Sentences with phrase «avoid natural tendency»

Putting that money into savings first avoids this natural tendency.

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Economists tell us that quitting is actually often the smart move and that while humans have a natural tendency to avoid losing sunk costs (otherwise known «throwing good money after bad»), cutting your losses is frequently the better course of action.

«Biblical natural law,» he argues, «avoids the self - cleaving tendency in anthropocentric natural - law doctrine and instead recognizes human fulfillment as achieved through imitation of the divine ecstasis.»

My natural tendency would be to avoid anything that could be construed as being a «gimmick».

Parents are urged to develop an atmosphere of mutual respect; to communicate on levels of fun and recreation as well as on discipline and advice; to allow a child to learn «through natural consequences» — that is, by experiencing what happens when he dawdles in the morning and is permitted to experience the unpleasantness and embarrassment of being late to school; to encourage the child and spend time with him playing and learning (positively) rather than spending time lecturing and disciplining (negatively), since the child who is misbehaving is often merely craving attention and if he gets it in pleasant, constructive ways, he will not demand it in antisocial ways; to avoid trying to put the child in a mold of what the parent thinks he should do and be, or what other people think he should do and be, rather than what his natural gifts and tendencies indicate; to take time to train the child in basic skills — to bake a cake, pound a nail, sketch or write or play a melody — including those things the parents know and do well and are interested in.

I am certain I practiced for years in the manner which you described: emphasizing my natural tendencies towards high levels of activity, and avoiding slower more restorative and grounding work.

By exploring concepts such as relativity (our tendency to value items by comparing them to similar items), pre-paying for activities and products such as subscriptions (in order to avoid the pain of paying), and loss aversion (our strong desire to avoid losing at all costs), Ariely details our brain's natural aversion to making wise financial decisions.

«To be a successful investor you have to be able to avoid some natural human tendencies to follow the herd.

Since a cat's natural tendency is to avoid food it does not know (because it might be poisonous), then it is not surprising that there is a high resistance and even refusal factor!

This will help your housebreaking program, since your puppy has a natural tendency to want to avoid soiling his sleeping area.

One reason that dogs can be housebroken is that they have a natural tendency to avoid soiling their living areas.

So although the natural tendency is to avoid networking, it is a mistake and one that could cost you dearly.

As salespeople we have a natural tendency to try to avoid discord and conflict.