Sentences with phrase «good points i had made»

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«Black Mirror» perfectly gets the point across that all the new technological advancements in our lives that should make us feel better usually have the opposite effect.

Scientists and educators have long noted that kids who have a positive attitude towards math do better in the subject, but is that just because acing tests naturally makes you enjoy something, or does the arrow of causation point the other way?

Depression can have a similar effect on decision - making; it can lead to a more pessimistic point of view, one that renders you unable to use the information available to make the best decision.

But they also point out it could inflict further headaches on Employment Minister Jason Kenney if the set salary level is higher than the minimum wage, meaning temporary foreign workers would stand to make better money than Canadians.

Each option has its own strengths and weaknesses from both a tax and an operating point of view, so make sure you have tax and legal advisors who can help you make the best choice.

One major point of contention is the fact that SoundCloud hired a number of people into roles over the last few months knowing full well that they were going to have to make large redundancies, according to TechCrunch.

There have been two recent articles articulating the details that make the point really well.

Tran wanted to make sure couriers, who are his startup's only human point of contact with customers, would feel loyal toward the company, represent it well, and be available when needed.

«They have a vested interest in making sure that it's done right, that it's good, that there are no mistakes made and pointing out any problems.»

Most pipeline - management training revolves around technical training on using a CRM system, but what managers really need is training on making better pipeline management decisions — for instance how to determine the ideal pipeline size for each rep. Managers need to know at what point in the sales process their actions have the biggest impact.

Florida, Nevada, Texas and Washington have no state income tax, making them good places to launch, points out Mitch Fox, a co-founder of GoodApril.

But introverted thinkers make their best contributions when they've had time to process relevant data and space to choose words carefully and share thoughtful conclusions,» Cullinan points out.

«Here's some big, dumb industry that hasn't changed for 30 years and could be made a hell of a lot better,» he points out.

«The point of this bill in those states that get a waiver to do what they need to do to make it work better in their particular states has support exactly for that very person who, if, in the course between a year, get extra aid for support for pre-existing conditions,» Ryan explained, citing what he said were successful examples in Wisconsin and Maine.

I have to wonder if #RaceTogether would have made its point better by trusting the front line people in whom they've invested so much.

After devoting a solid 15 pages of his letter on how the U.S. should slash regulations, Dimon made a point to single out a single area of government oversight that has undeniable value: «Some regulations quite clearly create a common good (e.g., clean air and water),» Dimon noted, in a sentence that went on to catalog the ways regulation is otherwise bad for the economy — making it all the more striking that he chose to highlight environmental issues.

«Jimmy was very, very good at letting go of the things that might have made him a success up to that point, but he was willing to shed them and go for something completely different... Jimmy's career is based on a tremendous lack of fear of moving forward.»

In the past, 15 years ago, you used to make a quality product, put it on the get it onto the shelf, get it onto retail points of sale, and have good advertising, in other words create positive consumer impressions of those products and essentially that was how business worked.

His whole argument that he wouldn't be able to negotiate a good deal with Play - Doh unless he had a controlling stake in Soy - Yer - Dough made no sense, as Herjevac pointed out.

Finally, you should make a point to talk with existing business owners — ideally in the industry you'd like to enter — who can speak from experience and offer invaluable advice on how to approach a purchase for the best results.

If companies want to attract the best and the brightest, then it only makes sense for companies to tap into the technical skills women have to offer,» Whitney points out.

«And yet it was so much better than anything we'd made to that point.»

One thing that might help in this respect is to have a better service experience for customers than the big players offer, said Heger, pointing out that American provider Sprint made this a major priority and subsequently improved its financial performance.

Make a point to spend time on a regular basis learning these five skills, and you'll be well on your way to having the skills necessary to build the business or movement you've always wanted.

«I make a point to have a significant conversation with one to two employees every day to learn about what they're working on and get to know them better.

Your State Scene columnist Joe Poprzeczny is absolutely right.The contribution that the agricultural sector has made to WA deserves to be recognised, as Poprzeczny pointed out so well in his column (Business News October 26 - November 1).

When it comes to taking digital pictures, much of the recent focus has been on smartphones — how they now take better pictures than many point - and - shoots did just a few years ago (and why it's now vital to be able to Instagram a shot of your dinner and make a phone call with the same device).

«The uncertainty that has contributed to our slow recovery is clearly still present — making any advances shaky at best,» said Dunkelberg, pointing specifically to ObamaCare and the debt - ceiling issue.

Two days later, he received an email from Apple pointing out a small dent to the edge of the phone, and quoting a cost of over # 200 before it would make good on its battery promise.

The group points out that the good times could easily come to an end if world governments don't make efforts to balance monetary and fiscal policies, something I've been urging for years now.

I think the point he was making was that he would have wanted to play a role in that as well.»

Their sample included a lot of small OPEC countries, who necessarily had high growth and low interest rates when oil prices were high, as well as a lot of Asian countries that followed the Japanese development model and themselves practiced financial repression, which of course made them pretty useless as points of comparison.

Points made in the opinion piece include the following: - The City of Toronto has worked hard to develop good practices on the ground to address homelessness.

While there are certain issues with the $ 129.99 device, it has many positive points that may make it one of the best smart speakers that Amazon has ever released.

Lastly, it's important to keep making loan payments until your deferment or forbearance has been granted, as any missed payments before this point will be counted as delinquent — potentially ruining your effort to stay in good standing on your loans.

It is important, to pick up the point he made about pragmatism, that we adopt a practical, pragmatic approach to the future, ensuring that we have the relationship we want with the European Union that will be good for the United Kingdom, but also good for the EU27.

Zuckerberg's fishbowl office makes sense for a man who has dedicated his career to helping people share aspects of their lives, but the sight of the Facebook C.E.O. with a screen on his face was at that point best kept a secret.

I'd just separate the point you were making because the point I'm making is that a move towards creating shoppers is creating better care on primary care, just in terms of how we treat the consumer, and the consumers are opting into that and finding it interesting and effective.

Where he did point out some regulatory progress has been made is in the licensing of Bitcoin futures contracts traded on the CME and CBoE which he said are working quiet well.

Blogging always remains one of the best ways to generate a passive income online, you have shared with us important points on how to make a living online.

Small caps (Russell 2000) and to a lesser extent Nikkei and EM equities in stocks all have below - average vol and correlations today to S&P 500; makes index hedges cheaper, although the lower level of realized volatility means consensus is looking for an even better entry point to buy equity vol.»

Guy Spier has made a similar point by suggesting that investors should use an «inflight» checklist in addition to a «preflight» checklist to make sure you focus on both the initial conditions, as well as how the situation may be changing.

Even though the S&P 500 is less than 3 points above its March peak, and the index remains lower than its level of 5 years ago, and has underperformed T - bills for the past 7 years, I realize that the chatter about «4 year highs» can make it seem frustrating that the Strategic Growth Fund is well hedged here.

He added that lawyers at some firms effectively enabled entrepreneurs to take this dubious route with their token sales — a point that SEC Chairman Jay Clayton has made as well.

Do your research on the asset you are looking at and make sure that you have a good entry point picked.

Despite a good point - to - point return, we could have made more money had we sold Block after two years.

Well excellent point you got there mate.Google and MSN have different ways to improve link popularity and this makes explaining between those two pretty different.I guess Link building posts are hard to find these days.

If your first point of contact with new sales leads is someone who doesn't have a sales background to properly assess sales leads, ask questions, build relationships and make the right decisions, you're going to miss out on a lot of good sales opportunities — and you'll end up passing along too many unqualified leads to your sales team.

DVD of the week: McMafia Crime drama McMafia is a rollicing adventure that makes some good points about the extent to which dirty money has corrupted governments around the world.

When announcing Krafcik's hiring in September, Google said it had no immediate plans to make self - driving cars a free - standing business unit, but that it was «a good candidate to become one at some point in the future.»