Sentences with phrase «get out of the nest»

Keep in mind that a fake illness is one of the most common ways people get out of not just dates, but a lot of undesirable situations.

Not exact matches

While it's not mandatory you move out of the country with your young family to discover the best you, getting OK with the discomfort it brought was a good first step.

He added: «It doesn't seem to me that it's going to be a format that you're going to get a lot of substance, because the four minutes run out and you've got to move on.»

«That's not something that we had originally set out to do, but over time we got such an overwhelming amount of demand from larger companies,» says Josh Emig, WeWork's head of research.

Returns and refunds take the risk out of buying, because if you don't like the product it can be returned for free and you'll get your money back.

Commencement speeches aren't typically renowned for their riveting content or brevity, but, once in a while, hopeful graduates get a speaker who is not only entertaining but also drops wisdom like a grenade and brings hungover graduates out of their seats.

Where it starts getting hard is when you actually start testing some version of your idea, getting it in front of customers, and then finding out they're not willing to buy your product.

For us because timing isn't really of the essence, it's not because they're nearby right now, the question is how can we help facilitate people getting conversations going and moving offline after you just match, so I think that means some sort of follow up where you can continue to communicate with your matches almost en masse to say, «Hey i'm free this week» or «Hey check out this Instagram photo.»

«It's not about handouts; it's about empowering people to get out of poverty.»

Changes won't happen immediately, but savvy providers might try to get out ahead of the trend to avoid losing subscribers to services like Netflix.

Not the get home from work and slump in front of the tube for hours of mindless consumption kind of obsession (that's just numbing out).

«Just because you're terminating someone because they're not work authorized anymore doesn't mean you get out of your obligations as an employer,» says Siskind Susser's Greg Siskind.

Challenge yourself to meet people, not for what you can get out of it, but for what you can offer to them.

This is because they still think of geographic expansion as a costly «bricks and mortar» kind of roll - out process, and they just don't get the cloud and the fact that there are very modest costs to distributing almost anything digital today to everywhere in the world.

Read enough of these stories — as well as the avalanche of posts and articles out there urging you to up your productivity by getting up early — and you're bound to feel a little guilty if you're not naturally up and at»em at dawn.

As the NewsWhip blog points out, in addition to the focus on video, Facebook has made a number of tweaks to its news - feed algorithm that have also affected how media content appears and whether it gets engagement or not.

Keep in mind that getting the most work out of people doesn't necessarily you're getting their best work.

«On the ride home, we get a phone call from Paul Graham to inform us that he'd like to offer us a spot in the Y Combinator program, and we later found out that the reason wasn't because of our idea,» said Gebbia.

So what should you do if you're in need of an instant mood lift but can't get out of the office?

All in all, if you're looking for a way to get the most out of a win - win situation, the up - and - coming Janji doesn't require you to sacrifice quality in the name of philanthropic tendencies.

For example, if you buy a piece of machinery with a loan that was intended to fill a short - term need like employee payroll, then you risk being saddled with a loan that you can't get out from under.

Not only when we're having problems, but also when we're succeeding, when we're stuck in a rut, when we can't figure out a problem, or when we're simply trapped in our comfort zone and need a swift kick in the ass to get us out of it?

As a grandfather, I don't have to attend parent - teacher conferences or get pedantic notes sent home with my son or daughter addressing the latest concerns of a bunch of thumb - sucking, politically correct, out - of - control idiots.

Studies show that boys tend to get their humanity hammered out of them around age five when they're told, «Don't cry.»

What causes one person to shop with you for years, driving out of their way to get to you, while the guy across the street won't set foot in your door?

Not all of us are that honest - kind - of - guy who has no fear to straightly state his opinion and show appreciation when it comes to a well - done job, but being a leader is sometimes all about getting out of our comfort zone.

Jersey Standard executives are properly proud of their unique photographic venture as a public service, but sometimes they are not quite sure what the company is getting out of it, times when they wonder if «documentary» pictures of such subjects as tombstones in New Orleans or cockfights in Venezuela are not merely irrelevant.

Some employees opt out at first, as they don't want to lose the immediate income, but as their salary increases or they start to get older, many realize the importance of having a pension and decide to opt back in.

I don't really believe that any startup should get so far out ahead of themselves that they're «a mile wide and an inch deep,» because there are huge execution risks in terms of support and maintaining effective connections to your customers.

And some of the players to watch out for are the same big guys from 10 or 20 years ago (Microsoft, Oracle, AT&T, etc.) who are the long - entrenched stakeholders and «powers - who - be» in your space — not because they're great innovators or disruptors, but because: (a) they're increasingly well - informed about who's doing what very well (damn those demo days); (b) they're fairly fast followers with great gobs of money; and (c) they have the people, resources, and patience to hang around and keep buying and trying until they eventually get things right in the long run.

Recent graduates «don't know how to use Excel after they get out of college, they can hardly make a PowerPoint presentation,» he says.

A new hire will surely be required to fill out a lot of new paperwork, so why not get a head start?

I'm sure nobody expected or wanted Jon Snow to let the Wildings cross the wall, but he knew that winter was coming and that he could not keep Winterfell safe from the Night's King; he decided to stop the White Walkers from increasing their numbers by getting people out of their reach.

«The best way to make some progress on this... wasn't to go out and hire a consultant, as we often would have done, but rather get some of these people in who are spending their lives developing these things that will hopefully be a big score for them one day,» says Toronto Mayor John Tory.

If you mess things up at the start, you'll soon enough get to that awful and uncomfortable conversation where someone will ask you about one of the new hires and you'll say «I don't know» or «the jury's still out.»

But you got ta search within you, you got ta find that inner strength and just pull that s * it out of you and get that motivation to not give up and not be a quitter, no matter how bad you wan na just fall flat on your face and collapse.»

New research from Stanford shows that productivity per hour declines sharply when the workweek exceeds 50 hours, and productivity drops off so much after 55 hours that you don't get anything out of working more.

All these tweaks and improvements are great, but they'll only be of minimal value to you and your business in the coming year if you don't also actually get in the habit of putting out compelling content.

Furthermore, it is important that we not get too distracted by the stimulus debate and work together to promote an agenda for long - term economic growth for the country, which should include reform of a tax system that has grown out of control, finalizing trade agreements, kickstart a lagging regulatory harmonization agenda and ensuring young Canadians have the skills to compete in a global market place.

The problem is not confined to Toronto or Vancouver, where huge price gains have enticed buyers to stretch themselves for fear of getting permanently priced out.

When we get redress, it's when consumers are out of pocket — they bought a product that doesn't work, for example, and we try to get money back to them.

Some have even embraced potential Russian involvement in the election like a get - out - of - responsibility free card: You can't blame us for getting it wrong.

You will be shocked to learn that a study commissioned by Internet radio service Pandora found that annoying users with increased amounts of advertising will push some to pay for an ad - free subscription, but not enough to make up for the majority who get annoyed and just tune out.

Among other things, Democratic members of the House have proven that — much like Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump — they don't really need the traditional media to get their message out when they have Twitter and its live - streaming service at their disposal.

And yet, so many businesses are either not taking advantage of email marketing, or simply not getting the most out of their email marketing efforts.

«As the company runs out of reasons why the technology won't work, and gets closer and closer to illustrating that it will work, I think it's entirely possible that they will raise the billions of dollars they will need to prove this concept out,» he says, noting that it was Cenovus's investment, more than that of Bezos, that turned heads among investors.

«Young people have got the potential to be great employees in a sales capacity, but they're not coming out of school completely job - ready,» says Scarborough.

Working out at the end of the day doesn't work for me because I get rejuvenated and can't sleep — that's why first thing in the morning is best.

«The key is having an interview with prospective interns to find out what their skills are and what they want to get out of the internship,» said Laing, «It also doesn't hurt to offer a small stipend.»

It's no fun that our vacancy rate has gone from 0 % to 20 % in one year — but it means there's remarkable opportunity for people who were priced out of downtown Calgary, or who simply could not get space.