Sentences with phrase «doing favors»

Nor do I think RA is doing itself any favors by putting its seal on crappy - tasting supermarket coffees, especially when it is highly likely to be the first or only RA - certified coffee consumers will encounter.

And the photos of the coffee up there remind me that, while it's really not doing me any favors, and I indulge in way too much of it, I can still drink coffee.

My agent and I quickly learned that this title was not doing us any favors, that the word «submission» had a special way of triggering rather heated responses in publishing house board rooms across the country.

Is your friendship based solely on you doing favors for them or vice versa?

Ronald... you are not doing any favors for «Romney / Ryan 2012» by saying something ignorant and then stating your support for them In fact, I think you are motivating the swing voters more than anyone else — no educated person would honestly say they agree with your statements or opinions.

If any do, your behavior is not doing them any favors.

I also don't think we're doing ourselves any favors in the culture by being so rigid on nonessential issues.

It involves opening our homes, giving liberally, meeting needs, sharing our things, doing favors, making sacrifices, listening, helping, cooking, cleaning, praying, hugging, and maybe even saying «yes» when we don't really want to.

They are doing themselves no favors, but hey, if ya got ta believe...

You aren't doing yourself any favors by having a portfolio dominated by «safe» investments like cash, government bonds and CDs.

Investors want to take as many shares as they can for the amount of money they invest, but if you give them too much equity, you won't be doing yourself any favors.

He says the company's efforts aren't doing it any favors.

Ingratiation is defined as the use of certain positive behaviors such as flattery, doing favors or conforming to another's opinions to get someone else to like you.

This toolset also tells you if the Flash you use is appropriate, if you have render - blocking scripts on your site that need nixing or changing, if your JavaScript is «healthy,» if your web host is doing you any favors (or not), if browser caching could speed up your website, and if you can compress site images for better display.

But if you still send them the same message, you're not doing yourself any favors.

He told me I looked unconfident and it was doing me no favors.

You're not doing yourself any favors when you hit that snooze button and drift back to sleep.

When talking about doing favors, Natalie Zfat set a great example for parameters in her article «How To Master Networking» by saying that if something takes less than five minutes and doesn't jeopardize any of your client relationships, do it.

You're doing them a favor, which spreads quickly through word - of - mouth.

As Cialdini writes, «A well - known principle of human behavior says that when we ask someone to do us a favor we will be more successful if we provide a reason.

Condescension and gimmicks won't do you any favors with this group.

Our critics are actually doing us a favor by increasing our resilience to attack.

Rather he or or she is intent on doing you a favor and believes extreme success happens to other types of people and doesn't want to see you fail and be miserable.

All the blame of «Daredevil» and «Elektra» may not have rested on Garner's shoulders, but her girl - next - door portrayal didn't do her any favors.

One thing to know: Kirk Cousins remains one of the most intriguing potential free agents for the coming year, and Washington has done itself no favors in keeping its most marketable star.

«Today, customers feel thankful for getting a loan, as if the lender had done them a favor.

The one caveat is that the external hard drive has to be of the USB 3.0 variety — any hard drive you buy in 2017 should be compliant with this, but do yourself a favor and check the box or ask a sales associate if you're unsure.

If someone else wants to embed your graphic and blog about it, you need to do them the favor of providing an easy embed code.

With this in mind, if anyone you love is on the precipice of joining a professional sports league, do them a favor and find their bad tweets before someone else does.

It seems like a small task, but you'll reduce pain at tax time and you'll be doing yourself a favor by getting a holistic view of all of your finances.

It might sound like a rationalization, but it is quite likely that you're doing a favor to this employee if you make that decision that you've been putting off, and let them go.

But if you find yourself heading to Costco to stock up on huge amounts of paper napkins, meat for the grill, etc., do yourself a favor and grab a hot dog on the way out.

«At this point, the odds do favor a pullback.

So, if you think you don't have time for breakfast, do yourself a favor and adjust your thinking.

Gossiping openly about how you deserve a better title isn't going to do you any favors, so learn to show, not tell.

We do them no favors when they don't see the thousands of hours of hard work that goes into the things they love.

Do yourself a favor and keep the Joy - Con detached, or shell out $ 70 for a Pro controller (a genuinely traditional - style game pad, along the lines of the PlayStation 4 controller).

If you do, you may not be doing them a favor.

He tried to do a favor for taxi medallion owners a favor at consumers» expense by capping the number of Uber vehicles that could operate in the city.

Before you dive into it and read how it all works, can you do me a favor?

Work might not always be much fun, but if you're becoming anxious, unhappy or stressed out just from thinking about work,, then do yourself a favor and get out while you can.

What kind of word count do they favor?

Just because someone agreed to connect with you doesn't mean they're ready to do you any favors.

Do yourself a favor, and read Carol Dweck's revolutionary book «Mindset.»

After all, they're doing you a favor, right?

Often the best way to follow up a high - value person doing you a favor is to ask another favor (after thanking them).

Brands and retailers can do themselves a favor by finding vendors that can provide the «how» in proximity marketing with a simple, reliable technology platform for the delivery of content in location.

Just do yourself a favor and go in the spring or summer.

«You'll actually do yourself a favor, probably the organization you work for, probably your boss, too, by changing your mind, by reversing — by fixing what's broken.»

If your roommate is currently rocking a single, frayed cable, do them a favor and buy a couple of these longer ones.