Sentences with phrase «about asking for favors»

Now, new studies by the same Stanford - based team that conducted the phone survey experiment are adding to our understanding of what most of us misunderstand about asking for favors — and the impact of this confusion.

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«Dear» sounds like the sender is about to ask for a favor.

Its time you actually do grow up and stop being irrational about some invisible old guy who you can mind beam to ask for favors.

Think you are wisely right to have your concerns but let me Guide you to ask which branches of Islam handles each mosque you know of and find out more about their mentality and they call for since not all branches of Islam are of danger, but you mentioned some thing which make me feel that there is a possibility that you got the most redial branch of all Islam branches... This branch is taking advantage of the presence of non harming Muslims to expand it's redical teachings by offerings or force turning Islamic communities from normal to most redical of all... do not favor to give the name of that branch but sure you will find it if you look for it...

Jurors will also be asked what they know and feel about Silver, who stands accused of using his powerful position in the New York legislature to dole out favors to Dr. Taub and a real estate company in return for $ 4 million in kickbacks that he received through two law firms he was affiliated with.

When a reporter asked about a long - promised list of donors to the Campaign for One New York who did not receive favors from City Hall, de Blasio told him to «ask a real question.»

When I asked Boo Shexnayder, educator to the NCAA track and field coach contingent, about building glutes for athleticism, he actually favors the effect that good therapy can have on getting glutes active, and then doing the standard battery of weight room movements, jumps and sprints, rather than trying to overly specialize on glutes in the weightroom.

If I'm asking my big brother for a favor, I have to come up with several logical bullet points about why it's needed and then explain how I'll compensate him for, say, loaning me his laptop.

He wants me to help him «work on this idea for a website I have...» Oh, of course he asks me to be mature and not say anything about this to our mutual friend as a favor to him... Really?

Ask students to brainstorm ideas about some special favors or services they might do for their mothers.

People already know what the job is and ask for advice or a favor, or start telling the person all about their experiences or opinion with that career or about their friend who is in the same field.

But one of the parents at the meeting who was against the parent trigger petition asked for those in favor of the new direction of the school to stand up, and all but about a half dozen did, Martinez said.

I fear, though, that the people who most need to hear that part about not asking authors for favors out of the blue are the very people least likely to read it.

In my books I talk a lot about building up relationships, not asking for favors, giving and helping far more than asking.

Director of Strategic Planning, recently answered some questions on the «Ask Capcom» part of the Capcom official forums, and talked about why they decided to ditch the PS3 in favor of the Wii for Monster Hunter 3, and a possible Dead Rising game for Nintendo's tiny titan.

To repeat my example from the previous article: if asked to explain why you favor Red Dead Redemption for the Best Action Game of the 2010, you may think about what should be included in the checklist for evaluating an action game, come up with «the weapons,» and then feel compelled to award or take away credit for how the game's weapons feel and work.