Sentences with phrase «as big people»

Our job then, as the big people in their lives, is to help lead them there.

As big people, my babies weigh in at 11 - 14 lbs by 6 weeks.

As big people, we know the importance of a positive connection between our child and his teacher.

I was also pleasantly surprised by the interior; as a bigger person it's sometimes hard for me to get comfortable, and yet despite the car's name I had no issues at all.

Not exact matches

«The more we can get people doing resistance training like weight lifting, the more likely we are to have a healthier aging population,» Big Think quotes him as saying.

On the one hand, there's probably very little training required, and if a delivery person isn't wearing a company's T - shirt, it's probably not that big a deal as long as the package arrives on time.

We have lots of big company experience, we have lots of incredibly smart people, and we have experience in big complex industries such as healthcare and logistics.

So entrenched is this marketing gimmick that Trade Minister François - Philippe Champagne now talks about Canada as a gateway to more than 1 billion people, a figure he derives from adding the populations of North America and the European Union, another big, rich economy with which Canada enjoys preferential access as of earlier this month.

«A lot of hackers are asking for bitcoin, and that's a big worry of people in the space and regulators,» as Lorentzen says.

Just a few years ago, privacy was a big issue as regular people started to understand that big companies like Facebook, Target, Walmart and others were using sophisticated technologies to understand users on an individual level.

Vander Baan echoes this sentiment based on her experience: «There's a big reason you hear people say it will cost two times as much and take twice as long [as you expect].»

And as for that ship: To safely fit 100 people and protect them from dangerous solar radiation outside, it would have to be twice the size of the biggest spaceship ever built — the Saturn V, which transported astronauts to the moon.

«People talked about the demise of physical books as if it was only a matter of time, but even 50 to 100 years from now, print will be a big chunk of our business,» Penguin Random House chief executive Markus Dohle told the Times.

«In a year from now, what we want is for this not only to be nationally present, but something that people see as a big part of their every day lives,» Elliott says.

People aren't as worried about a Canadian housing crash as they used to be, and the Canadian financial sector — our other big industry — continues to be a well - run oligopoly.

Also the curated batch, showing you people that we think are going to be really good for you, as opposed to you going through this big search, it just again lends itself to a 3.5 inch screen.

Now, as the president of Christy Webber Landscapes, one of the biggest landscaping operations in Chicago, she has $ 6 million worth of equipment, $ 20 million in payroll and employs over 400 people.

«At Wazoku we are all about innovation and as a start - up we know that one of the biggest challenges faced by new businesses is getting seen and found by the right people.

He described the families of people with such difficult diseases as «so close to breaking,» and said that «science is going to catch up... But a big piece of that is... changing the paradigm of [medicine], dealing with costs, and dealing with availability.»

As often as not, the biggest hurdle isn't even coming up with an elegant and cost - effective solution; it's getting people to accept the prospect of change and to adopt your answer to the probleAs often as not, the biggest hurdle isn't even coming up with an elegant and cost - effective solution; it's getting people to accept the prospect of change and to adopt your answer to the probleas not, the biggest hurdle isn't even coming up with an elegant and cost - effective solution; it's getting people to accept the prospect of change and to adopt your answer to the problem.

«The best way to make some progress on this... wasn't to go out and hire a consultant, as we often would have done, but rather get some of these people in who are spending their lives developing these things that will hopefully be a big score for them one day,» says Toronto Mayor John Tory.

I wanted to get a sense of whether or not these sneakers were as comfortable and easy to fall in love with as other cult - favorites (Allbirds being the most obvious)-- specifically because the greatest indicator of a shoe becoming «the next big thing» is generally whether or not people actually like wearing them.

Just ensure that you're not singling out the people who are most vocal and obvious about their accomplishments, as it could be the more modest people on your team who are actually making the biggest splash.

A simple rule such as, «always fill the tank before you return the car,» is easy to communicate to a big group of people at once.

As the always - incisive Bryan Roberts, framed it for me in a conversation around this time last year, hospitals «are essentially big capital assets trying to stuff people through them.»

Steve Buckley figured that out and thought the best way to make some progress on this, and I think he's right, wasn't to go out and hire a consultant as we often would have done, but rather get some of these people in from the DMZ and so on who are spending their lives developing these things that will hopefully be a big score for them one day.

In addition to serving as the chair of Virgin Unite, she is also the founder and trustee of her own non-profit, Big Change, and the co-chair of We Day UK, an annual event that celebrates young people making a difference in the world.

Of course, as an entrepreneur, Goldman said, you need to develop a vision, a big picture, and get the right people recruited and hired and make sure you have the resources.

As the viewers, we got to «meet» charismatic young people with raw talent and live vicariously though them as they lived out their biggest dreaAs the viewers, we got to «meet» charismatic young people with raw talent and live vicariously though them as they lived out their biggest dreaas they lived out their biggest dream.

I'm not cavalier about other people's money or jobs, but here that doesn't qualify as risk, which is weird because in many, many countries, quitting your job and starting a company and taking money from someone and losing it is a big, big no - no.

Big Data means different things to different people, but Farrell defines it as what happens when the information gathered by a company becomes too big to manage, either because of its volume, variety or complexiBig Data means different things to different people, but Farrell defines it as what happens when the information gathered by a company becomes too big to manage, either because of its volume, variety or complexibig to manage, either because of its volume, variety or complexity.

Because as Scaramucci advises in the Big Think video: «I think you can really see people's intentions by the way they talk to other people and their level of civility.»

«I don't think migration is going to be as big a force as people are expecting it to be.»

As jet fuel costs rise in accordance with oil prices — and already fuel has overtaken labour as airlines» biggest expense — air travel could risk becoming unaffordable for the average persoAs jet fuel costs rise in accordance with oil prices — and already fuel has overtaken labour as airlines» biggest expense — air travel could risk becoming unaffordable for the average persoas airlines» biggest expense — air travel could risk becoming unaffordable for the average person.

When it becomes a bigger issue, as in work not being turned in on time or aloofness during meetings, take people in for a one - on - one.

It's not that irresistible people don't have problems — even big ones — but they approach problems as temporary obstacles, not inescapable fate.

How people hold themselves is a big clue as to how they're feeling.

So if you want someone to take a big leap and do as you say, buy the person a chocolate marble loaf and several butter croissants at Starbucks around 7 a.m., as well as one of those ridiculous Frappuccinos.

As I shared with Inc., the biggest mistake we make as entrepreneurs is appealing to urban, upwardly - mobile young people on either coast - and in living all across the country, I understand how diversity not only represents color, but also orientation, income and needAs I shared with Inc., the biggest mistake we make as entrepreneurs is appealing to urban, upwardly - mobile young people on either coast - and in living all across the country, I understand how diversity not only represents color, but also orientation, income and needas entrepreneurs is appealing to urban, upwardly - mobile young people on either coast - and in living all across the country, I understand how diversity not only represents color, but also orientation, income and needs.

From a big picture perspective, the company will grow as more people move into the province — more than 100,000 people moved into the region last year — and as incomes grow.

Although Hian's collateral, clothes, isn't as sure a thing as, say, cars, Schneider feels Hian's biggest liability is that she's not surrounding herself with people who can help her develop a comprehensive business plan that will attract venture capitalists, bankers or angel investors.

People have made a big deal about the idea of «binge - watching» as the embodiment of the changing way we consume media.

Google (goog), like other big tech companies including Apple (aapl) and Microsoft (msft), has been pushing its digital assistant as a new way for people to interact with their smartphones and other devices like the company's web - connected Google Home speaker.

There's no limit to how big our company can get — and as we keep growing, that will let us bring a lot more people to the sport.

As we get bigger we've added a few more perks: car washes, massages, and on Fridays, we give people half a day off in the beach season, but they get paid for it.

«So it definitely wasn't as big of a transition as I thought it might be, because we get to take classes with and study with people and live in the dorm with people who are all your age, but then still get to be on a regular - aged college campus and be involved with all of the regular campus events,» Corinne said.

«The main reason it's such a big deal here is that it's going to affect our water supply,» Aries Yumul, an assistant principal at North Dakota's Todd County School District and a self - identified water protector with the Oceti Sakowin, the proper name for the people commonly known as the Sioux, told Business Insider in November.

It isn't because there aren't people without jobs out there, but rather because many of those people, either from birth or from discouragement of being without work, are not thinking about the bigger picture, «making the employer happy» as much as they are following what they are told «fill in that sheet of numbers.»

For example, it allowed insurers to charge people in their 60s only 3 times as much for the same coverage as those in their 20s, and supplied credits for the seniors that were as much as four times as big as those for the young.

The other issue that faces all companies is, as you get to a large enough size, there are people whose job it is to protect business lines — they're just doing their job — but this is the classic case of «The Innovator's Dilemma,» the famous business book, which says that when companies ultimately fail, whether it's Polaroid or whoever, it's not because they were big and dumb; it's because they were actually really smart.