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    Hiran Perera
    Out in the heat, the cold and the rain. Always on the lookout for rattlesnakes and other varmints. A cowboy’s life isn’t all fun.<br />
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    In many ways, traversing the dangerous, often dreary route between Texas and Kansas is like embarking on a wellness program. It takes a long time. Hour after hour of riding the road. The dreary, demotivating drench of a downpour. Day after day of steady determination. All the time knowing that at the end of the hard trail is a reward. For the cowboy it’s money in the pocket. For an employee it’s lost weight and regained health.<br />
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    There’s another similarity between the old Chisholm Trail and the wellness trail: boom or bust often hangs on the boss. The trail boss needs to motivate the trail hands so that when someone gets thrown from a horse, they get back up and get back on. And if they get thrown into a cactus, she needs to be there with a helping hand. They aren’t the type to squat with their spurs on.<br />
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    <a href="../portals/hrcom/story_docs/Articles 2009/Corporate Wellness CAse Study.pdf">Click here</a> to read the entire case study.<br />
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