Why wellness must be a cultural change and not just a program.

List #33 10 good choices, 10 words or less

Culture is shared way to do something, playing a game, hosting a party, running a business, or even a family making dinner, setting the table, cleaning up. The stronger your culture, the fewer rules you need. When a culture is strong, you trust everyone to do their jobs, and do the right thing. People operate independently and autonomously and collaborate, share and assist without fear or defensiveness. When you have that spirit, you are more creative, more supportive, more confident and more willing to fill the holes or pick up the ball if it gets dropped. Families perform chores and events without lists of rules and procedural checklists. They just know what to do and trust each other. Villages and teams do the same, either winning a championship or killing an animal that will feed everyone. They share the glory, the pain, the practice time and the drama. The higher you positive culture quotient is the fewer policies, precise rules and processes you need.

1. Only buy quality healthy food for home.

2. If you say something negative, follow it with a positive.

3. Don’t take the credit; give credit where it is due.

4. Practice the art of silent support at work.

5. Think of others at all times.

6. Drive the bus, score as touchdown or wash the uniforms.

7. Model behaviors, don’t write rules.

8. Be a human, not a stock price.

9. Don’t ask anyone to sign up or offer incentives or rewards.

10. Avoid looking good but feeling bad!