Sentences with phrase «about the mistakes of»

Remember what I told you about my mistake of purchasing the first pillow I came across?

This paragraph, though, is about the mistake of being quite happy with doing the same moderate rep sets of the same exercise with the same weight for months and expecting major size and strength gains to just fall from the sky.

Reviewed by Pearl Luke Bitter Lake, like Atonement by Ian McEwan, is a novel about the mistakes of youth and how the psychological clanging of unacknowledged

Forget about the mistakes of the past and read our tips for how people with bad credit can survive the storm.

There is much to say about mistakes of the past, culpability for the Deepwater calamity and energy imperatives for the future.

Solely in my capacity as a lawyer retained by insurers to defend appeals of this sort, I shouldn't have qualms about mistakes of that sort, right?

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And, make no mistake about it, getting millions of views is very challenging.

«If you're truly obsessed about your customers» Bezos says, «it will cover a lot of your other mistakes.»

You wrote the following in a blog post: «When I joined First Round, I gave a lot of thought to the type of VC I want to be, and I decided to be one that wouldn't hedge talking about mistakes and lessons hard won.»

She spoke with Term Sheet about her investment strategy, the intersection of blockchain and consumer, and the top mistakes founders make early in the venture process.

Host Sean Conlon confronts flippers Mark and Bryan about the process that led to their «accidental» purchase of the wrong property and discovers the real identity of the «field guy» who made that costly mistake.

BARNA: The set of mistakes I end up talking about the most are the ones we made when we were raising our seed round.

The best companies to work for tend to have managers who see the reality of the situation, and who are free to talk about their own mistakes as well as the mistakes of others.

For example, Jim Sheward, the CEO of the Internet - consulting company Fiberlink wants a staff with integrity so he asks interviewees about their biggest career mistake to date and looks for reflective individuals who have learned from their errors.

This book is about all of the mistakes I've made in business, «132 lessons learned».

I eventually avoided the mistake of talking about polarizing topics like politics or race, and learned to stay neutral, positive, and upbeat.

«Probably the mistake parents make most is that they don't have conversations about money with their kids,» said Laura Levine, president and chief executive of the Jump $ tart Coalition for Personal Financial Literacy.

Entrepreneurs often make the mistake of talking about more general plans for the funding, such as marketing, Klaff says.

Inc. editor - at - large Kimberly Weisul spoke with author and Duarte Design CEO Nancy Duarte about presentation mistakes, investor pitches, and why speakers should think of themselves as Yoda.

In Better by Mistake: The Unexpected Benefits of Being Wrong (Riverhead), Tugend — author of The New York Times» ShortCuts business column — explores the disconnect between what we're told about mistakes and how we feel about them.

They stimulated you to think about new ways of doing things, allowed you to question assumptions, and never criticized you for making mistakes.

Oculus VR CEO Brendan Iribe initially made the mistake during his first call with Zuckerberg of telling the Facebook CEO that Oculus was mainly about gaming.

Author Kelly Shue, of the University of Chicago, says boards» apparent mistake is a common one, highlighted by years of research in the field of behavioral economics, and much like the way workers get confused about the effect of inflation on the real value of their paychecks.

Let us make no mistake about it: Canada is running a deficit, and it is entirely appropriate for it to do so given the state of the economy.

Most marketers make the mistake of describing their product too literally; they tell you facts about the product and hype those facts up as a way to increase sales.

As published in Vanity Fair, a question came from an audience member who asked about «the biggest mistake» of Musk's life.

I recently came across a fantastic article by the sales consultant and trainer Colleen Francis about common presentation mistakes that salespeople make in front of customers.

Founder and CEO of Thrive Global, Arianna Huffington, talks about the mistake she made while interviewing people for her company.

Being able to come to terms with who we are, where we have come from, our mistakes and what we have learned by making them, and being able to talk about all of this openly is very therapeutic.

«Travis spoke very honestly about the mistakes he's made — and about how he wants to take the events of the last 48 - hours to build a better Uber.

«The problem is that Apple's covered by tech analysts, not consumer product guys, which is part of why truly brilliant people... end up making mistakes about the stock.»

Right about now, you start to get a little niggling feeling starting to grow in the back of your mind suggesting that you might have made a really big mistake - but you aren't going to stop now because you've got too much to prove to yourself and to everyone else, so you roll up your sleeves and go for it.

Tony Hawk on Building a Brand Around Doing Your Own Thing Skateboard icon and entrepreneur talks about staying true to his vision, learning from mistakes, and navigating the ebbs and flows of skateboarding's popularity.

It was the iPod that Steve Jobs was talking about in 2003 when he uttered the line that has become one of his most defining, and frequently quoted, aphorisms: «Most people make the mistake of thinking design is what it looks like,» he told the New York Times.

What if he was mistaken about which kind of changes were needed?

Forget worrying about the best deal on converting your pounds to dollars, some of our biggest mistakes are painfully simple to make but can physically stop you from getting by, if you're not careful.

I've been discussing this classic mistake with several entrepreneurs I know recently, including Scott Gerber and Ryan Paugh, who learned a thing or two about helping business owners like me to save money after working with thousands of them through their community YEC and Forbes Councils which I'm apart of.

But make no mistake: The kind of lewd talk heard in the video could get you fired in many work environments — even if the remarks aren't about the person being spoken to.

If you're serious about building a social media network, or really any platform driven by content, put an emphasis on community; don't make the mistake of thinking that any engagement is good engagement.

I received hundreds of responses, which I ranked and wrote about in 8 Mistakes that Employees Are Saying Managers Make.

If you think about setting up your account and payment method in a new app, it now takes seconds instead of minutes - with little chance for mistakes.

It's a good example of what intrepreneurship can be: pick a diverse team with a range of experiences and perspectives; make your mistakes early and be open about them.

No one sees more questionable deductions than accountants, so Xero, a company that provides cloud - based software to accountants, enlisted Zogby to survey 400 of them about their clients» tax mistakes.

A great way of avoiding this mistake is to think about the business» principles.

Avoid Generic Requests One of the biggest mistakes you can make on LinkedIn is to send a request to connect with a former colleague or business partner but without thinking about personalization.

As a result, some of the people on their side of the deal kept cc «ing me by mistake on confidential emails in which they talked about their negotiating position.

So if you're worried about making similar mistakes, you can run things like your resume, anything you want to publicly post, and the content of important emails through Correctica's «Proof It Free» tool.

Telling quote: «I think what we made the mistake of doing early on was taking every opportunity alone to talk about the business, at dinner, driving the car, you know at home brushing your teeth, as you're getting into bed, as you're waking up, and I think we made a conscious effort to not do that because I think it was just, you know, it would burn us out,» Kate told CNN in 2002.

Business Insider spoke with Lynn Taylor, a national workplace expert and the author of «Tame Your Terrible Office Tyrant: How to Manage Childish Boss Behavior and Thrive in Your Job» about the major mistakes professionals make while on break.

Here's the thing: I actually agree with many of the points Sinek shared in his talk, and I actively write about them often: don't over-indulge on social media, don't binge on Netflix, don't mistake fleeting social interactions for deeply gratifying friendships and relationships, etc..