’m busy” with “I need to do a better job managing my time.”
― Tom Rath, Are You Fully Charged?: The 3 Keys to Energizing Your Work and Life

“Participating in meaningful activities elevates your thinking above yourself and your own momentary needs. Every minute you can set aside your own happiness for the sake of others will eventually lead to stronger families, organizations, and communities.”
― Tom Rath, Are You Fully Charged?: The 3 Keys to Energizing Your Work and Life

“If you spend most of your life trying to be good at everything, you eliminate your chances of being great at anything.”
― Tom Rath, Are You Fully Charged?: The 3 Keys to Energizing Your Work and Life

“It is easier to improve your own happiness — and the well-being of others — when you focus on doing it right now. Taking small, meaningful actions today is the best way to make changes. And eventually, these small changes will lead to important long-term outcomes.”
― Tom Rath, Are You Fully Charged?: The 3 Keys to Energizing Your Work and Life

“Fortunately, going from the low end of this continuum to the recommended 10,000 steps can lead to significant health benefits in the short term as well as the long run.”
― Tom Rath, Are You Fully Charged?: The 3 Keys to Energizing Your Work and Life