Sentences with phrase «most of my best stories»

Most of my best stories I have already told in my various series.

Not exact matches

«This was a company and a stock that could do no wrong for so long and it's a good reminder for investors that even the most pristine of stories in the stock markets can lose a bit of lustre over time,» said Craig Fehr, Canadian markets specialist at Edward Jones in St. Louis.

A few of the best ones will find a way to get there, but most young companies will have to fold their product or service into someone's else's success story.

Budweiser's spot, telling the story of Anheuser - Busch's immigrant co-founder Adolphus Busch, and Pennsylvania - based building materials company 84 Lumber's ad were among the most talked about as well.

Journalists want to write good stories and most of them welcome pitches through cold mails.

The movie is a love letter to the forgotten musical (remember, most of the Academy voters are on the older side), the creativity of the story by writer - director Damien Chazelle is incredible, and the performances by Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone are some of the best of the year.

Karen X. Cheng is the head of an eponymous marketing agency, whose most recent Facebook video campaign for the book Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls has achieved 24 million views.

This is good advice, to be sure, but the headlines tell only the most sensational part of the story — and only the bad part of it.

Thus, I broke the most important rule of column writing, storytelling, and content generation, as articulated best by actor / comedian Steve Martin in the 1987 movie Planes, Trains, and Automobiles: «When you're telling these little stories?

Chip: We believe that the best ideas have most of these traits: They are simple, core messages; they are unexpected; they are concrete, credible, and emotional; and they are stories.

It also offers advice and information on mentoring relationships and how to make them most effective, as well as a number of success stories.

One of the most well - established ways to hear from readers, the NYT public editor pointed out — although not the only one, by any means — is through comments on news stories.

A veteran of organizations including BuzzFeed News and Politico, Parti has been one of the digital news organization's most aggressive political reporters, helping to break the stories like last month's scoop that Rep. Ruben Kihuen propositioned a staffer for sex, as well as high - profile articles examining the world of Mar - a-Lago employees.

He employed the most literal way of crafting a brand story by taking a well - known and beloved fairy tale and putting that story's title right into his brand's name.

A trade that had once searched high and low for negative stories about Wall Street and Big Business, devoted most of its energy to positive ones, and the touts were our best sources.»

Could stand to learn a few things about becoming a recognizable name, a household brand or a leading expert like my clients who have appeared on the major national TV shows, in the most prestigious magazines, radio shows and Internet sites... and have helped sell millions of dollars worth of my clients» books, products, professional services, and promoted causes that have changed the world for the better, using popular media to tell their stories for over two decades?

Founded in 2004 by Jeff Skoll, Participant Media's (www.participantmedia.com) content combines the power of a good story well told with opportunities for real world impact and awareness around the most pressing global issues of our time.

[01:10] Introduction [02:45] James welcomes Tony to the podcast [03:35] Tony's leap year birthday [04:15] Unshakeable delivers the specific facts you need to know [04:45] What James learned from Unshakeable [05:25] Most people panic when the stock market drops [05:45] Getting rid of your fear of investing [06:15] Last January was the worst opening, but it was a correction [06:45] You are losing money when you sell on corrections [06:55] Bear markets come every 5 years on average [07:10] The greatest opportunity for a millennial [07:40] Waiting for corrections to invest [08:05] Warren Buffet's advice for investors [08:55] If you miss the top 10 trading days a year... [09:25] Three different investor scenarios over a 20 year period [10:40] The best trading days come after the worst [11:45] Investing in the current world [12:05] What Clinton and Bush think of the current situation [12:45] The office is far bigger than the occupant [13:35] Information helps reduce fear [14:25] James's story of the billionaire upset over another's wealth [14:45] What money really is [15:05] The story of Adolphe Merkle [16:05] The story of Chuck Feeney [16:55] The importance of the right mindset [17:15] What fuels Tony [19:15] Find something you care about more than yourself [20:25] Make your mission to surround yourself with the right people [21:25] Suffering made Tony hungry for more [23:25] By feeding his mind, Tony found strength [24:15] Great ideas don't interrupt you, you have to pursue them [25:05] Never - ending hunger is what matters [25:25] Richard Branson is the epitome of hunger and drive [25:40] Hunger is the common denominator [26:30] What you can do starting right now [26:55] Success leaves clues [28:10] What it means to take massive action [28:30] Taking action commits you to following through [29:40] If you do nothing you'll learn nothing [30:20] There must be an emotional purpose behind what you're doing [30:40] How does Tony ignite creativity in his own life [32:00] «How is not as important as «why» [32:40] What and why unleash the psyche [33:25] Breaking the habit of focusing on «how» [35:50] Deep Practice [35:10] Your desired outcome will determine your action [36:00] The difference between «what» and «why» [37:00] Learning how to chunk and group [37:40] Don't mistake movement for achievement [38:30] Tony doesn't negotiate with his mind [39:30] Change your thoughts and change your biochemistry [40:00] The bad habit of being stressed [40:40] Beautiful and suffering states [41:50] The most important decision is to live in a beautiful state no matter what [42:40] Consciously decide to take yourself out of suffering [43:40] Focus on appreciation, joy and love [44:30] Step out of suffering and find the solution [45:00] Dealing with mercury poisoning [45:40] Tony's process for stepping out of suffering [46:10] Stop identifying with thoughts — they aren't yours [47:40] Trade your expectations for appreciation [50:00] The key to life — gratitude [51:40] What is freedom for Most people panic when the stock market drops [05:45] Getting rid of your fear of investing [06:15] Last January was the worst opening, but it was a correction [06:45] You are losing money when you sell on corrections [06:55] Bear markets come every 5 years on average [07:10] The greatest opportunity for a millennial [07:40] Waiting for corrections to invest [08:05] Warren Buffet's advice for investors [08:55] If you miss the top 10 trading days a year... [09:25] Three different investor scenarios over a 20 year period [10:40] The best trading days come after the worst [11:45] Investing in the current world [12:05] What Clinton and Bush think of the current situation [12:45] The office is far bigger than the occupant [13:35] Information helps reduce fear [14:25] James's story of the billionaire upset over another's wealth [14:45] What money really is [15:05] The story of Adolphe Merkle [16:05] The story of Chuck Feeney [16:55] The importance of the right mindset [17:15] What fuels Tony [19:15] Find something you care about more than yourself [20:25] Make your mission to surround yourself with the right people [21:25] Suffering made Tony hungry for more [23:25] By feeding his mind, Tony found strength [24:15] Great ideas don't interrupt you, you have to pursue them [25:05] Never - ending hunger is what matters [25:25] Richard Branson is the epitome of hunger and drive [25:40] Hunger is the common denominator [26:30] What you can do starting right now [26:55] Success leaves clues [28:10] What it means to take massive action [28:30] Taking action commits you to following through [29:40] If you do nothing you'll learn nothing [30:20] There must be an emotional purpose behind what you're doing [30:40] How does Tony ignite creativity in his own life [32:00] «How is not as important as «why» [32:40] What and why unleash the psyche [33:25] Breaking the habit of focusing on «how» [35:50] Deep Practice [35:10] Your desired outcome will determine your action [36:00] The difference between «what» and «why» [37:00] Learning how to chunk and group [37:40] Don't mistake movement for achievement [38:30] Tony doesn't negotiate with his mind [39:30] Change your thoughts and change your biochemistry [40:00] The bad habit of being stressed [40:40] Beautiful and suffering states [41:50] The most important decision is to live in a beautiful state no matter what [42:40] Consciously decide to take yourself out of suffering [43:40] Focus on appreciation, joy and love [44:30] Step out of suffering and find the solution [45:00] Dealing with mercury poisoning [45:40] Tony's process for stepping out of suffering [46:10] Stop identifying with thoughts — they aren't yours [47:40] Trade your expectations for appreciation [50:00] The key to life — gratitude [51:40] What is freedom for most important decision is to live in a beautiful state no matter what [42:40] Consciously decide to take yourself out of suffering [43:40] Focus on appreciation, joy and love [44:30] Step out of suffering and find the solution [45:00] Dealing with mercury poisoning [45:40] Tony's process for stepping out of suffering [46:10] Stop identifying with thoughts — they aren't yours [47:40] Trade your expectations for appreciation [50:00] The key to life — gratitude [51:40] What is freedom for you?

Our site is made up of many pages, but ultimately, this one page shares what's most important — the real stories of people using FlexJobs to successfully find jobs that better fit their lives.

, money's most important role is that it gives options and solves problems, and there are way too many stories of successful individuals doing great things with their wealth to make this world a better place that go unreported.

Then most of the news reported would be bad news, because there are very few good news stories that are big enough to be worth reporting, just lots and lots of little good news events.

And we were all there for one reason — to come up with the best possible stories, the best possible ways of telling them, and the best possible techniques for uncovering and documenting the most important and telling details of moving, living, working, and retiring abroad.

Here's an interesting Bloomberg piece on what bond guru Bill Gross is calling «financial repression», but what you can just call «low interest rates» The big story is that the world is still crawling out of a near - depression, and there is not a central banker in the developed world who would dare dream of pushing interest rates to anything above a number you could count out on the fingers of one hand (and seriously, in most countries you could leave out the thumb and index finger as well).

Ever noticed in most good detective stories, there is the use of the signature.

The 48 - story, 1 million - square - foot Chase Tower offers the best views in the city at one of the most desirable locations.

It's not a happy story, as Lord Lawson's complaint about their conflicts of interest is well taken for the most part, although I lack the expertise to know if his precise comparison has merit.

Business Analysis There are three keys to most successful dividend growth stories in real estate: a stream of dependable cash flow, a strong balance sheet, and a long - term focused, conservative management team whoknows how to balance growth and dividend safety, as well as adapt to shifting industry conditions.

Most importantly, Hall recommends taking the advice of Seth Godin and tell your unique story well.

'» Asked to paint a picture of the company in 20 years, the executives mentioned such things as «on the cover of Business Week as a model success story... the Fortune most admired top - ten list... the best science and business graduates want to work here... people on airplanes rave about one of our products to seatmates... 20 consecutive years of profitable growth... an entrepreneurial culture that has spawned half a dozen new divisions from within... management gurus use us as an example of excellent management and progressive thinking,» and so on.

I had hope for the new Pope with his emphasis on helping the poor (the importance of social justice is one of best things the Catholic Church gave to me even if I don't agree with most of their stands:)-RRB- but I don't much will change their stories of embezzlement, telling the Nuns on the Bus to settle down and the history of hiding and transferring pedos from church to church doesn't help them either.

This story about the Hajj does not fit that model well - so most of the rabid posters can not understand what it is about.

Well it is true that some people seek sorcerers to implement Jinn that are satanic demons into mankind or his house or his business to finish him or make his life miserable or to stop flow of his business income... In such case it is either you are religious enough and say your prayers often then it becomes hard for this to harm you or otherwise you need to find some one who practice exorcism to remove this evil... But many are just pretending to be good at it and help you not but squeeze money out of you with tales and stories... There is another type of possessions and that is not through a sorcerer but directly by coincidence what man is at his weakest moments and those weakest moments for a possessions are when you come through a great fear or when cry or laugh loudly in hysteria, or during a certain moment of mating... or even when sneezing loudly... That's why there are prayers to be said on daily basis to guard you from such things and specially if passing haunted places such as deserted houses but most evil ones are residents of public toilets and market places... Some of them even would claim that you have made a wrong action by which you have killed a dear one to them and for that they have possessed you and that is mostly night time such as throwing a cigaret butt to a dark place or stepping killing an insect or even an animal at night which could have been one of them or possessed by one of them... So this is true thing happening to many who suffer unexplainable illnesses or sufferings which could look like mental illness that comes and goes as pleased...

HOWEVER, if this person was running for public office, instead of the «feel - good» story here, the media would vilianize this church for some inane belief that they would take wildly out of context and present it to the American public as the most fundamentalist extreme church ever to lay it's foundation on our shores.

The most important has to do with the structure of the play, which turns the story of the Passion into a melodramatic clash between on the one hand the good Christ and his followers (including by implication the entire Christian Church), and on the other the evil Sanhedrin and its followers.

And it's unlike any other book I've ever written, for in addition to the memoir, it includes original poetry, short stories, soliloquies, and even a short screenplay — all aimed at capturing the wonder and beauty of Scripture, while honoring the best in biblical scholarship and acknowledging the challenges of its most difficult passages.

I was absolutely fascinated by the fact that the stories of the women in the article, as well as the responses of most of the men, are almost identical to what we've been talking around, over here.

Fredriksen differs from most scholars (as well as from Matthew and Luke) in rejecting Mark's chronology of Jesus» public ministry in favor of the Gospel of John's story of numerous appearances by Jesus in Jerusalem.

Maybe even the most ardent right wing religious zealots can read this story and finally let it seep into their brains that there is no Jesus, there is no Lord watching over you and protecting you, and there is no devil... there is only human nature and some of it is good and some of it is bad.

What happens within is another story but it doesn't mean any church deserves to be burned (most are quite beautiful regardless of what they represent)... maybe they should be used for better purposes (housing the homeless for example).

Shocked as we have been by well attested stories of unspeakable tortures and degradation's, by the mass exterminations of the gas chamber, and by the living death of such places as Belsen and Buchenwald, many people find it difficult to react with proper indignation to contemporary cruelties such as the Communist slave camps in Siberia, or the callous indifference of most people to the plight of millions of refugees.

Experienced speakers know that there is no better way to make a point than to use an apt illustration, and a good story that fits the point is the most effective kind of illustration.

Then light was liberated, and then gravity created the first stars and galaxies, then billions of years later, a local star went supernova and seeded the local nebula with heavier elements, elements necessary for life, elements that were not created during the Big Bang, then the sun was born, then the planets coalesced, and billions of years later some primate wrote a story about how the Earth was created at the same time as the rest of the universe, getting it wrong because that primate did not have the science nor technology to really understand what happened, so he gave it his best guess, most likely an iteration of an older story told prior to the advent of the Judeo Christian religion.

Most of us have thought of the same — so it proves that most of these types of stories are just the feel good stories for christian consumptMost of us have thought of the same — so it proves that most of these types of stories are just the feel good stories for christian consumptmost of these types of stories are just the feel good stories for christian consumption.

What Jesus is credited with, though, is using the most despised person as the hero of His story (we call it the Parable of the Good Samaritan).

For example, if I tell you a story about a green man with a thin stomach and no beard, who never laughs a jolly «ho ho ho» but instead constantly scowls, and instead of giving children presents he tortures them and calls them names — especially the good ones, and then said the name of this green man was «Santa Claus,» you could say that I am wrong, that whatever I am talking about it is most - certainly not Santa Claus.

There are many things I could say about why it is never a good idea to offer bad Christian alternatives to pop culture, but the most important thing is that you got a GREAT story out of it!

If people lived their lives in a simple moral way as indicated by the stories of most religious publications we would all live in a better world!

To be well preached they ought not merely to be exhortations to pray — which most of the hearers have heard many times — nor should they consist mainly of stories of remarkable answers to prayer in which apparently God was persuaded to manage affairs according to the petitioner's request.

Author Shauna Niequist once wrote, «We sometimes choose the most locked up, dark versions of the story, but what a good friend does is turn on the lights, open the window, and remind us that there are a whole lot of ways to tell the same story.»

Lehrer (author of the best - selling How We Decide) explains why we get our best ideas in the shower, shatters the myth of the muse, descries creative working environments that increase productivity, and tells story after story about the ways in which the world's most creative people work.