You'll be pleasantly surprised at just how quickly you'll
find good people who want to help.
Not exact matches
The
best IT staffers, she
found, were the ones
who were able to field the calls that start with «I don't know anything about technology,» offer reassurance and empathy, and then walk
people through the learning process — the ones, in other words,
who offer the users some empowerment.
Research from Harvard Business School's assistant professor and Hellman Faculty Fellow Alison Wood Brooks
found that
people who ask questions become
better managers and land
better jobs.
JM: I think it'll be an opportunity in the future for
people who are more serious about
finding someone, especially someone with specific attributes to use Hinge in a more targeted way, either by indicating that they like certain
people, or just being able to filter
better, like for sure I only want to match with Christian
people.
Individualism works
well for young
people,
who are often unattached and working on
finding themselves — adolescence and young adulthood are inherently self - focused life stages.
A
person who doesn't take the time to respond to a potential associate may have already
found work with a competitor or is someone
who might not take the time to do a
good job, either.
I also recommend
finding out if there are
people with whom you can partner
who have a certain level of expertise to do the things that you're not necessarily the
best at or don't particularly enjoy.
Researchers
found that
people who are regularly bombarded with several streams of electronic information can not pay attention, recall information or switch from one job to another as
well as those
who...
Ultimately you have to
find people who can pull their own weight and work for the greater
good.
I have overcome it by being lucky enough to
find a few
good people who believe in me to the point where they will do anything to ensure the company's success.
I told her there should be a
better place to look
people up, to
find out
who they are based on the
people who already interact with them.
A study in the Journal of Health Psychology
found that
people who exercised felt
better about their bodies even when they saw no physical changes:
«
Find the
people who are the
best at what they do, call them, compliment them, and ask if you can pick their brain.
«The psychologists Ken Sheldon and Tim Kasser have
found that
people who are mentally healthy and happy have a higher degree of «vertical coherence» among their goals — that is, higher - level (long - term) goals and lower - level (immediate) goals all fit together
well so that pursuing one's short - term goals advances the pursuit of long - term goals».
Announcing your goals publicly is a tried - and - true way of dissuading yourself from weaseling out of them; one study
found people who talked about their weight loss efforts on Twitter fared
better than those
who didn't.
Susan Cain, TED speaker and author of Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking, cites research conducted by Adam Grant at the Wharton School
who found that introverted leaders often get
better results, compared with extroverts, because the latter can unwittingly squelch creativity by not giving up the reins and letting
people run with their own ideas.
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A 2010 study by professors from Insead, the Kellogg School of Management, and Tel Aviv University
found that
people who have spent extended time abroad tend to be
better, more creative problem solvers.
Uneven splits are more common among adults born after 1960, the study
found, as
well as among
people who are divorced or whose spouse has died.
Obviously, you need to
find people you work
well with, but a «yes man» can only provide a boost to your ego whereas those
who question and challenge you will help boost the quality of your product.
«I would look to
find the smartest, most open - minded
person,
who is able to say, you know what, where there's a liberal interpretation that's
better suited for what's going on, fine,» Cuban said.
Another
found that
people who showed anger during mock job interviews were offered
better positions with higher pay.
Seligman and colleagues
found that
people who used the three
good things exercise felt happier and less depressed for six months.
«I've done this before, you're not a
good fit, you don't like it, here is a list of ten
people who have called in the last two weeks other
people in the company, go call them and
find yourself a new job.»
«
People all over the world quickly rushed to their social media accounts to
find the
best avenues to donate to victims, but these same avenues are ideal for scammers
who try to convince victims to donate to their fraudulent Hurricane Harvey cause.»
This lets you focus on
finding the
best people for the job, with relevant experience,
who are motivated to invest time in your company.
It's also a
good time to think about American history — namely, the
people who made the decision to break away from the Mother Country and
found a new system.
In a recent TED talk, for example, American health guru Ron Gutman, founder of the Wellsphere blog network and the HealthTap site, pointed to studies of old pictures — ranging from yearbook headshots to mugs on baseball cards — that
found people who smiled in youthful photos turned out to live
better and longer lives than folks
who didn't.
University - run entrepreneurship centers can help you
find like - minded
people with whom you can discuss your visions, as
well as business advisers and alumni
who can offer guidance to make them a reality, says Starr Marcello, director and chief operating officer of the University of Chicago's Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation.
The
best path to steady employment is
finding something you love and working really, really hard at it, so that when somebody
who is paying needs a plumber, violinist, programmer, songwriter, videographer, or accountant, you're on the short list of
people being called.
Research conducted at the University of California, Davis,
found that
people who worked daily to cultivate an attitude of gratitude experienced improved mood, energy, and physical
well - being.
If your business is casual and fun, you'll need
people who are attracted to that type of environment, and your time will be
best spent if you
find these
people from the very beginning.
It's
finding good companies to invest in,» says Vivek Wadhwa, a former tech entrepreneur and Duke University engineering professor
who helped create Chile's program after being tapped as an adviser by
people he knew in the government.
«If one
person has the capacity to defer, and one
person better have the capacity to defer, someone's got to do that,» says Mario Del Pero,
who founded the fast - casual restaurant chain Mendocino Farms in 2005 with his wife, Ellen Chen.
A recent «
Finding Your Team» social mixer drew 250
people from different Stanford programs,
who discuss what they're working on and, if all goes
well, get together to form startup teams, Zenios says.
If you're an entrepreneur struggling to
find people who understand the chaos of life at an early - stage company, it's
well worth a read in full.
A study conducted at the University of California, San Francisco,
found a presence of cancer - causing chemicals in e-cigarette users as
well as
people who smoked traditional cigarettes.
And I
found here was this young
person who had a tremendously
good sense of how to deal with the press and see around corners.
But many have
found it's
best to wait a short time before making the purchase, both for a hassle - free purchase process and to make sure most of the bugs have been worked out for the
people who dive right in.
Neither did Uber primarily target nonconsumers —
people who found the existing alternatives so expensive or inconvenient that they took public transit or drove themselves instead: Uber was launched in San Francisco (a
well - served taxi market), and Uber's customers were generally
people already in the habit of hiring rides.
«
Find other
people who can do a
good job and take responsibility for each unique part,» advises Kalin,
who has gotten requests to set up an office assembly line to help crafters with their work.
So how do you
find people who are exceptionally talented and a
good fit?
Many boards
find it vital to reconsider the
people who sit on their nominating and governance committees in order to facilitate director exits and
find the
best candidates.
The
best way to change your life is to
find people who've already achieved what you want and then model their behavior.
Researchers (PDF) have consistently
found that older
people who volunteer experience improved health, increased physical functioning,
better cognitive ability, lower rates of depression and longer lives.
Multiple studies suggest that chewing gum helps you feel more alert — one study even
found that
people who chewed gum performed
better on an intelligence test than
people who didn't.
About 80 % of the
people who retired and then
found new jobs say they like their current careers
better than their old ones.
If your mission stands out, you are more likely to be able to hire
people who understand and share your goal; to
find managers and executives
who are
good leaders and understanding employers; to together agree on a core set of company values that strike a chord with everyone on your team.
While
people have associated social networking with meeting new friends and
finding job opportunities, you can also connect with
people who can change you for the
better.
Routines are a sign of
people who have goals and have
found the
best way — for them — to actually accomplish their goals.