In the attempt to keep their children «innocent» and «free,» parents tell their children a different type of fairy tale, a modern American story: everyone loves you because you're special, you are good
at everything you try, and if you work hard enough and be a good little boy or girl, you'll be successful.
Most children can't live up to the expectation of excelling
at everything they try.
The Stiller character is completely inept
at everything he tries, yet he has an intolerable arrogance about himself.
But when it rains, it pours, and sometimes it may feel like you're failing
at everything you try to do.
Not exact matches
All of which is contrary to
everything we're
trying to accomplish
at Rap Genius.
Anxiety often comes as a result of
trying to accomplish
everything at once.
Inc suggests that ecommerce stores should not
try to be «
everything at once» as this seems to be a common killer of ecommerce start - ups.
If I had known in our early growth stages what I know now, I would have focused more on the factors that investors look for during that early stage, rather than
try to accomplish
everything at once.
«Most of the dinner conversation
at Café des Amis that evening was about Laura's cancer,» Conway recalls, «and why they had to
try everything possible to save her.»
«Simplicity is
at the core of
everything we
try to do
at DTS,» says O'Reilly, «and so our aim for the conference was to create an event that reflects that.»
«We're
trying to stop [decisions]
at the right level and make sure people have the autonomy to do their jobs correctly, without necessarily having to escalate
everything,» explains Malboeuf, adding that staff have been asking for such freedom for a few years now.
So, in general, we
try inverting the formula in
everything we look
at.
Years ago
at a marketing conference, my friend Jonathan Long from Market Domination Media told me that «You're never going to please everyone, so don't
try to be
everything to everyone.
They aren't just
trying to do
everything, they're
trying to do
everything all
at once.
Although it's uncomfortable
at the time, you learn that you can do anything and that
everything gets easier once you
try it.
«We can't fix
everything, but
at least we can
try to give it a chance and
try to make things acceptable,» he said.
I know if you're a young guy
trying to start up a business selling dress clothes to older men, the idea of hanging out
at some overpriced, elite club during the week after work might not sound like the most fun you've ever had, but in the long run this type of extracurricular activity might be worth the large bar tab and cigar scent on
everything you own.
«I remember having to use standard plastic ice cube trays growing up where I would either break the tray
trying to remove cubes or have
everything come fly out
at me in one chunk.
The whole idea of
trying to be good
at everything is impossible.
With a changing menu, there's always something new
try at Old Chicago, a Windy City - inspired restaurant chain that serves
everything from meat - stuffed calzones to «Oh My Spaghetti Pie,» a pie - shaped portion of pasta tossed in Alfredo sauce and baked with Italian cheeses.
«I'm going to
try to get ready and do
everything that I possibly can so I can be
at my best when I have the opportunity to play in October.»
Its trailers are too busy
trying to explain Ant - Man's powers and convince you that they're cool to spend any time selling you on the fun heist story
at the movie's center, or the charming comedic ensemble that glues
everything together.
The fact that so many are not working in America is shameful, but what may be more shameful is that,
at least according to those
trying to hire, people are making a conscious choice to not do
everything in their power to get the jobs available to them.
In recent months, as the problems became more evident, Thompson took the tack of
trying everything all
at once.
Don't
try to do
everything; do what you are best
at.
After all, when I can't do
everything I need to during my waking hours,
at least my brain is
trying to get something accomplished in the off - hours.
I've made the mistake of working with a new team member and immediately going into diagnostic mode,
trying to fix
everything at once.
For
everything you ask of someone, you give
at least as much in return - you send someone a great candidate for a position they're
trying to fill, and later they send you a potential customer introduction.
At the end of the day, when you look at your to do list, and start the afternoon «I'm not good enough» session, beating yourself up because you didn't get everything done, try making a new lis
At the end of the day, when you look
at your to do list, and start the afternoon «I'm not good enough» session, beating yourself up because you didn't get everything done, try making a new lis
at your to do list, and start the afternoon «I'm not good enough» session, beating yourself up because you didn't get
everything done,
try making a new list.
Kogan, a psychology researcher
at Cambridge University, told the BBC that both Facebook and Cambridge Analytica have
tried to place the blame on him, even though the firm ensured him that
everything he did was legal.
Yesterbox is Hsieh's very own email management system, where instead of
trying to tackle
everything in his inbox
at once, Hsieh only responds to his list of messages from the day before.
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try to circumvent geoblocks so you can stream video content that's not otherwise available in your country — if you do this you should assume that the service provider will
at very least be recording
everything you're doing online.
You might not have the flexibility to do
everything at the right time for you, but
try listening to your body clock as much as you can.
I've had to teach myself to slow down, be thorough, and not
try to get
everything done
at once.
im glad no - one believes in demons - the devil or god — and they
try to rationalise
everything — and discredit the bible — just shows me where we are
at in the holy book — see if i remember, the end times come when «scorners and scoffers abound» when — wrong is called right and right is called wrong — and people would be married and given in marriage as in the daysd of noah --- sodom and gammorah had gay issues badly - im just gonna laugh and alaugh and laugh when ya «ll burn - do me a favor —
at least read the bible once — see what it says before you — go against it.
Cicero might legitimately be cited in a «conservative» context because he lived in a moment when
everything was «going to hell» and he was
trying to preserve traditions under siege
at the crashing of his own civilization.
Reality... his bones would have been produced and marveled
at as proof that he did not resurrect the Jewish leaders
at that time for sure would have produced them... providing of course that they were available... why do nt you take the time to study, read the evidence for yourself before spouting like so many other bitter atheists (that I once was for many years)... give love a
try you might enjoy it, it gives live meaning and true purpose,
everything finds its place in Christ... I hope you find hope some day...
Why must
everything end up
at Golgotha, there to be
tried, tested, tortured and threatened with termination?
While I
try to offer hope and a vision for the future, I make no attempt to resolve
everything, and all of this seems just fine with my editor...
at least so far.
Should I have
tried to get those Buddhist students to look
at everything in the light of Jesus?»
Sometimes, too, it happens that people
try to do all
at once
everything that the future holds out.
«25 Philosophy
tries to clarify the fundamental beliefs that finally determine the emphasis of attention that lies
at the base of character.26 It seeks the general ideas that are indispensably relevant to
everything that happens and judges them in terms of their place in and contribution to what we find credible, reliable, humanly important.
Uh, doesn't «god» still
try to destroy
everything at the end of the bible?
When someone in his own or another profession is prepared better than he to perform a service, he refers as soon as he can — and does not wait until he has
tried everything and is
at the end of his rope.
As soon as Christians start to
try to avoid and condemn anything and
everything that has pagan roots or symbolism, we end up having to just sit
at home twiddling our thumbs.
How about lets
try not sticking our noses into
everything as we have been stung
at every turn.
So when I went to New York, I was having difficulty with my name, Ramón Estévez; just getting around and
trying to get an apartment,
trying to get job interviews and such, because the Puerto Rican community
at that time was taking the blame for
everything wrong in New York.
We look
at the world to see what they do for fun, then we take out
everything we perceive as «sinful» and then
try to do this stripped down version as a «Christian event.»
This does not mean, however, that a neighborhood should
try to do
everything at once.
I knew they would avoid cleaning their rooms
at all costs, or use my
tried and true method as a kid, stuff
everything under the bed.