Sentences with phrase «hand work done»

Now that they've seen first hand the work they do, they said they'll be donating more.

Not exact matches

I get my flash briefing from Alexa, which gets me a hands - free summary of what's on fire in the real world, and I do a quick check of Slack on my phone, which gets me a quick summary of what's on fire at work.

Plus, every VC is working with more than a handful of startups at any given time, so we simply don't have the bandwidth to hold a founder's hand on a day - to - day basis.

On the other hand, Egoway's battery comes with its own 18 - month warranty, which would be a coverage improvement if you're working with an older machine that doesn't have Applecare.

I was going from a record company to the airline business, so the key thing in that deal was that if it didn't work out, I could hand the 747 back to Boeing after the first year.

Opentrons, a Brooklyn - based startup that's trying to replace lab work that scientists often have to do by hand with a $ 4,000 robot, just raised $ 10 million.

«So, on the one hand, we know from research that people are much better at work when they feel empowered, which consists of having meaning on the job, a sense of autonomy, a sense of confidence, and also an impact on what you do and the people you're trying to help.

As someone that works in online marketing and sees the power of successful strategies first - hand every day, take this advice: don't give up on the Internet.

The feature does constitute a notable shift for Uber, which has long touted a hands - off approach with its employees, leaving work hours and locations up to the drivers to choose.

The plantation mixes centuries - old traditions — most of the work is done by hand — and the latest agricultural methods.

«They always work with their hands and can't imagine not doing it.

«Other kinds of work — be it exercise, a creative hobby, hands - on parenting, or volunteering — will do more to preserve your zest for Monday's challenges than complete vegetation or working through the weekend,» she writes.

For example, does a potential client have a history of unsuccessful past working relationships with other firms or seems unnecessarily nitpicky before you've even shook hands to seal the deal?

I think it's a tactical, hands - on guide for what you need to do to be an excellent manager and work in a growing business.

Scaramucci's heavy - handed attempt to protect his reputation doesn't seem to have worked.

I've found that entrepreneurs, unlike smart people, get focused on working with whatever they have at hand and doing one important thing at a time.

Stronach convinced Ottawa to chip in additional millions, and threatened to do the work outside Canada if officials failed to hand over $ 10 million more.

On the other hand, doing intellectually stimulating and challenging work, being able to take ownership over the outcome, and having the ability to reap the rewards of success creates meaning, which translates into personal commitment.

When you do, it allows you to hyper focus on the tasks at hand and bring to bear all of your talents and skills to do amazing work.

When you go to design school, you imagine yourself draping fabric and sketching ideas, but the work I was doing for big brands wasn't hands - on.

On the other hand, if you're immersed in work and a high - priority meeting does present itself you can immediately switch gears and give it your attention without having to involve an intermediary.

On the other hand, he allowed, Reyes Holdings does employ 17,000 people, and he added, «I like to think that in every market where we compete, we're the best place to work.»

«Other kinds of work — be it exercise, a creative hobby, hands - on parenting, or volunteering — will do more to preserve your zest for Monday's challenges than complete vegetation,» she has written before recommending that, if you really want to feel jazzed up after a break, you should proactively schedule challenging or engaging activities rather than just planning to chill and take things the days as they come.

In the early days, the tinsmith traveled around with a small cart to do his roofing and waterproofing work by hand.

Raise your hand if you've ever held up your index finger to nonverbally say, «Hold on, I'll be done working in a few minutes...» to your spouse or kids.

At home I have a faster Internet connection than I do at my atelier, because my workshop is more about working with my hands.

On the other hand, they might be away from Slack because they are concentrating very hard on the work that you want them to do.

When I started in this business, not many people had cellphones, I didn't have one, I never bothered to get one and I've been very fortunate to be working continuously, so there's always someone around me who can tap me on the shoulder and hand me a phone if they need to.

Curtis Blackmore: «Although it may sound counter-productive to set aside reading time when really what you're looking for is motivation to work hard, sometimes it's necessary to do something seemingly unrelated to tackle the task at hand.

On the other hand, thinking you're so free - spirited that you don't need to work and eating food out of a dumpster is not my idea of freedom.

A good quote on scaling back is by Alexander Graham Bell: «Concentrate all your thoughts upon the work at hand, the sun's rays do not burn until brought to a focus.»

Although that puts a lot of faith in those individuals» hands — and Amazon expects a lot — it also allows people to do their best work.

On the other hand, she may have had very reasonable expectations but has been stuck doing grunt work because everyone in the department gives her their unpleasant tasks.

«First - hand experience with what doesn't work is just as important.»

Your hand is likely in the air, if you work for an organization (like most) that doesn't exactly make it easy for employees to admit when they need help — and when they are overwhelmed.

Case in point: the partners created a «Genius Award» to reward employees who did stellar work, but the program languished when the founders became too busy to hand out the awards.

Doing so suggests there is only limited evidence that hominin toolmakers working more than 2 million years ago were primarily right - handed.

If you want to understand how Customer Discovery works and what it can do in the hands of a smart team, watch the video below.

Democratic candidate Bernie Sanders didn't directly comment on whether he favored Britain's vote to leave the EU, but in an interview with MSNBC's «Morning Joe,» Sanders said, «What worries me very much is the breaking down of international cooperation... On the other hand, I think what this vote is about is an indication that the global economy is not working for everybody.

Whether it's your employees or a VA (virtual assistant), hand off as much work as you possibly can to people you know are capable enough of doing a decent job.

Doing deep work allows us to keep our attention committed to the immediate task at hand, while remaining flexible enough with our schedules that we're ready and able to respond to the inevitable surprises.

Cleverly, Apple has made this work on a system level, so if you don't put the keyboard back to normal in a certain app, it'll stay in the one - handed mode until you change it back.

They worked hard to earn their money — they didn't inherit it or win it in the lottery — and because it wasn't handed to them they believe that it shouldn't simply be handed to others.

Clients, on the other hand, often don't see an urgency to pay immediately upon completion of the work.

On the other hand, there's still much work to be done on corruption at home.

Real work, on the other hand, involves doing things that line up with your business goals.

I did not know about this, but I though it was really hands - on ideas for every kind of job: Find 3 related areas where you can sell your work, and the fuel the other ones.

«Millennials are accustomed to having abundant information at hand,» said Jake Northrup, a millennial and money manager at Ballentine Partners in Waltham, Mass. «Rather than trying to tell them what to do, it's more effective to help them understand the pros and cons of their various choices and work with them to collectively make an informed decision.»

This is where you'll really get the first - hand information straight from the horse's mouth... people who are living the good life abroad right now tell you in their own words how they did it, what worked for them, and just as importantly, what to avoid in your own adventure abroad.

In her book, Unfinished Business: Women Men Work Family, Anne - Marie Slaughter advises: «Don't drop out, defer... if you keep your hand in the workforce while you are devoting more of your time to care, it will be easier to ramp up than to get back in.»