Sentences with phrase «author time spent»

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This one 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; the least content spend only 40 % of their time on job - related activities, according to a survey by workplace happiness consultant and author Jessica Pryce - Jones.

«What we found is that people who spent money to buy time reported being almost one full point higher on our 10 - point [happiness] ladder, compared to people who did not use money to buy time,» wrote Elizabeth Dunn, an author of the study and a professor of psychology at the University of British Columbia.

It was there that author F. Scott Fitzgerald spent some time with his friend Rumsey, learning about «the lifestyle of the moneyed aristocracy of Old Westport, Long Island, and their involvement in the movement of eugenics,» according to a 2015 article in the F. Scott Fitzgerald Review.

I read a quote by Jim Rohn (American author, entrepreneur, and motivational speaker) that really put this into perspective: «You are the average of the five people you spend the most time with.»

Says Edgar A. Falk, author of 1001 Ideas to Create Retail Excitement (Penguin), «Food centers can build revenue and goodwill, encouraging people to spend more time and money in your store.»

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.

HubSpot co-founder and chief technical officer Dharmesh Shah is the architect and author of our Culture Code and Brian spends a lot of his time thinking about culture and people as we grow.

Daniel Goleman, author of Focus: The Hidden Driver of Excellence, suggests spending time in nature to help you reset your attention span and relax your mind.

Writing for Quartz, author Richard Koch argued that history has shown that greater amounts of time spent at work do not correlate with greater prosperity.

Leading author and speaker, Brian Solis, spent three and a half years working on his latest book, X: The Experience Where Business Meets Design, during which time he found clarity about why «experience» is a topic we won't be dismissing as buzz or hype any time soon.

Since then, he has spent most of his time editing for publishers, non-profits, authors and aspiring writers while raising his two children.

«The marketplace for new ideas has been corrupted by software patents used as destructive weapons,» the story's authors wrote, noting that last year, for the first time, Apple and Google spent more on patent litigation and intellectual property than on research and development, a striking fact that sharply illustrates how incentives have become skewed in the tech industry.

Reading a book because the author looks good is a dumb reason to spend the time.

I feel like the author spends more time doing theology based upon his feelings than he does based upon the Biblical text.

If it doesn't exist why write about it... Many atheist's who are authors inspire Christianity some spending all their time trying to make others deny Christ.

The Bible is the only Holy book written by numerous authors that are all in agreement and show how the Father's plan of salvation was set before the creation of the world, then tells us of His time here on earth in the New Testament and also explains the tribulations of the end times and how false religions will abound and that we can be ready for His return so that we can all spend eternity with Him in Heaven.

If it doesn't excist why write about it... Many atheist's who are authors inspire Christianity some spending all thier time trying to make others deny Christ.

Many atheist's who are authors inspire Christianity some spending all thier time trying to make others deny Christ.

So we spent a lot of time on how the biblical authors themselves used pre-existing Scriptures.

Students had to show proficiency in Latin and Greek for admission and spent much of their time reciting classical authors.

Upon meeting the author for the first time, Mother took one look at Kelly's red nail polish and told her to stop adorning herself in luxuries and to spend her money on the poor, to which Ms. Kelly brazenly replied that that's exactly what Judas said to Jesus.

Anthony McRoy, author of From Rushdie to 7/7: The Radicalisation of Islam in Britain (Social Affairs Unit), who lectures in Islamic Studies for Wales Evangelical School of Theology, spent considerable time at the Olympic venues in discussion with Muslim evangelists.

The cities of which Mayernik writes» and I have been blessed to have spent time in all five» and others like them captivate us to this day; and whatever else can be said about such places, they demonstrate, in the author's words, that «the costs of building great cities can't be justified in purely pragmatic terms.»

But the reason I spend so much time here is that this is where the first author to use the term «missional» rooted his ideas.

how much time does the author spend on his fancy little beard everyday, it tells me everything i need to know about this guy and his opinions on anything

In this new podcast series, first - time author Jessica Murnane takes listeners through the roller coaster year she spent pitching and making her cookbook, One Part Plant.

Subscribe to the Afternoon Brief Trending Story: Napa Expert Grim About the State and Direction of the Valley: «I Don't See Any Hope» Few people have spent more time thinking and writing about the Napa Valley than author James Conaway.

Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House, a scathing look at Donald Trump, was just published, and while there are many shocking and horrific revelations in author Michael Wolff's book, here are two that shouldn't be: Trump and his wife, Melania, sleep in separate bedrooms, and they don't spend a lot of time -LSB-...]

The LA real estate developer and author of Family By Choice: Platonic Partnered Parenting, realized when she was 18 that she didn't want to spend a lot of time looking for a soul mate; she just wanted to have a kid.

But crucially, the authors found that in all the fathers, it was time spent on direct childcare that led to this adaptation.

Strengthen your baby's immune system and you'll spend less time fighting illnesses as he grows, says Dr. William Sears, author of 32 books on child care.

«This paradox may be accounted for by the fact that non-Hispanic white youth may spend more time in activities not captured well by accelerometry, such as swimming or bicycling,» said Donna Spruijt - Metz, Ph.D., associate professor at the University of Southern California's Keck School of Medicine and senior author.

«Babymoon» is a term coined by British author and childbirth educator Sheila Kitzinger to refer to the period of time that parents spend bonding with the newborn baby.

It spends way more time on why students fail, but the worst part is the author's final conclusion: we need better government programs.

«If you told me that you were spending all of your time at work I would say to you, «Your life is woefully imbalanced,»» author Samantha Ettus said today on «Good Morning America.»

Kids spend far too much time in «buckets,» says Bright From the Start author Jill Stamm.

We've spent a ton of time talking to Dr. Harvey Karp, pediatrician and author of The Happiest Baby on the Block, about sleep safety.

Choosing a toddler toilet seat isn't something most of us spend much time on, but according to Elizabeth Pantley, author of «The No - Cry Potty Training Solution,» it's a crucial aspect of the toilet training process — and not just for the physical reasons.

It's worth spending a bit of time now to gather what overnight guests, such as your mother or your best friend, will need when they stay, says Laura Dellutri, author of Speed Cleaning 101.

The authors speculate that the stronger association in the young reflects the probability that young children spend more time outdoors and their immature lungs are more vulnerable to air pollution.

The authors speculate that the stronger association is a result of asthma typically developing at younger ages and that young children are more likely to spend time outdoors and be harmed by air pollution.

«As a research community, we spend a lot of time searching for good resources and trying to link them together,» said TSRI Research Associate Tim Putman, who was first author of one of the studies.

Authors speculate that perceiving more goal conflict could also have other behavioral consequences, that marketers should take into account: consumers may spend less time in - store on shopping trips or may utilize online shopping outlets at a greater degree.

As well as the core tasks of overseeing copyediting, proofreading, and putting issues together, a great deal of my time is spent communicating with authors, freelancers, typesetters, printers, academic editors, and internal colleagues: answering their queries, dealing with any problems that arise, supplying feedback, reporting on progress.

For direct evidence of endurance hunting, Bramble and Lieberman point to the observations of Louis Liebenberg, author of The Art of Tracking: The Origin of Science, who has spent time on the traditional hunts of the Bushmen hunter - gatherers in the central Kalahari Desert in Botswana.

Some species may spend less time in southern waters off California, where anchovy and sardines have been less prevalent in recent years, and more of the year off the Northwest, the authors suggest.

The authors caution that the findings rely on self - reported data and employees may not have correctly estimated the 73.0 % of time they reported to spend sitting during working hours and that the study did not assess pre-existing health conditions that could influence desired sitting time which would need to be addressed in future studies.

«It's not surprising that men who post a lot of selfies and spend more time editing them are more narcissistic, but this is the first time it has actually been confirmed in a study,» said Jesse Fox, lead author of the study and assistant professor of communication at The Ohio State University.

«The wait often means spending time in some of the most polluted locations in cities, close to intersections where cars, trucks and buses are continually stopping and accelerating, spewing out high concentrations of noxious exhaust,» said senior author Suzanne Paulson, UCLA professor of atmospheric sciences.

For example, in a study of fifth - graders published in Applied Cognitive Psychology in 2011, lead author Hailey Sobel of McGill University reported that students who learned definitions of vocabulary words on a spaced - out schedule remembered three times as many definitions as students who spent the same amount of time learning the material in a single session.