Sentences with phrase «focused minds as»

I was somewhat concerned that the Government's amendment gave too much wriggle room to returning officers - but the measure was passed into law last week, and it clearly focused minds as over 100 more returning officers have informed the Electoral Commission in the last week that they will indeed be counting on General Election Night.

Its puzzles are elegant but untaxing, usually limited to «go over there and shout at that statue», existing mostly to focus your mind as you progress through the game.

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But if that's not enough to convince you that soft and fuzzy abilities are as important as concrete competencies, then a new study out of Germany might just change the mind of even the most bottom - line focused business person.

It also helps focus everyone's minds on the work, instead of interpersonal issues as a result of opacity (e.g., «Why wasn't I invited to the meeting?!»).

But a shift in corporate culture in the 1990s that led to a single - minded focus on profitability and shareholder return actually proved counterproductive for Boeing, as it quickly lost ground to Airbus.

As science suggests, those memories are bound to make you happier than you expect, but Rubin also notes that «we tend to write down the happier things,» which also focuses the mind on the positive aspects of life, boosting joy with very little effort.

Researchers speculate that the breathing exercises that go along with yoga help to focus your mind and reduce stress, which might help you retain more information as well.

With that in mind, I want to focus on the SWOT analysis — evaluating strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats — as one good way to start thinking strategically.

«Trey Gowdy is as dogged, focused, and serious - minded as they come,» Boehner said in a statement.

Former Harvard president Larry Summers called the program «the single most misdirected philanthropy in this decade,» according to TechCrunch, while Slate Group chairman Jacob Weisberg wrote in Newsweek, «Thiel fellows will have the opportunity to emulate their sponsor by halting their intellectual development around the onset of adulthood, maintaining a narrow - minded focus on getting rich as young as possible and thereby avoid the siren lure of helping others or pursuing knowledge for its own sake.»

But a growing body of research suggests that a meal plan focusing on vegetables, protein, and healthy fats has key benefits for losing weight, keeping the mind sharp, and protecting the heart and brain as you age.

Furthermore, we found that in people who intentionally mind wander, two main brain networks broadly overlap each other: the default - mode network, which is active when focusing on information from memory, and the fronto - parietal network, which stabilizes our focus and inhibits irrelevant stimuli as part of our cognitive control system.»

Canada's prime minister, Justin Trudeau, told the World Economic Forum in Davos last week that Silicon Valley looks to the University of Waterloo «as a great source of brilliant minds and brilliant ideas» in large part due to its focus on entrepreneurship and the work of Velocity, North America's largest free startup incubator.

[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?

We believe the brightest young minds should be focused on the biggest challenges and we believe in breaking down as many barriers are possible to make that happen as quickly as possible.»

Persistence in the face of adversity, single - minded focus as well as vision seems to be a charateristic of those that actually graduate from their bedrooms and garages.

A big part of what has made Amazon's story as a company so captivating to investors is the single - minded focus of Jeffrey P. Bezos, the company's founder and chief executive, on making big long - term investments.

Keep in mind that we have omitted the exchanges with a focus on a single country (such as BitHumb that focuses solely on South Korea) even if they had a high trading volume.

For Butter & Bake, Felicia says that, «we accept like - minded small producers and have a preference for bakery businesses, as that's our focus.»

While we remain focused on long - term business fundamentals as we evaluate potential investments, we don't mind taking advantage of higher volatility to increase exposure to high - quality businesses at more attractive prices.

GFI's science and technology department is involved in the development and promotion of the science of plant - based cultured meat, dairy, and egg technologies.33 They are currently focused on core foundational work — making connections with organizations and writing white papers and «mind maps» — and as such they do not yet have a significant track record.34 They have produced Technological Readiness Assessments — documents detailing the current state of technology, and evaluating where more research is needed.35 All the research GFI does is published, so that the industry as a whole can benefit.36 One of their biggest successes over the last year are the presentations that Senior Scientist Liz Specht gave to various venture capitalist firms.

Bear in mind it's an annual happening - in fact we featured GEW last year too, when it had as its focus the key collaborative theme of «pass it on».

That's why their minds are focused on what real and important to them as they approach death, instead of some imaginary sky daddy that their subconscious never really bought into.

Just as an anchor plunges deep to the ocean floor to secure a ship, the scriptures pull people's minds deep into the core of their being to experience focused prayer.

A public theology is thus focused on what is truly holy as a life - and - death - orienting question that links mind and heart, personal life style and community - building.

All this focus on my stride and running style is as good for mind as for my body, which causes a few more miles to pass almost unnoticed.

It involves stilling the mind by focusing on a simple word or phrase that is repeated with every breath, such as «maranatha», «love», or — Shaun's preferred focus — the Jesus prayer: «Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me, a sinner.»

In his sermons, Newman sets forth a paradox of Christian affections: If you focus on your own feelings and state of mind as if they were «the main business of religion,» you will never develop them rightly.

As you see it is not a form, not a place, not an action, but rather is is a mind focus stemming from believing in Jesus and knowing God.

In his Confessions Augustine redirected reason inward in a fateful focus upon the content and structure of his own mind and soul, as he now experienced them — illumined by grace.

you really have to dig thru some sh-t to get to the gems, modern christians who claim the founding fathers on their side should keep this in mind, these men where largely liberal intellectuals with a practical bent and where not the judeo / christian zealots that some try and make them out to be, jeffersons take on jesus is wonderful and it is useful in the modern world where we really need to focus more on the lessons of jesus than THE RULES in the entire bible, as jesus said ABOVE ALL ELSE love neighbor as yourself, jefferson had a great mind and his approach to spiritual matters like this is great

Whereas the Greek poets and artists freed the Greek mind to enjoy the forms of the world as they were, the original Hebrew achievement determined that Yahweh, in his relation to Israel, must be the focus of concern of the whole people.

Neville there were times when dominionism worked for Israel which were the exceptions rather than the rule but generally it did nt sadly because of the wickedness of peoples hearts.Power tends to corrupt people ie in the case of nebbucanezzar especially when they succeed.Like you i think Gods people have more impact by just letting Christ work through them could be me but i find politics tends to involve power money and compromise.Regardless of what political state we find ourselves Gods sovereign and his will be done on earth as it is in heaven.My focus is real simple just follow Jesus with all my heart mind soul and strength and love others as myself and that is just following Jesus daily and trusting him in everything.regards brentnz

In reviewing how her mind has changed from a Barthian position in the 1950's through the feminist and liberation theology emphases to a more wholistic and cosmic focus, Sallie McFague has experienced a deconstruction of the central symbol of God as patriarchal, hierarchical and militaristic, and a reconstruction of God as creator and sustainer of everything in his universe.

My experience is that the moment we work for an employer or contract to do something we made a commitment and we need to focus to keep our promise to the man that pay us... it is very difficult to keep your mind on heavenly things as commanded in Col 3:2.

Instead, what set him apart was his «his single - minded focus on tawhid and drive as a radical activist to implement his credo through his role as guide to an expansionist Saudi state.»

What this means for the study of religion is that we can no longer legitimately isolate it as a peculiar expression of the human mind or focus on it as though psychology and the social sciences, or even theology, were the privileged roads to a contemporary understanding of it.

Rather than speculate about what lies ahead, however, I would prefer to focus now on my perceptions of my context and my work, as these have been influenced by my change of mind.

Because of this Januslike feature, brain focuses the meaning of mind even as mind enlarges the significance of brain.

As a fellow «head - banger», I confess that seeking to know God as the primary focus allows us to submit to His process of transforming us by the renewing of our mindAs a fellow «head - banger», I confess that seeking to know God as the primary focus allows us to submit to His process of transforming us by the renewing of our mindas the primary focus allows us to submit to His process of transforming us by the renewing of our minds.

At first I would have said no - but worship isn't about the space it is «the hearts affection and the mind's attention» as Jordan Fowler says - so I can worship anywhere, anytime, anyplace - as long as I am right with God and my focus is directed toward God the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.

The importance of this presentation is that God creates the world out of love and keeps it in being as an act of love, and that this creative act is, as it were, focussed through Christ as the very mind of God, the Logos, as described in the Gospel of John and as foreshadowed in Wisdom literature in the Old Testament.

As more parents express concerns about the consumerist and hedonistic youth culture that their children are exposed to in mass media, they naturally favor schools that filter out its worst elements and focus young minds on worthier things.

In the first two cases the subject matter on which one focuses contemplatively tends to be treated intellectualistically as the mind's guide to the contemplation of the structure that makes reality a harmonious whole.

It is not quite the same thing as concentration, which suggests an intense focusing of the mind in order to see or hear something accurately.

As a people, we get so focused on one facet of an issue that we fail to really wrap our minds around the whole concept.

Through nutrition, yoga and meditation, it focuses on treating the individual as a whole rather than a specific issue or disease, so that you can achieve balance and good health, not only in your physical body, but also in your mind and spirit.

She has been lauded by former President Barack Obama as an outstanding businesswoman, and has built a company with mission in mind focused on sustainable farming practices and innovative solutions for a healthier planet.

The search for healthier and more exciting alternatives to microwave pre-packaged meals might be over, as future - focused 3D printed food claims to be exactly what healthy - minded eaters have been looking for.

His research focused on what foods we should eat to keep our minds sharp and functioning as we grow older.