Sentences with phrase «roald dahl»

But Melissa Dahl, a self - confessed lifelong champion of awkward moments and author of a new book on the topic titled Cringeworthy, would like you to suggest you reconsider your quest to eliminate awkwardness from your life.

So I aproachedhis publisher for that testimonial from Dahl.

Nobody is paying as much attention as you think,» insists Dahl.

You see, I was from Los Gatos, Calif., and everybody there knew the story of how Dahl came up with the million - dollar idea in a bar.

All this being said, there is still obviously such a thing as too much awkwardness, and most of us will continue, despite Dahl's pep talks for the self - conscious, to strive to behave stupidly in public as little as possible She very much understands that impulse and offers many tips she dug up speaking to researchers for the book, including:

Lastly, and perhaps most profoundly, Dahl also discovered in writing her book that accepting your own awkwardness can help you be more attuned to and accepting of other people's foibles and anxieties.

One of the individuals I sought out was Gary Dahl, creator of the Pet Rock.

In fact, I'd done quite a bit of research on Dahl, so I called him up.

«In your body, nervousness feels the same, physiologically speaking, as excitement,» Dahl learned speaking to scientists for her book.

Paul Meeks, chief investment officer and portfolio manager at Sloy, Dahl & Holst, talks tech stocks amid the recent volatility with Sara Eisen.

But before you work up some serious self - righteousness, Dahl also points out that the behavior of the office workhorse often doesn't help matters.

The darkly humorous piece by the always insightful Melissa Dahl digs into recent research into the ironic (and, from the employee's perspective, unfair) advice that the colleague with the most packed schedule, is still the surest bet to complete extra work.

If you're unsure if you're the type of super responsible employee all these studies are talking about, Dahl's post offers a short quiz to help you find out.

Dattner and Dahl say a boss who unfairly withholds credit and «blames you may change her tune when she realizes that others both inside and outside the organization recognize your talents.»

Dahl contends that his customers «buy the bread because they like it, because they want it.

Six feet tall with the proportions of an action figure, Dave Dahl has arms thicker than most people's legs, a snowplow of a jaw, long hair and a chest that looks overstuffed with pride.

«There's a general pride to working here,» Dahl says with a slight grin.

During his last prison stint, Dahl became suicidal.

Dahl began tweaking his father's old recipes, and in 2005 he, his brother and Glenn's son, Shobi, launched Dave's Killer Bread, selling their wares at farmers markets.

In a fraught relationship in the workplace, Dattner and Dahl recommend we «step back and dial down the emotion that [we're] feeling — by systematically reflecting on the wide range of possible influences on [a boss or co-worker's] behaviour.»

Erron Herndon, who is part of a supervisory team that oversees all 400,000 loaves that get wrapped, sliced and shipped from the bakery each week, is a prime example of the type of employee Dahl looks to hire.

As he walks around the bakery, Dahl fist - bumps a worker wheeling racks of hot bread from the oven to the cooling tower.

Organizational psychologist Ben Dattner and co-author Darren Dahl feel that many companies have corporate cultures rooted in a «blame or be blamed» mentality.

But Dahl believes the rewards far outweigh the risks.

Dahl was treated for depression, and after an early release from prison in 2004 decided to rejoin the family business.

Paul Meeks, Sloy, Dahl, & Holst chief investment officer, and Dan Morgan, Synovus Trust senior portfolio manager, discusses Qualcomm upping its acquisition bid for NXP Semiconductors and the impact it could have on the tech sector.

New Mexico photographer Chris Dahl - Bredine goes gliding all the time and he's made a movie of some of the highlights.

The problem, according to the post by Melissa Dahl, is that our instincts on how to best utilize our time off are often at odds with the psychology of what actually refreshes the human brain.

«For quite a few people free time is... wasted,» Dahl quotes Csikszentmihalyi as writing.

Dahl (2011) studied the possible disincentive effects from extending U.S. unemployment insurance (UI) and found:

This product just got a revival in 2012, and it definitely proved successful enough for Gary Dahl in the 1970s.

Dahl was at a bar listening to friends complain about their pets in 1975 when he came up with the idea of a pet rock — the perfect, easy - to - care - for pet.

Dahl ended up $ 15 million richer.

«There will be a tipping point for Snapchat at some point,» Meeks, chief investment officer at Sloy, Dahl & Holst, told «Squawk Box.»

«Our research indicates they can end up having a similar effect to an in - group in high school that others aspire to join,» Dahl says.

Dahl adds: «That's why, if we were looking at a company with a longer track record, we might ask more questions about how the business handled the slowdown of»91 than how it performed during a single quarter in» 99.

Dylan's was founded by Ralph Lauren's daughter Dylan Lauren in 2001, after she was reportedly inspired by Roald Dahl's Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory story.

Crown's president, Peter Dahl, explains that a community bank can «look beyond the numbers alone and focus on other issues that are actually very important.

Because, according to the study by professors Olav Sorenson of the Yale School of Management and Michael Dahl of Aalborg University, the best place for any founder to start a venture is probably his or her own hometown.

There's one notable case finding that it's not, and one even more notable complex of cases — the Dahl «club deal» antitrust lawsuit against all of the big private equity firms — suggesting that it might be.

Borrowers from Western Sky Financial also can apply for refunds on interest payments made above 24 percent per year from a $ 1.7 million account administered by Dahl Administration under the oversight of the Circuit Court for Baltimore City.

Acquisition announcements in the current climate are welcome events for shareholders of acquiring companies, said Jason Dahl, a portfolio manager at First Eagle Asset Management.

The democratic vision offers, Robert A. Dahl writes, the hope «that by engaging in governing themselves, all people, and not merely a few, may learn to act as morally responsible human beings.»

It's school days and backpacks filled with Roald Dahl books and packed peanut - free lunches.

Roald Dahl is utterly kooky — he creates a story that feels real - enough to be plausible while exaggerated and weird enough to be kooky and fun.

Matilda by Roald Dahl — My girls still love this classic book.

Richard M. Nixon, Labor Day Message, September 6, 1971, quoted in Gordon Dahl, Work, Play, and Worship (Minneapolis: Augsburg, 1972), p. 50.

At this juncture we should note the point made recently by N. A. Dahl, namely, that any historical understanding of the ministry and message of Jesus must make sense of the fact that that ministry ended on the cross.

In a statement, interim CEO Richard Dahl said that «We are investing in the empowerment of our brands by improving overall franchisee financial health, closing underperforming restaurants and enhancing the supply chain,» which is the sort of thing the honeybees would probably also say if they had interim CEOs.

A. Knodel and I. Dahl (Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1947), p. 37.