Sentences with phrase «as a wake up call for»

Whether it's jobs and careers, finance, entrepreneurship, Grant's real, raw in - your - face delivery serves as a wake up call for anyone ok with just being comfortable.

No matter where you stand in this whole issue, anyone who has a modicum of math ability and critical thinking should be shocked and appalled that MANA had the numbers for 5 years and sat on them, and then when they finally released them, bent and twisted and fibbed to make themselves look good instead of using this as a wake up call for action.

I made the statements that I made as a wake up call for him.

Gareth was running around and using the horn as a wake up call for the morning briefing!

Is the game trivializing domestic violence or can it serve as a wake up call for today's indifferent society?

No, Roddy wants to make a movie about the impact of climate change and global warming in the distant future, and he wants the Hollywood production to serve as a wake up call for humankind — to take action on climate change problems now!

O'Neil sees the clean RFP as a wake up call for dozens more townships and plantations in the unorganized territory.

The move will act as a wake up call for the countless numbers of entry - level traders who have signed up to Bitfinex in recent months as cryptocurrency trading expands significantly.

The goal is for hopeful spouses to bring their best self to this crisis (instead of the worst self which an unwanted divorce often elicits), to use the crisis as a wake up call for self - reflection and constructive personal change, and to neither pursue nor distance from the partner while the partner sorts out a decision.

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A bit of stolen merchandise is no big deal for Amazon — it recently hit a market value of $ 500 billion — but the snafu may serve as a rather embarrassing wake - up call for the retail giant.

And while this shouldn't come as a huge shock — Tinder's privacy policy comes right out and says they'll be collecting everything and it won't necessarily be kept secure — seeing all that information printed out physically was still a wake - up call for Duportail.

And Murray noted that the results should serve as a «wake - up call» for the Scottish whiskey industry given the formidable creations by international competitors.

This study should serve as a wake - up call and a rallying cry for customer service teams and call centers who are on the front lines of most companies.

For investors, this is a sea change related to rising interest rates, and it should serve as a wake - up call to those who still haven't gotten the message.

Ironically, Carreyrou is not a Silicon Valley - focused reporter, and the success of the piece served as a wake - up call for other journalists who may have been struck by Unicorn fever.

That was a real wake - up call for me, as a therapist.

Recent warnings from Malaysian oil and gas giant, Petronas, and the BC LNG alliance about the closing window of opportunity to competitively serve Asian markets should serve as a wake - up call for Canada.

As Angela Doland notes in this morning's Ad Age Wake - Up Call, disgust with Facebook in the wake of the Cambridge Analytica scandal has reached such a peak that WhatsApp co-founder Brian Acton, who sold his app to Facebook for $ 19 billion in 2014, just joined the #deleteFacebook movemWake - Up Call, disgust with Facebook in the wake of the Cambridge Analytica scandal has reached such a peak that WhatsApp co-founder Brian Acton, who sold his app to Facebook for $ 19 billion in 2014, just joined the #deleteFacebook movemwake of the Cambridge Analytica scandal has reached such a peak that WhatsApp co-founder Brian Acton, who sold his app to Facebook for $ 19 billion in 2014, just joined the #deleteFacebook movement.

For Silicon Valley tech companies used to asking for forgiveness rather than asking for permission, this can come as a jarring wake up caFor Silicon Valley tech companies used to asking for forgiveness rather than asking for permission, this can come as a jarring wake up cafor forgiveness rather than asking for permission, this can come as a jarring wake up cafor permission, this can come as a jarring wake up call.

Treasurer Scott Morrison said he expects more resignations from the bank the said the report should serve as a wake - up call for executives and board members of other banks and called for it to be read by every board in the nation.

Why this is «as good as it gets» for the stock rally Critical information for the U.S. trading day Our call of the day says investors are waking up and smelling the coffee about a stock market where overvalued shares have been the norm.

While the Great Recession was such a wake - up call that many do indeed save in a way they never had before 2008, people still lean on a pile of excuses for not saving as much as they would like or need to put away.

These disclosures served as a wake - up call for the managers who had been scheduling meetings without a full awareness of the impact they were having.

Maybe we can look at it as a phase that many Christians from all demographics go through before a renewal, and that would be a good thing, for since organized religion, hence dogma, doctrine, religious practices, etc., is the primary cause for parting ways, it is a wake up call for the Christian church.

He is one of the messengers that God always provides to wake us up and help prepare the way His words may bring to mind people in our own lives who have been such faithful harbingers of truth, those who have smoothed the way for us, leveling the rough places through which we must walk, even as they challenge us to seek to be the people God calls us to be.

That experience served as a wake - up call for some of us.

Claims of groping and sexual harassment occurring during a men - only charity dinner in London have been described as a «wake - up call» for churches that ill - treatment against women can occur anywhere.

and I got to meet one of my favorite radio personalities from a local morning radio show (for you Nor Cal people: Katie from the Wake - Up Call is just as hilarious in person as she is on the radio!)

I will admit i was one of the ones to want Klopp at Arsenal, though its not going as great as he wouldve hoped for, it takes time to adjust to the prem and i still believe after the summer when he gets a couple of his own players in, ones back from injury and a pre season after this wake up call of what it actually takes to make it in this League he will do very well at Liverpool.

As Coquelin has been first choice for the last month I think Wenger had that wake up call about a month ago

This defeat should be a wake - up call — not only for the players, but for Max Allegri as well.

This ended up being the start of a huge wake up call for the team, as in the month of September, they only managed to pick up 2 points.

Finally, if your child is breathing but no responsive such as falling asleep and not waking up when you try to rouse him / her, call for an ambulance.

The announcement may serve as a wake - up call for the resistant partner; he or she may press for another chance or for marriage counseling.

The foods I ate was enough to flare up her reactions and one day she didn't wake up or feed for over 20 hours (most of that time was spent in the ER of course, as I called 911 as soon as I realize she didn't wake up through the night and I couldn't wake her.

She recounted how, as a busy working mom, she didn't have much time or patience for healthy, scratch - cooked meals — until she got a wake - up call from her daughters» pediatrician:

David was also the producer of «An Inconvenient Truth,» and just as that film served as a wake - up call for climate change, «Fed Up» hopes to similarly educate the public about the serious flaws in our food system and how the food and beverage industries have a vested interest in maintaining a status quo that puts profits over our collective health — and often with the assistance of the federal governmenup call for climate change, «Fed Up» hopes to similarly educate the public about the serious flaws in our food system and how the food and beverage industries have a vested interest in maintaining a status quo that puts profits over our collective health — and often with the assistance of the federal governmenUp» hopes to similarly educate the public about the serious flaws in our food system and how the food and beverage industries have a vested interest in maintaining a status quo that puts profits over our collective health — and often with the assistance of the federal government.

«As our nation collectively mourned the unthinkable act that occurred on December 14th, the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School signified a long - overdue wake - up call for our country to finally address the reality of gun violence in our society.

Aregbesola also issued a «wake - up call» to Nigerians to prepare for an impending economic revolution, which wind is blowing across the world in the form of recession and the ongoing global efforts to discover a «new world economic order without crude oil,» urging the people to be prepared both intellectually and spiritually so as to be able to stand up to the new development.

The «sweetest victory» of the Conservatives, as David Cameron put it on May 8th, and the sweeping landslide victory of the SNP, winning all but three of the Scottish seats, were indeed shocking wake - up calls for all those concerned about British politics.

Economist, Mr Samuel Bekoe with the Ghana Oil and Gas for Inclusive Growth (GOGIC) also described the findings as «a wake - up call for Ghana, especially having spent at least 6 years in oil production.»

Minority Verdict follows Lord Ashcroft's influential analysis of the 2005 election campaign, Smell the Coffee: A wake - up call for the Conservative Party, which called for the party to modernise and re-engage with voters having come to be seen as untrustworthy and out of touch.

It will act as a jolt and a wake - up call for the party and will tell the country we are back in business with a new leader who can make it happen.

He said it should act as a «wake - up call for all of us» that «cutting corners costs lives».

The protest might be viewed as a wake - up call for the governor regarding how some of the cuts in his budget proposal might go over with the general public.

He said a poll today showing millions of Labour voters would rather have Theresa May as Prime Minister than Mr Corbyn should be a «wake up call» for the party.

New York State Conservative chairman Mike Long said Pellegrino's victory should serve as a wake - up call for Conservatives and Republicans.

And voters looking for ways to channel their anger after Trump's win, and to cast votes that matter in New York, have «woke» up from indifferent to indignant about Albany's shady ways and particularly the eight so - called Independent Democrats led by Jeff Klein who, along with Simcha Felder, caucus with the Republicans to keep them in control of the Senate even as the state turns ever more blue.

«These are huge funds that provide for the retirement of millions of New Yorkers,» Lawsky said in his letter, adding that difficulties in Detroit, which has declared bankruptcy in part due to its pension costs, «serve as a stern wake - up call» regarding the need for oversight.

It really is time for a «Wake Up» call as the Gov. Cuomo pointed out today.