Sentences with phrase «at least these people did»

If we are all going to die forever and our bodies rot away, at least these people did some lasting good works.

At least some people do, and when there's money in it, the lies get as big as the Brooklyn Bridge.

Not exact matches

Remote work is reserved for people that love, or at least really like what they are doing.

(See How to Deal with Time Wasters) Such sessions rarely accomplish anything except maybe some pseudo-bonding; they don't have a logical and clearly - understood endpoint so they seem both pointless and interminable; and, most often, they sorta drool to a conclusion without agreed - upon action items and / or documented next steps for at least half the people in the room.

Uber's case is that the driver enters into a binding agreement with a person whose identity he does not know (and will never know) and who does not know and will never know his identity, to undertake a journey to a destination not told to him until the journey begins, by a route prescribed by a stranger to the contract [Uber] from which he is not free to depart (at least not without risk), for a fee which (a) is set by the stranger, and (b) is not known by the passenger (who only is told the total to be paid), (c) is calculated by the stranger (as a percentage of the total sum) and (d) is paid to the stranger.

There's also the matter of whether mobile medical care will ultimately reduce national health spending: At least one recent report suggests that the technology may well cause people to pursue care they don't need precisely because it makes it so convenient to get.

At least two billion people already do, across sprawling swaths of Africa, Asia and Latin America.

I think you have to hope that... they step up, as Bell has done and make these kinds of investments that triggers a response from their competitors and that other people are at least prepared to look, even if it's on a limited basis like Beanfield has, at coming into the marketplace.

Six months after the Halifax trip, she quit her job and poured all her energy into figuring out how to sell something people didn't even know they wanted — at least, not yet.

If you're paranoid, you don't have to discuss your «secret sauce,» but at least offer up the fundamental concept to people you trust to see if it's appealing.

Most people like money — or, at least, they like what they can do with money.

I've had people in my life who to some extent ran the business side of my life, or at least were partners and associates who thought in business terms much more than I did.

You'd think that even in these crazy times of radical change most people would have learned to stick with what has worked for them — at least until it doesn't work any longer — and also to hang on to the advisors, the tools and the techniques that got them to where they are.

According to a study by Michael Norton of Harvard Business School and two colleagues from the University of British Columbia, the amount of money people earn has less influence on their happiness than how they spend it, and those who spend at least some of their money on others are happier than those who do not.

As long as there are ultra-rich people, there will always be a few who value great journalism enough to bankroll it, or at least who see some advantage to themselves in doing so.

Even if we don't really need drivers, it will be a long time before people are willing to 100 percent give up control, at least in emergencies.

«A lot of people have... told us that what it helped them to do is think about their role in the group so that they went in with at least a few ideas of how they would orient themselves to the group,» says Guido.

The question is if people buy into the idea that (1) smartphones really do harm their ability to take in the world (or, at least, are more «harmful» than «entertaining»), and (2) that they don't have the willpower to keep their noses out of their notifications, and thus need a phone that is designed to preempt most apps altogether.

People who don't get that, it would seem, just haven't gotten the message — at least to hear the current management tell it.

Partly they criticize you because it's a way of letting off steam, but mostly they do it because we all think, at least some of the time, that we can do a better job than the person we work for.

Quebec has drawn at least $ 1.9 billion (# 1.5 billion) from Chinese investment, though it only accepts about 1,500 people a year — a small amount compared to what it was in the past when it didn't have a yearly quota, Katz added.

It doesn't really matter anyway that people are confused or angry about the Hum Rider, because at least some percentage of those people are now aware of Verizon Hum, including you.

Of course, this doesn't necessarily mean people are working more, but it does mean it's no longer considered the least bit strange to receive an email from a colleague at 1:30 a.m.

Put simply, if the person the CEO would like to perform the task is able to do it at least 70 percent as well as he can, he should delegate it.

Even if you don't find employees at these industry events, you will at least make contacts who understand your needs and will put you in touch with other people they know.

He claims that 40 million people have at least tried out the app, but did not say how many people use it on a regular basis.

Done right, diverse slate hiring policies — which require at least one woman or person of colour to be among the candidates considered for a job — remove the easy excuses that cheat the under - represented out of a shot at key roles.

People with at least two risk factors for cancer, diabetes, or heart disease who are overweight could consider doing the FMD once a month, Longo says.

You might not have a personal website or blog, but at least try to fill the Twitter bio field with something that people can click on to learn more about what you do and where you work, including anything discussed in your bio.

So if you can't build a cash reserve, at least do the homework when your company's not on thin ice to identify the people or institutions you might be able to turn to in leaner times.

Still, it didn't take much prodding to get dozens of people of all generations to email me and let me know what speaking habits they think Millennials need to stop using now — at least at work.

The survey of more than 2,000 individuals found that nearly two - thirds of people between the ages of 18 and 34 were at least somewhat more likely to want to work for a company that gave to charity than one did that not.

Based on a series of 6 - month studies on aerobic workouts and memory in people with MCI, the new guidelines recommend that people diagnosed with the condition do some form of cardio exercise at least twice a week.

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.

At least 10 people tried to mail their taxes through the campground post office on the first day of the festival — a reckless choice considering the mail doesn't have a return address and, as Hampton says, the destination isn't always written out carefully considering the senders» level of sobriety.

Many people go to college thinking that even if they can't do their highest passions in life, they at least can have a «Plan B» that includes a safe job.

Trying to genuinely understand where the other person is coming from generally has a disarming effect on people because (at least in my experience) few take the trouble to do so.

It's interactive, and the person you're talking to at least knows you didn't just cut and paste the same message to hundreds of others.

You still have to accelerate the people to catch up with the space hotel, but at least you don't have to accelerate the hotel itself over and over.

Elliott does not seem to share those qualms: On at least three occasions, according to both court testimony and the accounts of seven people who spoke with Fortune, children of people facing the hedge fund's attack have been pulled into the fray in some way, in an apparent bid to gain either information on or leverage against their parents.

«Building a company isn't for everyone, but I do hope to inspire people to at least consider the possibility.»

At least you don't have to deal with people talking behind your back; you push them to say it to your face.

«People had been selling glasses online for at least 10 years before we got into it, and I think many didn't succeed because they weren't focused enough on the customer service.»

Rubin writes: «It's useful because it allows people to choose their focus (work, volunteer, family, hobby)-- preferable to the inevitable question (well, inevitable at least in New York City): «What do you do?»»

The study authors suggest that the prime takeaway is that cutting yourself some slack about, well, slacking off is good for you (at least if you're tightly wound), or, as BPS puts it, «the people who could most benefit from the restorative effects of lounge - based downtime... are the least likely to do so.»

The following statistic alone should make all employers more interested in boosting bliss: Truly cheerful employees spend about 80 % of their time at work doing what they're there to do (even happy people need an Instagram break); the least content spend only 40 % of their day on job - related activities, according to a survey by workplace happiness consultant and author Jessica Pryce - Jones.

According to some reports, the ICIJ plans to make at least some of the database public within the next month or so, but the organization doesn't want to release records that might implicate innocent people.

Truly confident people don't care — at least they don't show it.

Broad Listening, on the other hand, claims that it can identify why people do things, or at least give the insights into why, so that a human can figure it out completely.

Being small and / or hyper - targeted seems to work, at least for sites like Techdirt and Search Engine Land and The Awl, or one - person shops like Ben Thompson's Stratechery (although they can end for other reasons, as Andrew Sullivan's Daily Dish did).