Sentences with phrase «about confidence as»

Being Fashionable is just as much about confidence as it is about style.

This class was just as much about confidence as it was fitness.

Controlling inflation is as much about confidence as it is about moving interest rates up and down.

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We hope that, by clarifying our expectations about future policy, we can provide individuals, families, businesses, and financial markets greater confidence about the Federal Reserve's commitment to promoting a sustainable recovery and that, as a result, they will become more willing to invest, hire and spend.

Analysts said they weren't reading too much into what they described as a «backward - looking indicator» and were hopeful about the economic prospects given an upturn in recent indicators such as confidence and machinery orders, not to mention efforts by Japan's new government to revive growth.

As well, several consumer - confidence studies published in March reported improved confidence numbers — about 25 % of Canadians believe they will be better off financially a year from now.

One was Tina Reine, a Miami - based carbon commodities trader and aerialist who once delivered a TEDx talk about dancing as a springboard to girls» self - confidence.

The discussion rooms can be decked up with designs and colors to bring in that element of vibrancy or can speak about the achievements and laurels that your team has earned as it will boost the client's confidence in you.

The central bank seeks to measure confidence by asking a group of 100 companies about things such as their hiring and investment plans for the 12 months ahead.

Fed chief Janet Yellen's confidence as her team raised interest rates for the third time in six months last week surprised investors who had expected more caution about the economy.

A gauge of U.S. small business confidence rose to a 12 - year high in December as optimism about the economy intensified among business owners following the November election, the National Federation of Independent Business said on Tuesday.

Think consciously about projecting confidence as you go about your day.

The euro has been one of the best performing major currencies this year, with its strength stemming partly from growing confidence about the outlook for the euro zone economy and partly from weakness in other major currencies such as the yen and British pound.

She tackled this question by writing about her experience at the World Bank working with clients in the Middle East, highlighting her confidence in being able to present as a woman even in environments that were dominated by men.

We are extremely uncomfortable about the fact that some countries who have confidence on their military power are using Syria as their arm - wrestling field,» he said.

Concerns about global trade tensions between China and the U.S. and the fear that the stellar earnings could be as good as it gets for stocks are all combining to undermine the sort of confidence that was in abundance during last year's run of repeated records for equity benchmarks, as the U.S. economy enters it ninth year of expansion and as the Federal Reserve moves to normalize monetary policy from crisis - era levels.

As a result of our limited confidence in how the Living Goods and BRAC programs are monitored, we do not know how much we will be able to learn about the success of the programs in the future.

«The latest overall Index score tells us that business owners are feeling positive about the future and have a renewed sense of confidence as they look to the year ahead,» said Mark Vitner, Managing Director and Senior Economist for Wells Fargo Securities.

The Sears CEO's offer to buy some of the retailer's assets — but not the entire company — speaks volumes about his confidence in Sears as a going concern.

There is a good book about this story as well, «Confidence Game»

Italian consumer confidence tumbled to its lowest level since 1996 in June, as residents in the euro zone's third - largest economy fretted about their future in the wake of tax increases and austerity measures.

Even as McDonald's faces declining confidence among Americans, it's also vulnerable to increased scrutiny from Chinese consumers about the quality of fast - food chicken.

While respondents may feel marginally better about crypto liquidity, over half rate their confidence here as low or they just don't know enough to judge.

Confidence among U.S. consumers fell in April to a nine - month low as Americans grew more pessimistic about the economy following the higher payroll tax.

«These developments, together with market concerns about the future performance of the Chinese economy, are having spillovers to other economies through trade channels and weaker commodity prices, as well as through diminishing confidence and increasing volatility in financial markets.»

We are excited about this management shift, and we have confidence that performance in this division will continue to improve as a result.

Moreover, Osborn says the mining industry is all about «relationship selling», as it takes time to build trust and confidence in a technology.

Nevertheless, there were numerous critics expressing worries about the growth of margin lending, but the financial press tended to play their arguments down, even going as far as charging the critics with trying to undermine confidence for ulterior reasons (Barron's and the Wall Street Journal both published editorials to that effect).

The combination of low levels of ES funds and the cash rate remaining close to its target suggests a couple of conclusions: first, the market players involved with RTGS have adapted well to operating in the new environment; and second, participants have reasonable confidence about the availability of cash near the interest rate announced by the Reserve Bank as its policy target.

The generally positive run of economic data around the world has been reflected in a clear change in sentiment in financial markets since mid-year, as concerns that the global recovery would falter gave way to increasing confidence about the outlook.

As earnings for next year are often within sight and can be estimated with some confidence (though this certainly varies among firms), calculating the price - to - earnings ratio, in our opinion, is of far greater importance than worrying about whether a firm will beat or miss earnings in its next fiscal year.

It also gave investors a ton of confidence about its assets, as the FSA has just been over Barclays» books with a fine comb / bomb detector.

As investor confidence soared, a fad surfaced that there were about 50 well - known companies (IBM, McDonald's, Pfizer, etc) which were labeled can't miss investments that would continue to grow their dividend and offer healthy stock price appreciation.

We must, therefore, retain a little more confidence in American medicine than this book alone is likely to produce in us, but, so long as we keep that in mind, White Coat, Black Hat should force us to ask some hard questions about how best to structure the practice of medicine.

I certainly appreciate your confidence in me, but here's the thing: There's a double - standard out there in which a woman's critique of patriarchy tends to get discounted as nothing more than the rants of an «angry feminist,» and, truth be told, I've grown a bit weary of hearing that charge each time I speak out about this disturbing trend in the evangelical church.

There are several unsolved puzzles about Melville: what really happened in the Marquesas about which he told so many different stories; why the warm relations he so desperately treasured with Hawthorne cooled; why he turned into such a bitter man in his late thirties; and why his career is punctuated not just by such triumphs as Moby - Dick (1851), «Bartleby, the Scrivener,» «Benito Cereno» (1856), and Billy Budd, but also by such artistic (and financial) disasters as Mardi (1849), Pierre, and The Confidence - Man (1857).

Talking about it will strengthen their confidence in us parents as their points of reference.

Latin American theology today lives by «hope against hope,» in the apparently absurd confidence that small and humble practices of faith such as singing together or remembering the stories about Jesus can work toward rekindling a viable praxis of structural change.

Their new strength is clear in their electoral successes and the appeal of their agitation and their new confidence about coming to power as rulers of India.

I also feel that, even though I am confident about evolution as it stands now, I have great confidence that even more revealing theories will arise that better explain our origins that are not out in the universe, but within us and our natural surrounding, but in a natural and non-spiritual way.

«An African pope will bring about more unity on the continent and confidence in Africans,» said one woman from Zimbabwe, while a young Nigerian man polled said an African pope «will eradicate immoralities, such as same - sex marriage.»

The first is that Christian denominations that have taken this form of liberalism most to heart are also those that seem to be experiencing a serious crisis of confidence, as evidenced by declining membership, intra-denominational splits over issues like homosexuality, and ¯ in some cases ¯ increasing discomfort with core Christian beliefs about Jesus Christ and the Trinity.

I'm not frightened about that because I've got the confidence to know that every morning I get up, I say my prayers and, as the prophet says, «every morning he wakes me to hear and I listen like a disciple».

It's also about how much I need confidence as a parent — confidence to be in charge, to be the parent, be the grown - up, to create security and boundaries, a safe place, to raise my tinies to be citizens in the Kingdom of Love.

Tim i found it liberating to just do what the Lord wants you to do i work within his boundarys and yes i attend church and enjoy it.I love the people and i love hearing the word and worshipping the Lord even if others are still bound up with traditions thats not my walk thats theres.My focus is to do what the Lord wants me to do.There have been times i have said no to the pastor he does nt understand why i choose not to lead the worship.i query him as well regarding the idea that its not just performing a function because there is a need our hearts have to be in the right place so that the Lord can use us but he did nt understand where i was coming from and thats okay because of that i just said no until my heart is right i am better not being involved in leading.But i am happy to be an encouragement to others in the worship team i havent wanted to be the leader i have done that in the past.So my focus has been just the singing and being part of different worship teams i think the Lord has other plans as the groups i am in seem to be changing at the same time i am aware that i do nt to worry about change as the Lord knows whats best.I used to be quite comfortable leading the music but that was before when i was operating in my own self confidence and pride.The Lord did such a huge change in my life that i lost my self confidence and that is not a bad thing at all as my spiritual growth has been incredible.The big change was my identity moved from me and what i could do to knowing who i was in Christ and that he is my strength and confidence.Now i know that without him i can do nothing in fact i am dependent on his empowerment through his holy spirit all the time in everything.In the weekend i was asked to lead the music at another church i attend multiple churchs although i attend two regularly one has services in the morning and one has services in the evening so the two do nt really clash.In the weekend i was asked to lead the music its been two years since i did that and i was worried on how i would go.All i can say is that it went really well and because i stepped out in Faith the Lord really blessed the morning to the congregation.The difference is knowing that i serve the Lord with the gifts he has given me but my heart has to be right and when i do it in his way it builds up the body and it brings glory to him.May the Lord continue to show you what he wants you to do even though others may not understand your reasons i just want you to know that you do nt have to pull away completely just work within the boundarys that the Lord gives you and do nt feel pressured by others expectations to do anything that feel uncomfortable.Be involved just as you feel lead by the holy spirit even if it is in a very minor way take small steps.regards brentnz

I can say with complete confidence that while the two cultures are very different, effective rural pastors care just as much about the culture as do effective urban pastors.

Indeed, Chopra and Walsch speak about God and our capacity to experience God with the realism and confidence of the ancient philosophers and poets that Luke quotes as he forms this Pauline speech in Acts.

My general beliefs about how anger expresses itself in me and my degree of confidence in the veracity of these observers will introduce complex questions of consistency and coherence that will interact with such direct memories as I can elicit.

If fundamentalist Christians look at the scriptural material as generally inerrant, many more liberal Christians have all too often thought that by proper analysis it is possible to acquire information about the so - called Jesus of history and then to speak with confidence about what he said and did and even about what he believed about himself and his vocation.

Some research has even suggested that viewing traumatic images in the news can cause PTSD - like symptoms, such as panic attacks, anxiety, worrying about future harm, and reducing our self - confidence.