I consider
my close friends my family.
Not exact matches
The Harvard Study of Adult Development also found that
close relationships to
family, spouses and
friends was a major mood booster.
I had started keeping a personal blog (on Blogger) about
family life just for my
friends and
family, and I realized how hard it was to get even my
closest family members to remember to visit there to see updated photos of the kids.
I have seen two multimillion - dollar deals come very
close to falling through because a 1 percent owner — an early
friends and
family investor — didn't like the terms and refused to agree.
Our
closest family friend was killed in a car accident.
His studies found a direct correlation between more time spent online and feelings of loneliness, where more time offline with
family and
close friends in face - to - face meetings correlated with feelings of safety, security and improved mental function.
I'm in a town basically on my own without any
family or any
close friends I can really connect with.
MCI's telemarketers could now begin sales calls by saying «I'm calling on behalf of your
friends and
family», giving them three times the
close rate as cold calls.
Hopefully, your
close friends and
family, especially your significant other, will back you up on your decision to take this leap.
Landgraf, chief executive officer of FX Networks, speaks to Murphy several times a week, the people said, while Walden, the co-head of Fox's TV studio and broadcast network, is a
close family friend.
«It's your
closest friends and
family,» she says, noting that the average «big» wedding at Sandals resorts is only about 52 people.
For example, reaching out to strangers on Twitter is more socially acceptable than it is on Facebook, since most people try to restrict their Facebook visibility to
close friends and
family.
Seventy - one percent said that they derive a sense of self - worth from
family and
close friends as opposed to their jobs.
After working with some of my peers for (almost) 11 years, they have become
close friends and even
family.»
They may live far away from
family members or have few
close friends because they are not involved in church or community organizations where most friendships are developed.
«Beginning in November 2014 and continuing until his arrest in March 2016, CASPERSEN engaged in a Ponzi - like scheme to defraud investors, including his
close friends,
family members, and college classmates, by falsely claiming that their funds would be used to make secured loans to private equity firms and would thereby earn an annual rate of return of 15 to 20 percent.
INSIDER's sources deny there's any resulting friction between the two after Shepherd left the company and pointed out that Shepherd was at Kardashian West's intimate dinner party for her 37th birthday on October 27, which was only attended by about 20
close friends and
family.
Give the T - shirts and hats to your
closest family and
friends with one request — if they're headed out to the ball field, mall, restaurant or other populated location, wear the shirt or hat.
If you want to be
closer to
family or
friends and the only thing holding you back is the thought of moving, move.
Sometimes months or even years may go by without your realizing that you haven't kept up with
close friends and
family.
Some of my
closest friends have come from book clubs, church groups, and standing
family dinners.
My
family and
close friends would certainly make up a large piece of it, but I hope it would also include my mentors and mentees, team colleagues, fellow board members and even strangers who were touched by my articles or speeches, shared a cross-country plane ride conversation with me or somehow crossed paths with me along the way.
Find a
family member,
close friend or loved one that you trust, and be honest with how you feel.
One person could report having one
close friend or
family member and be just as happy as someone who reports having five or 10, Campbell said.
The
family's
closest neighbors were a mile and a half away, and, apart from a younger brother, Frind had few
friends.
So prepare by building your presentation, then try it out on
friends,
family and
close colleagues.
Before you invite a client or colleague over for dinner, first practice making a meal for
close friends or
family members.
Mirroring is most common within
close groups of
friends and
family, implying a certain level of understood comfort with each other — which makes it a great potential sales tactic for establishing a
closer connection with your prospect (if you can pull it off well).
He was also shocked by how
closed off his
family and
friends seemed compared to the adventurous attitude he and many nomads must develop.
«After Jordan's two brothers, Vidal and Kevon, along with their two
friends, were forced to experience this tragedy up
close as occupants of the car, they were immediately treated as common criminals by other officers; manhandled, intimidated and arrested, while their brother lay dying in the front seat,» a statement released by the Edwards
family said.
The new features will enable users to choose to see streams of content that may feature nothing but photos or posts from their
closest friends,
family members or favourite businesses.
I was more responsive to comments on Instagram than to my own
closest friends and
family.
A
close friend of the couple's told Vogue that «
Family is very important to Jeff, and he absolutely relies on her to create that stable home life.
Some employers favor
family members and
close friends above others who may be more qualified, or may choose an employee with a more docile personality over one who is more qualified but has a feistier disposition.
For seed level funding, I feel it is fine to approach
close friends and
family, as long as you are willing to invest cash yourself.
Close friends and
family members may be able to provide seed money or co-sign an application.
But I recommend only
close friends and
family and stay clear of the fools.
It is the idea that as we reach beyond our
closest friends and
families, we have «weak» but vitally important ties that connect us to other people and their networks and the important information and opportunities that those networks hold.
In many cases, your
close friends and
family members are your biggest fans and most loyal customers anyway.
Of course there will be some emotions involved with asking a
close family friend or a relative, but it could be even more important to demonstrate that you are serious and committed about your business, have a thoughtful business plan, and know exactly how you plan to use their investment to grow your business.
For his birthday Friday, Redstone requested a small celebration at home with
family and a few
close friends, including three of his grandchildren and two great - grandchildren.
Among these Panama - routed early Trump funds were those of Haitian dictator «Baby Doc» Duvalier, who famously acquired a foothold in Trump Tower in 1983, the year it opened, when his very
close friend and
family decorator purchased a unit.
Just like a
close friend or
family member, this type of content conveys that the brand is here to make consumers» lives easier, especially during such a momentous occasion.
Thus, the computer - generated scores can be more accurate than even the knowledge of very
close friends and
family members,» it adds.
BSO turned the weapons over to an unidentified «
close family friend.»
«I'm really looking forward to not just capturing a photo of her first steps, but trying to capture that moment and be able to share that with her
family and all our other
close friends, and have that ability to be there and feel it and see what it's like not just in a photo or video,» he said at the time.
Start with the obvious —
family and
close friends.
The good news is that first - time home buyers can obtain down payment funds from a third - party, such as a
family member or
close friend.
Initially, they were making the dog treats for
family members and
close friends.
Depending on the type of mortgage you use, the down payment funds could be provided by a third party such as a
family member, a
close friend, an employer, etc..