I had the opportunity to meet with Don McGrath author of 50 Athletes Over 50 – Teach Us to Live a Strong, Healthy Life. Throughout his 50 interviews with these older athletes he found several themes that repeated themselves over and over again. Most notably was a “pure joy of moving their bodies,” and from this idea the concept of adult play was born.
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Today I was doing some research on presenteeism. In case you didn’t know, presenteeism is defined as “reduced on-the-job productivity” and is a “hidden cost to many employers.”
I was actually looking for better ways to measure presenteesism. While I found what I was looking for, I was most struck by the table below. This table shows the percentage of total cost (medical, pharmacy, absenteeism and preseenteeism) of health conditions attributed to presenteeism.
