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Tom is an author and researcher who studies how careers impact health and wellbeing. He has written 12 books that have sold more than 10 million copies and made hundreds of appearances on global bestseller lists. Tom's new book, WHAT'S THE POINT? TURNING PURPOSE INTO YOUR DAILY SUPERPOWER, will be released on April 28, 2026.

Tom's first book, How Full Is Your Bucket?, was an instant #1 New York Times bestseller. His book StrengthsFinder 2.0 was listed as Amazon's top selling non-fiction book of all time. Tom's other bestsellers include Strengths Based Leadership, Wellbeing, Eat Move Sleep, and Are You Fully Charged?

Tom is currently co-founder and CEO of CareerSight. He previously led Gallup's workplace business and served as a Senior Scienti ...more

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Average rating: 3.91 · 104,756 ratings · 6,491 reviews · 27 distinct works • Similar authors

	Strengths Finder 2.0 3.93 avg rating — 57,502 ratings — published 2007 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Strengths Based Leadership by Tom Rath (Goodreads Author), Barry Conchie 3.95 avg rating — 14,184 ratings — published 2007 — 21 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	It's Not About You: A Brief Guide to a Meaningful Life 4.02 avg rating — 8,952 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	How Full Is Your Bucket? by Tom Rath (Goodreads Author), Donald O. Clifton 3.87 avg rating — 9,249 ratings — published 2004 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Eat Move Sleep: How Small Choices Lead to Big Changes 3.59 avg rating — 8,000 ratings — published 2013 — 41 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	How Full Is Your Bucket? For Kids by Tom Rath (Goodreads Author), Maurie J. Manning (Goodreads Author) (illustrator), Mary Reckmeyer (Goodreads Author) 4.40 avg rating — 2,738 ratings — published 2009 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Wellbeing: The Five Essential Elements by Tom Rath (Goodreads Author), James K. Harter 3.74 avg rating — 1,717 ratings — published 2010 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Are You Fully Charged?: The 3 Keys to Energizing Your Work and Life 3.76 avg rating — 1,456 ratings — published 2015 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Vital Friends: The People You Can't Afford to Live Without 3.68 avg rating — 775 ratings — published 2006 — 16 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Life's Great Question: Discover How You Contribute To The World 3.63 avg rating — 196 ratings — published 2020 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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The Numbers That Made Me Write This Book

Sons are 2.7 times more likely to hold their father's job. Daughters are nearly twice as likely to share their mother's. Inside specific fields the multipliers are absurd — 136x for a drywall installer's son, 275x for a commercial fisher's son, 281x for the daughter of a military officer.

These aren't statistics about kids stuck in trapped circumstances. They cut across every income level, every re

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“You cannot be anything you want to be - but you can be a whole lot more of who you already are.”
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“If you spend your life trying to be good at everything, you will never be great at anything.”
― Tom Rath, Strengths Based Leadership

tags: business, leadership, strengths

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“From the cradle to the cubicle, we devote more time to our shortcomings than to our strengths.”
― Tom Rath, Strengths Finder 2.0

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