Sentences with phrase «called reality check»

But there is hope, compliments of Jane Friedman, the WD article's author (I prefer to call it a reality check): «If your immediate thought upon reading this blog post headline was something like: I couldn't stop trying even if someone told me to give up, then you're much closer to publication than someone who is easily discouraged.

Not exact matches

CC, reality is calling, and saying that you need a check.

What has come out of all of these considerations is often called Christian political realism, a position that recognizes the limits of rationality, the fact of finiteness and sin, and the reality of power that can not be wished away but which must be checked and used.

And of course there is the siren call of the smartphone — the ever - present temptation to check out of our physical surroundings whenever we can not bear reality.

ACCC Chair Graeme Samuel «called for a reality check in the debate around food inflation and the dominance of two players in the grocery market, when he addressed the National Retail Forum in Melbourne today.»

Suppose your child starts complaining that her teacher doesn't explain assignments well; to get a valuable reality check, you can call up other families and find out if their children are experiencing the same problem.

So what I'm calling my Single Parent Reality Check, AKA Monday, went like this: I worked from home, picked the girls up after school, rushed them home, force - fed them a snack and supervised homework like a drill sergeant.

Someone needs to call for a PR campaign for babies and help parents have a reality check.

Clinton has tried to withstand the Sanders insurgency with political reality checks, calling herself a progressive who wants to make progress rather than make promises she knows are not likely to be realized in a divided Washington.

Katie Wilson, who spent the day in Cumberland Head, called the beginning of the process a «reality check.»

I call it the introspective reality check.

Yet today, Vogelstein often offers what he calls a «reality check» on such efforts.

We lift each other up, we push each other forward when the road gets tough, we cheer for each other when the dreams are becoming reality and we «check on each other» to always stay grounded and humble on our life's journey... Nobody is better than you and you're not better than others... Always remember that... Today you have it all, tomorrow you might loose everything, but the number of people who love you and got your back when you're up or down shall be your barometer to how well you're getting this thing called «life».

And check out this speech called «This is Water,» that shows how the most important realities are often the hardest to see.

Comments from some recent users of this book should help convince you to buy it: As an advocate of the What Works agenda, I think this book really is a wake - up call A fantastic insight into the potential for using documents in research Nails twenty years of research in twenty minutes Worth every dime Every student in my class has been told to buy this book... and it's easy to see why Shines a great big light on the power of documents in research Surely this is the best book in its field First class I kept referring to this book in my presentation last week and the audience was ecstatic Education research, usually has little effect on me... Until now... This book is formidable Crushes the concept that education research is rubbish... fantastic insight Blows you away with its power and simplicity Huge reality check, senior school managers at good schools tell the truth, other's don't, won't or can't, and their students suffer.

Positive comments from some recent users of this book include: Most schools are full of documents and data... Dr Slater is among the first to show how they can be used to compare what is said on paper and in interviews... The results will shock you... Dr Slater is a successful high school teacher and an award winning author... and here's why... Fantastic little book, punches well above its weight... Makes it seem so simple... the art of the genius... As an advocate of the What Works agenda, I think this book really is a wake - up call... A fantastic insight into the potential for using documents in research... Nails twenty years of research in twenty minutes... Worth every dime... Every student in my class (6th form) has been told to buy this book... and it's easy to see why... Shines a great big light on the power of documents in research... Surely this is the best book in its field... First class... I kept referring to this book in my presentation last week and the audience was ecstatic... Education research, usually has little effect on me... Until now... This book is formidable... Crushes the concept that education research is rubbish... fantastic insight... Blows you away with its power and simplicity... Huge reality check, senior school managers at good schools tell the truth, other's don't, won't or can't, and their students suffer.

As a nation — and as an audience for marketing — we have all had a pretty significant reality check recently, and for reasons that might be called sudden clarity, nothing seems quite so sane and timely, even sexy, as a five - seat, four - door sedan that gets 30 miles to the gallon and costs around $ 20,000.

If you don't believe me, check out that post from Lynn Viehl on Genreality; it's called «More on the Reality of a Times Bestseller».

For the unique problems faced by Christian authors like myself, please check out Reality Calling.

OK, my RRSP Reality check shows that by saving 150 $ / bi-wk i'll get close to 1million @ 65 yrs old and then be able to withdraw something around 37 000 $ / yr'til i'm 90 yrs old... and thats it if i don't want to jump MTR.What if i get to save all that money in TFSA and still get the 37 000 $ / yr and when i want to do something very special (or most likely out of my control like sickness) the money is there and i can just call my financial advisor and ask please withdrawal this much $ $ $, without thinking of taxe consequences.

[ii] These so - called «protections» are not effective: In reality, CRL's recent research of actual checking account activity found that bank payday borrowers are in debt for 175 days per year (twice as long as the maximum length of time the FDIC has advised is appropriate).

You should check out this new web - based animal reality show called Animal Movers.

In her opening remarks, Rachel Kyte, CEO of SEforALL, and Special Representative of the UN Secretary - General for Sustainable Energy for All, called on the Forum to use this latest data as a reality check of the challenge ahead.

Conservationist called the lack of action a «troubling sign» and a «reality check».

But this overlooks certain key facts about the nature of startups, and about legal services, that call for a reality check.

I would call it a kind of reality check.

«We live in a time where there's all this talk of reconciliation and it's improving relationships with First Nations and Indigenous peoples, and we haven't really made any strides forward... it's an extremely racist environment in our city and in our university, and it's a reality check and wake - up call for everyone.»

When buyers call me to say they want to buy a short sale or a foreclosure, I give them the reality check.