Sentences with phrase «at attention instead»

Not exact matches

If you're interested in determining a candidate's thirst to keep learning, instead turn your attention toward questions that will apply to the job at hand.

But wearing too many colors or expressive prints at once can take attention away from YOU, the entrepreneur, and instead give the impression that you don't take your position seriously.

The appeals to emotion instead of fact and the seeming desire to be at the center of attention (while psychologists are unwilling to diagnose anyone from afar, many have no problem calling Trump a narcissist) certainly fit the bill of a con artist.

If you're old enough, you'll recall that a certain President named Bush not too many years ago probably lost an entire Presidential debate because he got caught sneaking a peek at his watch instead of paying attention to the discussion.

At this point, we no longer need to debate the value of a social media presence; brand marketers, bloggers, journalists, and other professionals have instead turned their attention to how best to create and share meaningful multimedia content across all social networks to better connect with their target audience.

At the same time, between 70 and 80 % of all users totally ignore paid ads, instead choosing to pay attention to organic results.

Suppose that, instead of paying attention to the inflation rate, the Fed had set itself the task, from 1996 onward, of keeping nominal GDP growing at a steady rate of, say, 4.5 percent.

-- I tried to sidestep some of the political and social questions raised (due to my lack of expertise in these areas and to the many other opinions already aired in response to this article) and instead call attention to some of the spiritual issues at stake.

For example, it for ever tries to turn our attention back to some supposedly historical event which took place at the tomb on Easter day instead of the present realty of the risen Christ.

I suspect that none of this would have made the news if the soldier's commanding officers had simply agreed to let this individual stand at attention in lieu of bowing his / her head, instead of threatening exclusion from a well - deserved acknowledgment of achievement.

Instead, he directed people's attention to God's kingdom and of which the healings provided a foregleam of what he will do under his rulership as king of God's kingdom in the near future, when at that time: «And no resident will say: «I am sick.»

I used regular orange carrots from the store in the above picture, however if you have any farmers markets near you that sell purple carrots or other colours, these can make a great change and will certainly grab the attention of others at the table (as shown in the picture below) Instead of cutting these carrots up, as they are usually smaller, these can be roasted whole, use more carrots per person for these type too.

And while its benefits are deserving of the attention, it's still at its healthiest when it's unprocessed, or processed by you at home in your kitchen instead of in a factory.

An official announcement could take media attention away from Arsenal as a whole and make it the Arsene Wenger show instead, much like it was when he was celebrating 20 years at the club.

I can only hope that this attempt is taken more seriously than the largely muted and clearly unsuccessful protests of late last season... although the plane writing escapade brought some much - needed attention to the matter, it failed to resonate with fence - sitters and those who had just recently fell off the Wenger truck... without a big enough showing of support the whole endeavor appeared relatively weak and poorly organized, especially to the major media outlets, whose involvement could have significantly changed what was to follow... but I get it, few wanted to turn on their club, let alone make a public display of their discord... problem is, they are preying on that vulnerability, in fact, their counting on you to keep your thoughts to yourself... who are you to tell these fat cats how to steal your money... they have worked long and hard to pull the wool over your eyes... they even went so far as to pay enormous sums of cash to your once beloved professor to be their corporate spokesmodel so that the whole thing would be more palatable... eventually the club made it appear as if this was simply a relatively small fringe group of highly radicalized supporters, which allowed the pro-Wenger element inside the club hierarchy to claim victory following the FA Cup win... unfortunately what has happened to this club can't be solved by FA Cups or a few players coming in, the very culture of this club needs to be changed and that starts at the top... in order to change the unhealthy and dysfunctional narrative that has absorbed this club we need to remove everyone who presently occupies a position of power... only then can we get back to the business of playing championship caliber football, which should always be the number one priority of this organization... on an important side note, one of the most devastating mistakes made in the final days of this hectic and poorly planned transfer window didn't have to do with the big name players like Sanchez or Lemar, but the fact that they failed to secure Jadon Sancho, who might even start for Dortmund this season... I think they might seriously regret this oversight... instead of spending so much time, energy and manpower pretending that they were desperately trying to make big moves, they once again lost the plot due to their all too familiar tunnel vision

The media attention instead, however, should have focused on the fact that one less team from Northern California is going to go to a bowl game at all.

Instead, try giving yourself simple instructions to direct your attention to the task at hand, «Level swing,» «Stay loose,» «See the release.»

Pay attention: Instead of dropping their kids off for practice, parents should stick around if they can; they should encourage their kids to report inappropriate behavior by teammates or coaches - whether it is «locker room talk» demeaning of women or girls, or anti-Muslim, anti-immigrant comments or behavior - regardless of whether it is directed at a teammate or not, and made to feel safe in doing so; they should pay attention to a coach's behavior at practices and games to make sure they are not participating in or tolerating bullying, teasing or abuse of any kind.

Yup, instead of really paying attention to the candidates opinions of Dodd Frank and the national debt, we sat around thinking if there was anything worse than celebrating an anniversary at the Presidential Debates.

The fourth grader is encouraged to slow down and pay more attention to detail instead of speeding up and moving at the faster rate that our society is pushing for.

«If your baby bangs his head for long periods of time instead of engaging with others or playing with his toys, then you should bring it to your pediatrician's attention at a checkup,» says Dr. Brown.

Once you have your child's attention, avoid locking horns at the front end and pour on a little honey instead.

Basically the author said that instead of yelling at kids to get their attention or alter their -LSB-...]

Just imagine all those empty chairs, and how much attention that would generate if they all died at once, in the same room, instead of quietly, one at a time.

Instead, they will end up with self - centered children who are frustrated because they can't truly express themselves only whatever whim or attention - getting notion is capturing their imagination at the moment.

Instead of jumping on an early diagnosis of ADHD for your child, you might consider that many three and four - year - olds still have short attention spans, are hyperactive and like to play, and wouldn't be expected to sit still for 2 hours at a time.

Attention should instead be refocussed on transnational cooperation, rooting out both grand and petty corruption, and bolstering law enforcement at legislative and enforcement levels.

Instead the Ukip leader's walk on part was given more media attention than the damage - controllers at Conservative HQ dared fear.

So it happened that the prime minister was sending the press photos of himself pointing at fish - for the second year in a row - instead of paying attention to what was going on in Iraq.

Instead, he thinks they might have a long list of planets that show some evidence of life and might ping each one for a millisecond or so every few days — a simple, low - effort project to see if anyone at the other end is paying attention.

But if for some unfathomable reason, you absolutely can not resist the urge to compose short and banal messages instead of paying attention to the road, at least sign your organ donor card.

There is a sense among those who pay attention to youth and high school athletics that more and more young athletes today are focusing on excelling at a single sport instead of playing a variety.

Unfortunately, attention doesn't equal expertise: An investigation from the U.S. Government Accountability Office published this past May found that sales staff at herbal - supplement retailers often gave incorrect or even potentially harmful advice, such as saying it was safe to take an herb - and - drug combination that could increase one's risk of bleeding or telling a customer they could take a supplement instead of a doctor - prescribed medication.

We've gotten pretty good at saving time and energy during the day — meals from Sakara Life, our organic meal delivery business, help free our minds from having to think about food and instead allow us to focus on the things that really need our time and attention — like leading a team of 80 employees and making sure our thousands of clients nationwide get their healthy food on time.

Instead of eating in your car, at your desk, in front of the TV or your computer, take a moment to sit down and bring all your focus and attention to the food.

Try performing it every morning and at any time of the day when your body feels stiff or your lower back starts aching — it will relieve the pain and keep those small but incredibly important stabilizing muscles and connective tissues in proper shape, so that you're free to focus all of your attention on building the body you want instead of healing painful back injuries.

Instead of trying to specify your preference on your profile page, try becoming a member at a black dating site, where the admin team guarantees that only valid black singles seek your attention.

It ends up being neither, nothing more than something to watch on an airplane to pass the time, instead of a film that warrants devoted attention on a big screen, or even at home.

Instead of paying attention to the road, she is gazing at the newly discovered Earth 2 when she slams head - on to a car instantly killing the people inside.

You've tried to control your upset at being thrown — but, instead, you've become even more upset and diverted your attention from moving forward.

Instead of fighting the bullying with verbal negativity and providing these faceless bullies with more attention, I decided to use what I saw at Osseo every day: positivity.

Instead, they present the same ideas contained in A Mind at a Time, citing a few references that support well - accepted ideas - or example, that attention capacity is limited - but none to shore up Levine's particular views.

Instead of paying attention to the task at hand, you may have to pay attention to what others are saying.

To take a higher education example, when I was a student at the Harvard Business School, far fewer of us paid attention to the case discussion on the couple days at the end of the term when laptops were allowed, as we chose to instead chat online and coordinate evening plans.

This assembly grabs the students attention with the first slide asking them to vote whether or not school should start at 10 am instead of 8.50.

Take the Slow Train The Hindu, 1/17/16 «What it implies is a deliberate, deep engagement with the moment, a commitment to settling down and locking our minds in place, an agreement to withhold our attention from the clock or phone and instead direct it at the object or activity concerned.

«This now means that instead of directing your attention to Washington, you now need to direct your attention to Albany and Trenton and Columbus,» said Andy Smarick, partner at Bellwether Education Partners, a nonprofit education consulting and research group.

Over all the features that I did not pay too much attention but have had the greatest impact are: the head rest, it holds my head instead of pushing it up; the drive mode button, i don't like using sport mode at all, but there are some occasions when a driver is being rude and driving the same speed as I am, sports mode really helps to get out of that knot in the road; And finally, the MPG display, that way I get the most miles from my

Instead, my attention drifted back over to Knotcher, who was in the process of lobbing another giant spitball at Casey.

So, instead of tapping into a growing market — which they would see if they would simply look at Authors Earnings and pay attention to the best seller lists on Amazon — they look at how their e-book sales have declined and refuse to admit that high prices and limited available titles might have something to do with it.