Sentences with phrase «for sticking at it»

Yes, I feel proud of myself for sticking at breastfeeding and planning to continue until my baby wants to stop but I can't help but worry about what people are going to say when they see me still feeding him at a year old.

As a player, Johnston has to be responsible for his stick at all times.

For those stuck at the beginning, we suggest topics and even offer a sample of research paper to guide on writing.

After all, your sense of objectivity would lead you to preach for no stick at all for everyone -LRB-?).

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If you can stick with it for at least 21 days, it's more likely to become a regular habit.

March 8, 2017: During a cybersecurity conference at Boston College, Comey says he plans to serve his entire 10 - year term, quipping, «You're stuck with me for another 6 1/2 years.»

To stick to his schedule as much as possible, I only spent five minutes socializing with my co-workers — then, with a longing look at the lunch table, I retreated to my desk for another five - minute block.

It seems to make sense — everyone has so many things to do (and is so stuck for time) that doing several things at once works.

The price will inevitably be a sticking point for many consumers, since it can be cheaper — at least over the short term — to hire human cleaners to do the vacuuming.

The U.S. national bobsled team is in Germany for World Cup Olympic trials — but their bobsleds are stuck in customs at Los Angeles International Airport.

You won't like them when they're angry at your website for being stuck in the 1990s.

Through the years he stuck with music, DJing at parties and clubs for extra cash.

That's because, as he explains in more detail on an October episode of his show, when you're stuck at your desk, «you're getting a lot of stimuli that you didn't ask for — like other people's conversations and phone calls.

You'd think that even in these crazy times of radical change most people would have learned to stick with what has worked for them — at least until it doesn't work any longer — and also to hang on to the advisors, the tools and the techniques that got them to where they are.

Malcolm Gladwell set off a mania for practice a few years ago with his book Outliers, in which he argued that to become truly excellent at any skill, you need 10,000 hours of deliberate practice — that's six hours a day, six days a week, over six years of simply sticking with it.

«The fact that they stuck with the three rate - hike forecast sends a signal that at this point they're not ready to adopt a potentially more aggressive stance that a number of people have been talking about for next year,» said Craig Bishop, lead strategist for U.S. fixed income at RBC Wealth Management.

But in an April statement he indicated that, for now at least, he's happy to follow Doyle's lead and stick to the cartel model.

Aimed at mid-career professionals, the book outlines a roadmap for anyone feeling stuck and looking to chase their dreams and find the life they always imagined.

The Federal Reserve's preferred measure of U.S. inflation, the core personal consumption expenditures index, is seen stuck at 1.6 % for the year to September, exactly where it has been since March.

I started to feel sorry for him; here he was at this cool conference and yet he was stuck in a chair guarding a door in a lonely hallway.

Whatever you choose, I recommend sticking to a schedule and committing to feeding your brain for at least 30 minutes a day without fail.

It's tradition for Branson to coop up at his home on Necker Island and stick it out through major hurricanes — he's done so three times throughout the past 30 years, and this record - breaking storm was no different.

His latest effort is aimed at the issue of youth unemployment, which is stuck at 12 percent for people 16 to 24 years of age.

Basically if you, as a programmer, spent time at Carnegie Mellon, MIT, Stanford, or Harvey Mudd College, you're viewed as a top candidate even if you didn't stick around for the diploma.

But in fact, Jeff Wald, co-founder of Work Market and one of the smartest people I've met on this subject, says the freelance share of the workforce has remained stuck at about 34 % for the last few years, and is likely to stay there for the indefinite future.

Additionally, it comes at a time when oil prices are on the rise, but stuck in a range that makes multibillion - dollar projects in new offshore areas unattractive for many drillers.

The Amazon Fire TV Stick was rated by six of the above sources (including us), for instance, so its total review score at this point in the process was divided by six.

Do what is right for you, and stick to realistic goals at first.

«If you just memorize a long list of words, it doesn't stick in your brain,» says Orlando Kelm, associate director of business language education at UT's Center for International Business Education and Research.

This could especially come into play at cash - strapped startups, where underpaid employees might be willing to stick around for the cause — as long as they can see the math behind it.

I can't directly compare the processors in both because Roku doesn't list the clock speed or number of cores for the Streaming Stick, but the startup has been pretty good at keeping up with the pace of technology with its hardware revisions.

Working at the same job for decades or staying in the same line of work for your entire career can get you stuck in a rut.

For example, numerous retailers rely on a partnership with third - party delivery service ShopRunner for two - day delivery — and a shot at competing with Amazon Prime; Starbucks sticks cafes in Barnes & Noble; convention bureaus in places like Vegas and Orlando try to conduct a symphony of airlines, airport authorities, hotels, restaurants, and local transport provideFor example, numerous retailers rely on a partnership with third - party delivery service ShopRunner for two - day delivery — and a shot at competing with Amazon Prime; Starbucks sticks cafes in Barnes & Noble; convention bureaus in places like Vegas and Orlando try to conduct a symphony of airlines, airport authorities, hotels, restaurants, and local transport providefor two - day delivery — and a shot at competing with Amazon Prime; Starbucks sticks cafes in Barnes & Noble; convention bureaus in places like Vegas and Orlando try to conduct a symphony of airlines, airport authorities, hotels, restaurants, and local transport providers.

If you have The Itch... to be your own boss, is there a way for you to stick around at your job for a bit and start a franchise business?

If you don't have a clue about who's in the game or the pool and what they're doing, the patsy at the party is most likely you (or it will be soon enough) and that's an unhappy and ultimately untenable situation that never ends well for the ones who end up with the short end of the stick.

The sticking point, though, is that combined RRSP and TFSA room isn't unlimited — it maxes out at about $ 37,000 a year for an individual making about $ 150,000.

After the worst week for the market in two years, CNBC's Jim Cramer stuck to his mission to keep investors» fears at bay.

Economic growth is stuck nearly in neutral with the gross domestic product growing at just shy of 2 percent for the last 15 years.

Not all of them let ACP in (and those who don't get samples in the mail), but those who do tend to stick around — most for at least five years.

Money can't buy the happiness of an intern who's stuck with wasteful busywork for months at a time.

It might be worth it to stick around at your current job for a few extra days or weeks so that you're eligible to purchase more stock.

«They wouldn't commit, and it was a sticking point,» said Max Bergmann, a former special assistant to the undersecretary of state for arms control and international security at the time those negotiations occurred.

At this point it seems they'd been stuck in the Moscow airport for several hours, waiting for any news about how or when they'd be getting home.

Recently, I've been following a simple rule that is helping me crush procrastination and is making it easier for me to stick to good habits at the same time.

As long as you're prepared ahead of time and stick to a few guidelines, live tweeting can be a great avenue for attracting new users or customers, or at the very least, increasing your social media following and social shares.

«People at the seed stage are investing in a bunch of «what ifs,» and they are hoping for a hockey - stick shaped growth curve,» says Chad Grier, 35, CEO of META Security Group in Cornelius, North Carolina.

But somewhere in the heat of battle, when there seemed little to lose, when doing whatever it took felt more heroic than sticking to your guns, for one unfortunate moment at the 11th hour, it made all the sense in the world to ask, «Is this a prime minister?»

Sadly, you're probably stuck with both, at least for now.

Finally, because chickens tend to stick close to home, a parent caring for his or her children at home can also tend the flock.

Having a bachelor's degree, albeit an expensive one, shows employers, investors or potential partners that you're mature enough to stick with something for at least four years, and could be headed somewhere positive.