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from msnbc.com

New research shows that quick e-mail messages and short phone calls can motivate people to exercise.

Kimberly Thomas-McPherson likes to walk for exercise. But as a single mother of two who works a full-time job at night and goes to college during the day, physical activity isn’t always high on her priority list.

By Penelope Trunk - Boston Globe

Here's some career advice. Stop obsessing about how smart you are. Instead, get some exercise and you'll perform better at work -- athletes do better in the workplace than non-athletes. Even off the field. This advice is true in a wide range of scenarios -- across age groups, job descriptions, and types of exercise. Athletes make more money because their self-confidence and competitive nature makes them choose jobs that pay more money, James Shulman , author of The Game of Life: College Sport and Educational Values, said in a speech to the Division III Forum, a collegiate athletic group.