Tom Rath: 3/15/16

Tom Rath is a New York Times bestselling author and researcher 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 about how to make better micro-decisions (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 employee to employer 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 Fully Charged Documentary 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 People mentioned: Tom Rath Brian Wansink Nicholas Christakis James Altucher James Fowler Amy Wrzesniewski The Moment is brought to you Monster. Find employees who work as hard as you at Monster.com/hiring. Monster. Find Better.  And by Amazon. Detective Harry Bosch is back on the new season of Amazon’s Original Series Bosch, based on the best selling novels by Michael Connelly. Stream the new season now on Amazon Prime Video. Twitter: @BrianKoppelman iTunes: itunes.com/themoment Podcast production by Jayson De Leon