Wellbeing: What you Need to Thrive
A new book reveals the essential elements of a life well-lived
By Tom Rath and Jim NHarter, authors of Wellbeing: The Five Essential Elements
“Much of what we think will improve our wellbeing is either misguided or just plain wrong.” So begins the new book Wellbeing: The Five Essential Elements by Tom Rath and Jim Harter, Ph.D.
Rath leads Gallup’s workplace research and leadership consulting practice, and his bestselling books StrengthsFinder 2.0, Strengths Based Leadership, and How Full Is Your Bucket? have sold more than 2 million copies in the United States alone. Harter, Gallup’s chief scientist for workplace management and wellbeing, is coauthor of the bestseller 12: The Elements of Great Managing.
That’s a lot of intellectual firepower. But what could they know about wellbeing that the rest of us, who are intimately aware of our own, have overlooked? For starters, the fact that we overlook too much. As Harter and Rath discovered — through a thorough review of decades of scientific research and a comprehensive global study of more than 150 countries, which gave them insights into the wellbeing of more than 98% of the world’s population — most people don’t know what’s good for them.
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