Sentences with phrase «about making things better»

But how do you go about making things better, especially if you can't really change much about your work hours or commute times or family obligations?

From this vantage point, we begin to recognize that facilitating access to justice is not about making things better or easier for other people.

In fact, everybody in this room decided to come here this morning because they care about boys and about making things better for boys.

«I hope that this exhibit is not just about making noise but about making things better, to see hunger as it is — without any illusion.

Not exact matches

«Obviously we both have a very fun time together, both have a very good sense of humor about things, we're down to earth, we take the mickey out of each other a lot, and she's got plenty of habits that make me laugh that I tease her about,» Prince William said during their engagement.

From your first day to every day after, it seems as if all the employees care about who you are, what you do, and if they can assist in making things easier or better for you.

The best thing I can say about your interactions with most of the media today is the advice I heard long ago about why it makes no sense to wrestle with a pig.

Therefore it's not just about making things smaller and better looking.

Then you can focus on thinking about how to do things better, how to treat people better, how to make your business better.

You can also think of this model similar to how Dan Sullivan of the Strategic Coach talks about how you need to spend most of your time doing the things you are best at and enjoy doing that you can also make money doing.

They are Social Currency (e.g., sharing things that make people look good), Triggers (acknowledging that we talk about things that are top - of - mind), Emotion, Public (imitating what we see others do), Practical Value (news people can use) and Stories (information passed along under the guise of idle chitchat).

It's really easy to make really bad movies about really good things because you can just pretend to understand what they do.

All we'd been doing was posting positive messages on Plasticity Labs» digital platform, and answering occasional questions about things that make us feel good.

One of the best things about podcasts is they, much like Google Alerts, make the intake of information passive.

That's one of the best things about exercise: it puts your mind in contact with your body and makes them whole.

It means tomorrow the lights will come on and we can pay the bills and think about how we can make this the best thing for our users because that in turn makes it the best thing for us.

«My philosophy is that if you take an average work force and give them a great process, you can accomplish tremendous things and make them feel really good about what they do,» says Virts Mozer.

«Mistakes will be made... some people will not know what they're talking about, but I think it is so much better than where things were not very long ago.

One of the best things about modern markets is that they punish prejudice, and make it more difficult.

If you end up among the many who decide to begin a job search in 2018 in pursuit of your next big thing, here are two important but simple things you should make sure you do that will not only significantly increase your chances of finding a great new job but will also help you land one that you can feel good about long after the «new company halo effect» has worn off.

The other thing we identified about the Metatag was that Best in Class made use of the 67 to 70 character limit whereas the Industry Average did not.

If it were merely about the need for someone to take the fall, surely we wouldn't choose the one person who had been hired because she or he has the talent to make things better.

«You're paying for privilege and brand and label that makes you feel good and better about yourself,» he adds, «but doesn't actually affect the two things that matter most which is your health and the environment.»

Instead, it's about solving problems and creating social progress; building great new things that make a better world.

The agency has been trying to make this better, or at least it has issued a report about making it better, but FDA approval is by its very nature anti-Valley, the opposite of moving fast and breaking things — which is why so many health trackers and similar devices (even apps) are very careful about their claims.

As Evernote CEO Phil Libin said via Ryan's book, «People [who are] thinking about things other than making the best product never make the best product.»

Core pursuits are things that make you feel gratified and fulfilled: volunteering, traveling, teaching, sports... activities that make you feel good about yourself and your life.

Your colleagues are the people you turn to when you've got questions about how things work, how best to navigate a particular company policy or procedure, how to make a connection with a member of their business or other networks, and much more.

Titles that have repeatedly made their lists include: The Hard Thing About Hard Things by Ben Horowitz; Shoe Dog by Phil Knight; Good to Great by Jim Collins; and Losing My Virginity by Richard Branson.

The main thing is that they are conscientious about determining what the unique attributes are, and are continually reevaluating to make sure it is still the best for the current market.

It is good for the investing public to know that the company is making decisions about things like dividends with the best interests of shareholders in mind, rather than the best interests of the CEO.

You're onto the next thing immediately, you're getting feedback from the people you write for all the time, and that makes you better and it makes you understand what they want to read about or listen to or watch.

Good merchandising is a beautiful thing: A customer gets excited about the product, recognizes the value the retailer has added (rewards, high service levels, special privileges, etc.) and makes a purchase.

We'll make smarter choices every day about a wide variety of things based on vast quantities of better information that will be available all the time in the palm of our hands.

Most importantly, Siegel talks about how you need to focus your idea, make sure you do one thing really well and don't overreach at the start.

Behind all this banter lies a big idea: That by de-emphasizing economic growth and considering other things that people value, societies could make much better decisions about how to use their scarce resources.

Just hoping things will turn out well stops us from making tough choices, believing the best about others can get you taken advantage of, and a failure to look at the world as it truly is can be harmful to both your business and your personal life.

Talk about how you'll make things better, even if that conversation is only with yourself.

«By now, you've spent a good portion of your life learning things about yourself, steering those things in different directions, hiding them, claiming new identities and any number of other adjustments we all make (consciously or not),» Kurtz writes.

I can use that time to think about how to make things better for the company, instead of focusing on email.

The best thing about Shopify is that it's made me not have to worry about anything that has to do with ecommerce.

You can always make up a good story about something you think you've learned, and no matter how bad things are going, you can always find at least one chart in Google Analytics that is up and to the right.

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One of the best things about trading is that you can make small low risk investments.

The best thing about Credible is it makes it easy to comparison shop without spending a lot of time.

On Tuesday night, after the abuse allegations against Porter were made public by the Daily Mail, Kelly said in a statement: «Rob Porter is a man of true integrity and honor, and I can't say enough good things about him.

Those are big things to balance, but the fact that the government has indicated [it's] interested in the question is a good sign and if [it's] going to talk about more than just length of leave, it could be a significant opportunity to make life better for families.»

Bill Gurley: Well one thing that happens, and I want to talk about it because we've actually made some bets, so I'm not 100 % a pessimist here.

When she is asked what she hopes for in her life, Ms. Xiao, an upwardly mobile member of a two career family making about 60,000 RMB / year (approximately $ 10,000), wants the same things we all want: good health for her family, a steady and challenging job, a better life for her 16 - month old baby than she had.

Can RBI smooth things over with its franchisee partners, and make Canadians feel good about their beloved brand?