Sentences with phrase «getting by self»

So Big 5 publishers would have to pay authors 140 % of net to equal what they're getting by self - publishing.

You have to know what you are getting by self publishing and what you are giving up.

In still other cases, it's because they are not getting the royalties from traditional publishers that they can get by self - publishing.

Not exact matches

The study's authors say that getting people to think favourably of your accomplishments might be better achieved «by modest self - representation, or even self - denigration, than by outright bragging about one's positive qualities.»

It's true that focusing on the present helps you get tasks done faster, but working on your next day's to - do lists will help in two ways: First, you'll help your future self by setting a prioritized list of items in advance, and second, you'll be clearing your mind of tasks you don't need to worry about today.

Against our own self - interest, we get bogged down by shyness, self - consciousness, cynicism, pride, competitiveness, jealousy, and arrogance.

In a review co-authored in 2011 by Yale psychologist June Gruber, researchers found that the pursuit of happiness can actually lead to negative outcomes — not because surrounding yourself with positive people, mastering a skill, smiling, getting therapy or practicing self - governance aren't conducive to happiness, in and of themselves, but because «when you're doing it with the motivation or expectation that these things ought to make you happy, that can lead to disappointment and decreased happiness.»

That means you can get more bang for your self - improvement buck by focusing on EQ.

If you get off track, self - reflection can bring you back by reconnecting with purpose and the motivation to help others.

Being your own boss can deliver benefits well - known by many self - employed workers: Flexibility, freedom and no fear of your lunch getting stolen from a shared work fridge.

The way companies get to that point is by constant self - evaluation, self - improvement, and a commitment to improving their processes.

But things have gotten a lot better as the years after his post-Chappelle Show self - exile have gone by, and we may be extremely close to his next stand - up special.

But there's a downside as well: self - published authors don't get the marketing materials provided by the Big Six, and have to work very hard in order to rise through the ranks, establish their personal brand, and attract the necessary readership to succeed.

The problem is doing what is ethical vs. acting out of self - interest can get commingled in an under - performing director's mind, or even a founder's mind, or even other directors» minds (who have been captured by the entrenched director colleague), without an objective measurement.

There was a small improvement in self - reported medication adherence by the test group — those who downloaded and used the app — compared to the control group — those who didn't get the app.

By that time, I had started to realize that the best leaders — those exhibiting high levels of EQ — typically showed more self - awareness, collaborated better with others, and got promoted faster.

«I think the self - driving car has the opportunity to not only improve productivity for the people in the car, which will be a huge economic boost for those people; Not only has the opportunity to save lives — over a million people die worldwide in road deaths today caused by human drivers, and I think we can take that very close to zero, which is very good for both human welfare and for economic productivity — it's a very serious dent in productivity when people get killed; And then all the ancillary industries that end up getting built out.»

Gary Cohn, President Trump's top economic advisor, said that the effort by Amazon, Berkshire Hathaway and JPMorgan to jointly address healthcare was the same as the administration was doing by proposing rules to make it easier for self - employed Americans, small businesses and others to band together to get insurance through what are called association health plans.

We don't just work to protect the environment — we tap into the universal human desire for self - determination, and work to change how decisions are made in B.C. by answering questions like: Who gets to decide?

# of Searches and # of Visits are self - explanatory, however, the reason I multiplied by searches and divided by visits is that the percentage of visitors you get from each search its easily calculated by (# of visits / # of searches), and the lower the percentage the more you want to focus on that specific search

Just wanted to stop by and say you've got a nice batch of companies in your portfolio and your future self will be quite pleased with your present self.

There's the «evolutionary» path to autonomous vehicles, where today's cars get self - driving features bit by bit — Tesla's autopilot feature, for example.

When you see that men get richer by graft and by pull than by work, and your laws don't protect you against them, but protect them against you — when you see corruption being rewarded and honesty becoming a self - sacrifice — you may know that your society is doomed.

Still, getting by on option trading alone can be done with the aid of the right brokerage, the right technology, and the right self - discipline.

As long as the loans are used to bid up property, stock and bond prices, they can claim that they are «responding to the market» by getting homeowners, commercial real estate investors, corporate raiders and financial managers to pledge their assets as collateral for yet new loans in a process that seems to be self - sustaining.

At last year's TED conference, self - driving car chief Chris Urmson said he wanted the cars available by 2020 — before his 12 - year - old son is able to get a driver's license.

By combining Uber's self - driving technology with Volvo's state - of - the art vehicles and safety technology, we'll get to the future faster than going it alone.

Religious believers are likely to get further in discourse with the current generation of secular academics by 1) continually demonstrating, as Posner himself seems to intuit, that only a moral theory founded on God can actually «work,» in the sense of bridging the gap between «is» and «ought»; and 2) demonstrating the inherent self «contradictions of the moral theories advocated by the «secular liberals.»

If a hindu criminal does not like his own medicine of hinduism, terrorism, he need to get out of business of hinduism, terrorism, justified by his hindu Judaism, filthy self center ism, secularism and learn to live by truth absolute, to have peace, Islam among humanity.

There's no denying that Sheldon's science is distorted a little by status and self - esteem issues, but he wouldn't think of going to HR to get protected from the hurtful (and hilarious) venom of Leslie Winkle.

/ I would not climb the cemetery hill by the church / To get rid of my self - pity.»

So if we mean by «atheists» not just those who self - identify as such but those who say they do not believe in God or a universal spirit, atheists got an average of 18.5 questions right.

its not really atheism or religion that I have a problem with, its the hate, control, and fear that goes along with it that I have a problem with, you say that those who are spiritual are into new agey, crystal ball, stuff, see that's what I'm talking about, you assume to know what something is about when you don't understand something you naturally fear it, your self righteous clouds you, don't you get that by being narrow minded in your view towards things, you really act no better than religious fundamentalists, being spiritual is a lot more than just the new agey, think positive all the time that you think it is, its about being aware of who you are?

According to the Pew Forum's Scott Clement, respondents who answered «no» when asked «Do you believe in God or a universal spirit» got 18.7 questions right, well below the 20.9 questions answered correctly by self - identified atheists and agnostics.

But I think I get what The Rationale means that those feelings aren't dictated by religion so much as comfort levels, self - esteem, tradition etc etc..

Not much... he could've done the same thing by going in front of his congregation wearing flesh - colored underwear, sticking his tongue out, standing up on the baptistry and twerking... then crying foul when he gets fired... what this tells me is that we're all idiots for being so predictably drawn into these types of stories... this is shameless self - promotion, plain and simple... and he wins because we're dupes...

She has claimed to of fractured rib bones by falling on church property while doing a self appointed tasks (alone), then gets a bunch of sympathy, all while blaming someone for her injury because no one helped her do what she wasn't authorized to do.

@Kenrick Benjamin: «Skytag - Science have taken us back to the orgin where pure energy is eternal, we all know that Energy is govern by properties (Motion, Heat and Light) however energy it self is not sentient, so how did the porperties get it's LAWS.»

Skytag - Science have taken us back to the orgin where pure energy is eternal, we all know that Energy is govern by properties (Motion, Heat and Light) however energy it self is not sentient, so how did the porperties get it's LAWS.

On Twitter, trending topics were dominated by followers talking about his latest songs, and in one scary incident, #CutForBieber, young «Beliebers» self - harmed in an attempt to get the star's attention.

We get some sense of that variety in the Psalms, where we learn how capacious is the conversation to which we are invited by an infinite God, who is inexplicably interested in our small selves.

Fine dave, would you feel better if I said «Fvck you and your lazy ass selfish friends who are too lazy to get off your ass and vote, too lazy to bother to understand how the system is stacked against change, too dumb to understand it when it's explained to you, and too self - centered to realize or care that real people are affected by these things.»

If getting a tattoo were some sort of societal punishment, then I might get one in order to identify with the outcasts, but they're completely elective, and usually had by people with self - image issues.

Medicated or self - medicated, you get by with a little help from your friends.

For that reason only we find now the ruling powers are in the hands of secular non religious ones... The conference above stated that the secular regimes in the West had used the indifference between religions, branches, doctrines by creating «Fitnah» said to be harder than killing... because you get all those with Fitnah to fight among them selves... beside establishing and supporting terrorist groups to get the area unstable far from investment and development environment that has caused the mass immigration of the capital heads, professions and skilled labour hands from their countries to the west and be treated as garbage at countries that they do not belong to whether as culture, race or religion....

By the way, I got over myself a long time ago, when I put on my new self — Jesus Christ.

Still, I think this lyric from Jefferson Airplane's She Has Funny Cars better gets at the heart of this matter, by coming at the self - isolating intellectual not from the angle of the social - commenter, but from the angle of her lover:

Okay, here's a shorter way, for those of you who haven't the patience for my full cinemascopic link - littered prose, to get at what I mean by Intermediate Modernity In Book VIII Republic terms, intermediate - modernity was the era of the self - repressing Oligarchic Soul, and «the....

Plus, eugenics has gotten personal and highly self - conscious, being driven by individuals who want to stay around forever, resist mindless contentment, and refuse to be suckered by thinking of themselves as parts of wholes greater than themselves.

I should add that such a historical approach is not wrong provided it is clearly understood that self - determination and responsibility whether in the early or later historical stages, has a tendency to get perverted by the false position of self - centredness in relation to God and others.