Sentences with phrase «better than no outcome»

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Some markets are likely to fare better than others, but observers say countries with currencies linked to the dollar, like Saudi Arabia and other Gulf countries, have a lot riding on the outcome.

By December he could see the outcome was far better than he had expected.

In Geoff's experience, a focused team produces the best outcomes, and singular focus gives them the ability to respond to feedback more effectively than if team members have additional responsibilities outside the project.

But now that Obamacare is ensuring health care providers get paid for better outcomes rather than the number of visits a patient makes to the doctor, you can be sure hospitals will be using data to make sure they're delivering the best treatment they can.

«In the end for me it's less about the outcome than it is about whether I put in the best effort relative to our team's potential.»

When two heads are better than one: In a startup, when you're trying to come up with a breakthrough, creative idea or marketable product, it helps to be able to bounce ideas off of someone equally vested in a positive outcome.

If you give each new challenge your best effort, you'll experience positive outcomes more often than not.

Shareholders have a right to good governance, and that right doesn't depend on concerete outcomes, any more than a client's right to zealous legal representation does.

«The best outcomes under a Brexit are worse than remaining and the worst outcomes are very bad indeed.»

Product A could be way better than Product B, but if Product B has better onboarding, you're going to get to your desired outcome quicker with Product B.

Rather than selling VIA or using an ESOP, I was hoping I could achieve better outcomes for all by creating a different kind of employee - ownership model — the rare «perfect deal.»

By using the above three recommendations, you can make sure you're driving better outcomes rather than helping employees out the door.

«If we get to a place, we'll have to ask ourselves — is a negotiated settlement a better or worse outcome than if we litigate.

In fact, «more ambitious goals» — rather than more realistic goals — «are sometimes associated with better weight - loss outcomes,» the researchers write.

We all know that good feedback is essential to cultivating the behaviors and outcomes we want while correcting those we don't, but what makes some people more effective at feedback than others?

But action cures fear, and a decent or simply good outcome is always better than nothing.

21:09 — Andy explains how Wealthfront uses data from various sources, including connected accounts, to determine the best plan for each user and to provide better financial outcomes than a traditional planner could conceive.

But will it generally produce a better outcome than either avoiding the problem or doing something really stupid?

However, this outcome is consistent with the idea that the disinflationary forces in the economy are not quite as strong as previously expected, largely because the economy has performed better than previously expected.

Since the mid 2000s, the unemployment rate has averaged 5 1/4 per cent, a better outcome than in the previous three decades.

This is a much better outcome than was expected 12 months ago, when the IMF was forecasting growth of just 2 per cent.

Any outcome better than such a scenario and the sector will rally.

Clearly the better than expected outcome for the last fiscal year has carried forward into this year and next year allowing the government to make yesterday's announcements.

A good headline tells the prospect what your product will do for them — think outcome, rather than process.

Such risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to: our ability to achieve our financial, strategic and operational plans or initiatives; our ability to predict and manage medical costs and price effectively and develop and maintain good relationships with physicians, hospitals and other health care providers; the impact of modifications to our operations and processes; our ability to identify potential strategic acquisitions or transactions and realize the expected benefits of such transactions, including with respect to the Merger; the substantial level of government regulation over our business and the potential effects of new laws or regulations or changes in existing laws or regulations; the outcome of litigation, regulatory audits, investigations, actions and / or guaranty fund assessments; uncertainties surrounding participation in government - sponsored programs such as Medicare; the effectiveness and security of our information technology and other business systems; unfavorable industry, economic or political conditions, including foreign currency movements; acts of war, terrorism, natural disasters or pandemics; our ability to obtain shareholder or regulatory approvals required for the Merger or the requirement to accept conditions that could reduce the anticipated benefits of the Merger as a condition to obtaining regulatory approvals; a longer time than anticipated to consummate the proposed Merger; problems regarding the successful integration of the businesses of Express Scripts and Cigna; unexpected costs regarding the proposed Merger; diversion of management's attention from ongoing business operations and opportunities during the pendency of the Merger; potential litigation associated with the proposed Merger; the ability to retain key personnel; the availability of financing, including relating to the proposed Merger; effects on the businesses as a result of uncertainty surrounding the proposed Merger; as well as more specific risks and uncertainties discussed in our most recent report on Form 10 - K and subsequent reports on Forms 10 - Q and 8 - K available on the Investor Relations section of www.cigna.com as well as on Express Scripts» most recent report on Form 10 - K and subsequent reports on Forms 10 - Q and 8 - K available on the Investor Relations section of www.express-scripts.com.

Asked about these matters, Kevin Heine, a Bank of New York Mellon spokesman, said, «We believe an $ 8.5 billion bird - in - the - hand settlement with significant servicing improvements is a far better result for all investors than the likely outcome following years of costly litigation.»

Second, the final outcome for 2014 - 15 was considerably better than forecast in the April 2015 Budget and much of this better - than - better outcome has probably carried forward into the current fiscal year.

[01:10] Introduction [02:45] James welcomes Tony to the podcast [03:35] Tony's leap year birthday [04:15] Unshakeable delivers the specific facts you need to know [04:45] What James learned from Unshakeable [05:25] Most people panic when the stock market drops [05:45] Getting rid of your fear of investing [06:15] Last January was the worst opening, but it was a correction [06:45] You are losing money when you sell on corrections [06:55] Bear markets come every 5 years on average [07:10] The greatest opportunity for a millennial [07:40] Waiting for corrections to invest [08:05] Warren Buffet's advice for investors [08:55] If you miss the top 10 trading days a year... [09:25] Three different investor scenarios over a 20 year period [10:40] The best trading days come after the worst [11:45] Investing in the current world [12:05] What Clinton and Bush think of the current situation [12:45] The office is far bigger than the occupant [13:35] Information helps reduce fear [14:25] James's story of the billionaire upset over another's wealth [14:45] What money really is [15:05] The story of Adolphe Merkle [16:05] The story of Chuck Feeney [16:55] The importance of the right mindset [17:15] What fuels Tony [19:15] Find something you care about more than yourself [20:25] Make your mission to surround yourself with the right people [21:25] Suffering made Tony hungry for more [23:25] By feeding his mind, Tony found strength [24:15] Great ideas don't interrupt you, you have to pursue them [25:05] Never - ending hunger is what matters [25:25] Richard Branson is the epitome of hunger and drive [25:40] Hunger is the common denominator [26:30] What you can do starting right now [26:55] Success leaves clues [28:10] What it means to take massive action [28:30] Taking action commits you to following through [29:40] If you do nothing you'll learn nothing [30:20] There must be an emotional purpose behind what you're doing [30:40] How does Tony ignite creativity in his own life [32:00] «How is not as important as «why» [32:40] What and why unleash the psyche [33:25] Breaking the habit of focusing on «how» [35:50] Deep Practice [35:10] Your desired outcome will determine your action [36:00] The difference between «what» and «why» [37:00] Learning how to chunk and group [37:40] Don't mistake movement for achievement [38:30] Tony doesn't negotiate with his mind [39:30] Change your thoughts and change your biochemistry [40:00] The bad habit of being stressed [40:40] Beautiful and suffering states [41:50] The most important decision is to live in a beautiful state no matter what [42:40] Consciously decide to take yourself out of suffering [43:40] Focus on appreciation, joy and love [44:30] Step out of suffering and find the solution [45:00] Dealing with mercury poisoning [45:40] Tony's process for stepping out of suffering [46:10] Stop identifying with thoughts — they aren't yours [47:40] Trade your expectations for appreciation [50:00] The key to life — gratitude [51:40] What is freedom for you?

It is expected that most of the better - than - forecast outcome will carry forward in 2013 - 14 and beyond.

Top - ranked for both orthopedics and rheumatology for 26 consecutive years, HSS is an engine of research and innovation (112 inventions in 2016 alone), medical education (serving physicians in more than 150 countries) and better patient outcomes (Net Promoter Score of 92).

In our view, that can lead to a better outcome than simply following the crowd and selling indiscriminately during times of crisis.

If that is the case, some of the better - than - expected outcome will carry forward into 2015 - 16.

Second, it is expected that most of the better - than - expected outcome for 2012 - 13 will carry forward into 2013 - 14 and beyond.

The mechanisms that should have prevented this outcome have broken down, and as a result there's no longer much reason to think Bitcoin can actually be better than the existing financial system.

First, capping interest deductibility as a percentage of EBITDA for four years is a modestly better outcome for Credit than the Senate's earlier version of the cap.

If wage negotiations, for example, were to build in current low expected price increases — of the order of 2 to 3 per cent — that kind of behaviour would clearly produce better national outcomes than if larger increases (not backed by genuine productivity gains) were pursued and granted, only to be followed by a tightening of policy.

Over half of the better - than - expected outcome relative to the March 2016 Budget was attributable to the inclusion of a $ 6 billion Contingency Reserve, which was not required.

So far, the fiscal information does not suggest that the outcome for 2013 - 14 will be much better, if at all, than currently projected.

While not insignificant, such investments constitute a much better outcome than fully writing off their business, dealing with leasing issues, and managing all the other negative consequences of closing shop.

Jain elaborated on those successes in an article in the Journal of the American Medical Association last year, noting the efficiencies lead to better outcomes for patients, who can more reliably receive routine medical care and stay out of emergency rooms; doctors, who can more easily manage patients» chronic conditions; and cost - savings for the broader medical system, as managing chronic disease is substantially cheaper than repeated ER visits.

«When a stock is relatively expensive, it is much harder to assess whether other people have simply done a better job than me at assessing the probabilities of successful outcomes.

The monetary policy debate over whether rule - like behavior is preferable to pure discretion dates back at least to Henry Simons in 1936.1 More recently, in their Nobel Prize - winning work, Finn Kydland and Ed Prescott demonstrated that a credible commitment by policymakers to behave in a systematic rule - like manner leads to better outcomes than discretion.2 Since then, numerous papers using a variety of models have investigated the benefits of rule - like behavior in monetary policy and found that there are indeed significant benefits.

While these chapters are still being written, the outcome may very well be available to historians (and investors) much sooner than many are expecting.

They argue that discretion and horse sense will lead to better investing outcomes than rules and algorithms.

The better - than - expected outcome for 2016 - 17, along with the much stronger than expected economic growth for 2017, suggests that the deficit outcome for 2017 - 18 could be much lower than currently forecast at $ 28.5 billion.

But managing a terms of trade event of this size without either a major increase in inflation or a major crash in the economy would be a much better outcome than achieved in previous episodes.

She has also been a strong voice for cooperation among progressive parties rather than for continued competition that mainly serves the interests of the Right (yes, yes, I know the argument that having many choices on your ballot is supposed to be a good thing, but the outcomes of Alberta elections suggest that in fact for progressives, it's just the opposite).

But a period of more moderate growth would be a better outcome than either allowing inflation to go unchecked or expecting the major economies to do all the heavy lifting.

The United States has had legislation promoting business owners to adopt ESOPs for more than 30 years, and as a result, there is a robust movement of business including some of the country's largest private companies who wholeheartedly praise the model as leading to better business outcomes.

Again this is a better outcome than might have been expected.