Sentences with phrase «about doing the very things»

Players are nervous about doing the very things that the manager wants them to.

Not exact matches

«It's about doing very important things — bringing additional funds to institutes that my dad really cared about during his lifetime.»

«It's a very rare situation,» Georg Hackl, the three - time Olympic champion and German coach, told the A.P. «But there's some things that you can't do anything about.»

The good news is that they are generally wrong about that, but the bad news is that it often kills the deal before they learn that very few things are as easy to do as they are to talk about.

I realize that they're a necessary evil, but you need to be very careful that you're not saying things or doing things (even worse) to «prove» something to these people because (a) it's never enough to satisfy them in any case and they won't believe you anyway; and (b) it's a fool's errand to waste your time trying to impress people whose livelihood is much more about finding the warts and shortcomings in your story than in celebrating your successes.

And some of the players to watch out for are the same big guys from 10 or 20 years ago (Microsoft, Oracle, AT&T, etc.) who are the long - entrenched stakeholders and «powers - who - be» in your space — not because they're great innovators or disruptors, but because: (a) they're increasingly well - informed about who's doing what very well (damn those demo days); (b) they're fairly fast followers with great gobs of money; and (c) they have the people, resources, and patience to hang around and keep buying and trying until they eventually get things right in the long run.

«It comes down to the very simple things of talking about what you are doing, talking about your passion, talking about your love,» Dorsey says.

«It's very dangerous to factor in things you don't know anything about.

Then the question comes if you've managed to do that, you as a society, then the next question is about things like purpose and those kind of higher level questions, which I think are very interesting things to think about.

Begin by doing a very brief introduction of your board members and allowing each person to say a few things about what they hope to contribute.

The best thing lawmakers can do is consult the cryptocurrency industry when drafting new legislation or regulation to better understand it, and to be very clear about what definitions are used, Fanusie said.

Chesky, who recently talked to Fortune about his leadership strategy, agrees, saying «It's very important that I spend my time looking over the horizon... A lot of the things I've been doing, maybe Belinda is a lot better at them than I am.»

But there's also something very Canadian about doing things slightly different than the Americans.

A few days later, Sherry Cooper, the chief economist at Dominion Lending Centres and the former chief economist at the Bank of Montreal, told Business News Network she was «very worried» about skyrocketing home prices in Vancouver and Toronto because «these things generally don't end well.»

It astounds me how many people look down on this, when it's the very thing just about every single person says they want to spend more time doing.

They learn things very quickly and they don't have an ego about their ideas,» says Abraham, also an Inc. 30 Under 30 alum.

As she left the White House, Barra told CNBC the group had a «very constructive dialogue about a wide range of things» but did not say whether any executives disagreed with Trump.

«Things are working pretty well, and I would be worried that if I raised rates significantly with negative interest rates in Europe, I would be very worried about what that would do to the flow of funds.»

«Very big companies don't know a goddamn thing about customer service,» notes retail guru Stanley Marcus, chairman emeritus of Neiman Marcus Group.

One thing that people don't understand is that they have no common sense and very little context about the world that we live in,» Gil said.

Talking about being your own boss, and writing a check - and / or taking out a small business loan to do so, are two very different things.

When cheap imports dropped the bottom out of that industry I picked up a fast - food manager training program, and three years later wound up in college where I did very well (including, of all things, enjoying learning about Shakespeare and Henry Clay!)

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It was a very slick presentation in general and I actually did learn some things about stocks.

One of the things I've done in my work is kind of show the hypocrisy of progressive people who say they believe in inequality, but when it comes to their individual choices about where they're going to live and where they're going to send their children, they make very different decisions, and I just didn't want to do that.

One thing we like about Fundbox is the company offers very reasonable APRs given that it doesn't have stringent eligibility criteria.

I plan to post a new entry very soon but before doing so I wanted to say a few things about the stock markets, which continue to be insane (but not unexpectedly so) and then repost a blog entry that is nearly five years old.

Getting specific about the changes you're going to make will help immensely — as Einstein says, the very definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over, but expecting different results.

My students at Peking University, for example, are extremely supportive and think very differently about what I do, and I think I have convinced them that as future policymakers, especially in finance and central banking, rather than join the hype that has always accompanied every growth miracle it is their responsibility to be focus on risks and on all the ways things can go wrong.

The best thing about keeping money in these index funds is that I don't have to worry about it and they are low - tax since very little trading is done within them.

For instance, a social media analyst that writes an in - depth article about using social media to increase e-commerce sales may hear from a company that is looking to do that very thing.

And the nice thing about the investment business is that you don't need very many.

Stop worrying about all the things that make headlines and focus instead on giving your very best to those areas that you can do something about.

Commitment and consistency are a very powerful forces that kick in with particularly strong force when people do things like making a public statement about something like a stock price or a political issue.

Instead of being so «narrow minded» and concerned about «women's rights» attempt to open your mind to people who do things very differently then you do but it is actually working... (Of course I am not naive enough to think my husband never sees another women walking down the street but read between the lines)

And in the end you, who do nt believe in God, stand before a very real God to give an account for your eternal life... One thing about media is that media mostly announces the bad things that go on in the world, barely the positives.

Jesus Himself had some pretty radical things to say about lust and sexuality, and never once did He invite women into the blame game, something we are told our first fallen father, Adam, did from the very beginning.

It's not surprising you are vastly ignorant about this because, as you admit, you don't need to read very much outside the bible to help you decide things.

With respect to the two cases cited here, the only thing more acceptable about Maher's comment was that it was directed at a very public figure who has done everything she can up to and including having a reality TV show to stay in the public eye.

And getting used to doing the wrong things and not being corrected or reprimanded about it, we get used to it and our conscience has a very little or no effect on us anymore.

You are really playing the antisemitism card here... How can Jewish people be so very sensitive about what happened to them during the Holocaust... and then turn around and team up with American Neo Fascists to do the same thing to the Arabs in Palestine?

I have been to a few Anglican services and they're actually very varied — this is one of the things I do like (and I'm not an Anglican) about the Anglican Communion.

You do the very things you're complaining about - which is the definition of hypocrisy, while calling atheists hypocritical.

But then again you don't know that, because you prefer to comment on things you know very little about.

Bullying other people seems to «prove» to them that they really are smart, buddies with God, and very knowledgeable about how most things should be done and how life should be lived.

I agree that God didn't pursue Adam to smash his face in, never suggested that or alluded to it, but there is no confusion where sin leads and there is no doubt about the consequences off those who love their lives, they will lose it where as those that hate their lives will find it... So to conclude, Jesus and the father are not two different things, they are both the very same in as much as God desires all to be saved and has shown the way to salvation.

He said: «We need to think very seriously about whether or not it's ethical for us to patronise those organisations that do things that in a very direct way violate our moral standards.

That was a very interesting read many comments caught my attention I've recently been diagnosed with Bipolar I have hallucinations and hear voices in my ear's when I hallucinate it's likes they are trying to get me thousands of them I can only describe them as dark shadows and they are trying to get me just as they are about to get me a brilliant white light surrounds me and there's three entities humanly shaped but like this brilliant white light they are also glowing this brilliant whiteness I can't understand what they are saying the only way I can explain it is emotions comfort joy love is what I feel emanating from these entities the voices I hear aren't evil telling me to do bad things to people when I get put into a mode of fear I live in a rough area of Scotland and everytime I've got into a fight something possesses me I know this for a fact as I can't control myself I'm an observer watching my family / Friends say I change they say my eyes change and I look evil I personally do think possibly through my own personal experience I» am possessed as I act out of character I've lost interest in many things I've recently I decided it's time for change I've lost my faith I've been trying to connect with God and feel his love which I used to feel the presence of the holy spirit everytime I try connect I get a feeling of abandonment I just think if I am possessed could these entities stop me connecting with «God» I can say from my heart of hearts «JESUS CHRIST HAS COME IN THE FLESH» I think it's more to do with the persons own personal fears which I have noticed my fears have changed if I had to be truthfully with myself I fear God which I know I'm not supposed to just I can't explain it I guess if you ever need a test subject I'm up for the challenge like I said I'm on journey to find myself and my travels have brought me hear I'm going to hang around for a wee while there's lots of good information to be plundered loll

When someone tells me an unfavorable thing about someone else, particularly when it is someone I don't really know very well, it is my practice to ask them WHY they are telling me this!

You really were of zero help to her cause when it came for an observer like me, and in fact you made it harder for me to do the very thing you want all of us to do, which is to be open to hard and uncomfortable truths about people we either know, or used to admire.