Sentences with phrase «at convincing»

I hired a designer about 6 years ago, and I guess she was successful at convincing me that colour was kids» stuff and neutrals were sophisticated.

If your message is aimed at convincing an audience to buy or to consider a product, try to distill the message into its smallest size, the key point, in less than one minute.

By the way, what are my chances at convincing a motivated seller to sell their property at a discount when buying with cash?

What is my best bet at convincing them to do a short sale since I don't have financial hardship?

Clearly, she was emotionally abused and she became convinced that I was the bad mother as he was good at convincing her of this.

She doesn't work hard at convincing others (i.e. men) that she is perfect.

The second group of items, was labeled «task utility self - persuasion», in reference to Eccles, Wigfield, Harold, & Blumenfeld (1993) conceptualization of task value because it gathers items which aim at convincing oneself of the personal utility of the task despite the fact that the latter generates unpleasant emotions.

I like meeting new people and am good at convincing them.

If you can successfully outline these, you have a great chance at convincing the employer to grant you an interview.

A cover letter on its own can not do much — that is, standardized cover letters are not that great at convincing hiring managers of the skills that an applicant... Read More»

But for the sake of this post let's look at three ways in which we can effectively source talent using social media and in a future post we wll look at convincing them.

When you understand the requirements for the pet sitter position that you are interested in, it will help you to create a resume targeted at convincing the particular pet owner or hiring manager.

A cover letter on its own can not do much — that is, standardized cover letters are not that great at convincing hiring managers of the skills that an applicant possesses.

Persuasion: Marketing managers are skilled at convincing a potential customer to purchase a product or subscribe to a service

Asking questions may seem simple, but reporters must be adept at convincing sources to open up and reveal their secrets.

Sense 5.5, built atop Android 4.3, is HTC's latest effort at convincing you that it's adding value to Google's mobile OS.

The launch of the new Creator app is seen as Facebook's new attempt at convincing online video creators to move their content to Facebook's own video platform.

Cobb is finally awake, the top does fall and Mol is dead as nails, Saito's fine and Cobb is better than Morpheus at convincing vanilla - life creators to abandon all reason, risk their lives and take a leap of faith for just a taste of «intensity and raw creation».

And when it comes to avoiding exercise, we are still pretty fantastic at convincing ourselves to not hit the gym.

Large aircraft and insurance companies often have extensive resources to hire smart and skillful professionals who are adept at convincing victims to settle for less than they deserve.

For Edna, these were stories aimed at convincing people they did not want what they could not have.

Presenting your case before trial lets the defendants know you have a strong case and is aimed at convincing them that settlement may be a better option for both sides.

Sophie Kivku, communications director of DivaCup, told The Guardian that these companies have done a good job at convincing women that their periods are something that shouldn't be talked about.

The brain, like the climate, is awfully good at convincing us not to give it too much thought.

William Calvin makes an excellent stab, however, at convincing us that abrupt climatic changes had a profound impact on human evolution, selecting for increased cooperation that required more complex brains.

As we reported here in August of last year («Desperate Dash of Global Warming»), the upcoming conference in Paris is the culmination of more than two decades of very intensive (and very expensive) propagandizing and fear mongering aimed at convincing the people of the world (but especially Americans) that we must all submit to drastic global controls, or face catastrophic consequences from runaway anthropogenic (human - caused) global warming, or AGW.

The coal industry, for one, has been raising money in order to mount a nationwide television, radio, and magazine advertising campaign aimed at convincing Americans that global warming is not a problem.

Democrat bigwigs Al Gore and Tim Wirth have failed miserably at convincing the public that «global warming» catastrophies are to be taken seriously.

This new report is just one of many, financed with taxpayers» money, aimed at convincing the public that additional mortality caused by wind plants is sustainable.

[Climatists] have been pretty successful at convincing the science - savvy public that climate will only change when we fire up our SUV, or turn on our incandescent light bulbs...

Leaders of the U.S. solar industry will have one last shot at convincing the current Congress to extend a key federal solar incentive before a new Republican - controlled congress takes over at the beginning of 2011.

I would suggest the Curry version is not at all convincing.

From what I've seen, New Jersey Governor and likely Republican presidential candidate Chris Christie is quite good at convincing people of things that aren't true.

Here are the reactions to my post, starting with a note from Bill McKibben, who was among more than 1,200 people who were arrested in a White House protest aimed at convincing the president to reject the plan:

I have never found the original «tie» between climate change the disease dynamics at all convincing.

«Cause try as I might, I can't find jack in the published literature that is at all convincing.

It also means that the auction houses are very good at convincing their clients to accept reasonable estimates.

As artists, we need to be better at making our ideas happen, at convincing the world of the value of art — of convincing ourselves of the value of art.

Despite my attempts at convincing them to not do so, they said they were impatient.

Virtual Reality will finally become an, ahem, reality this year, with multiple companies trying their hand at convincing the gaming mainstream to pay attention to their lead VR product.

It does a great job at convincing players that they're playing the same pirate game all over again.

Four months later, as we continued to work at convincing ourselves that her ping - pong behavior was simply healthy exuberance, we saw the first signs of aggressiveness towards other dogs.

Scammers are skilled at convincing people that their loan offer is real.

Scammers are skilled at convincing people that the loan offer is real.

Investment scammers are skilled at convincing people that the investment is real, the returns are high and the risks to your money are low or non-existent.

Not only do they make negotiating price a weird and stressful experience, but they're awesome at convincing you their new cars are worth outrageous sums of money.

Now I have been trying to argue against this by saying that eventually prices will be so high that interest rates on the mortgage alone can't be keept down, but somehow I always fail at convincing them.

Imagine — You are under a continuous assault of advertisements aimed at convincing you that you're dissatisfied with what you have.

Persuasive essay topics are a way of writing or expression that aims at convincing the reader that their argument is better or appropriate than any other.

Paper and pencil assessments, role playing and debate, authentic writing aimed at convincing local politicians to act on bay pollution problems — these are all tried and true ways of determining what the children retain.