Sentences with phrase «hard things if»

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If there's one thing «The Post» (opening in limited release on December 22 and then wide next year) does well it's capturing the struggle that comes when personal relationships and hard journalism.

According to Emily, the only way it would feel like hard work would be if she were faking her skills, doing things like Googling or researching her clients ahead of time in the hopes of gathering information.

Even if your heart is 100 % in the right place, it's hard when you're in a hurry to serve too many different masters or to try to be all things to everyone.

He knows that if his opponents don't take him seriously, all sorts of great things can happen: they may not prepare as well for debates, work as hard to win certain states or pay attention to what they're saying as carefully as they should.

The hard decisions are trying to decide if you should insure things that fall in the middle, which requires more careful analysis.

You're still playing just as hard, you're doing all the things, but playoffs means if you have one team to focus on, that means you can study all your regular - season matchups against them, you can learn all the information you need to learn to prepare yourself for this playoff series.

If you're thinking big, it's really not that hard to find people who want to do amazing things with you.

The hard thing for some people is researching stuff they're not into — like visiting the children's museum if you don't have kids — but I love uncovering new gems.

At the office, this means working harder and longer, and being the first to take a hit if things go south for a spell.

Ultimately, building a dedicated community from the ground up is hard work, but if you find the right location, lead by example, think about cultural fit, create impactful events, and don't overcomplicate things, you'll be well on your way to building a lasting professional community.

If we had taken VC money early on, it would have been hard to justify a lot of those things.

«If someone is paying you to do hard boring useless things, then you need to have a conversation with your boss,» he writes.

«Building products isn't easy, but if you keep working hard, keep throwing things at the wall, you will find a way.»

People get very vested in the decision, and when things start to get hard about the decision we've made, we come back to that vote — if we want to change the vote, we can change the vote, but this was how we voted.»

The hard work is done — all that remains is to bring the cost of the meat down to less than the real thing, which may not be that hard to do if the demand for and cost of beef keeps skyrocketing, especially in China.

One, the person is not trying hard enough, which is probably not something the person wants to hear; and two, if the person tried, he or she could do great things, which is good.

If all of that sounds too hard to manage, you can pay to have someone do it for you, or even some thing: A robo - advisor, which uses a computer algorithm to build and manage your portfolio for a small annual fee, is a good choice at this stage.

Life is a lot more fun if you spend it working hard at things you really enjoy and value.

One thing you can be sure about, however, is that if you start receiving negative feedback and ratings from your guests, it'll become harder for you as a host to generate bookings, as guests who are savvy using the Airbnb service will know to seek out accommodations that have received better reviews and ratings from past guests.

He's never pushy about sex like some guys I've dated, never tries to guilt me or pressure me into things, and has proven on several occasions that if I don't feel up to it or I need to stop halfway through, there are no hard feelings whatsoever.»

A third approach would be to understand ultimate responsibility in terms of motivation: when you know that you're going to be held responsible if things go badly, then presumably you're going to work hard to make sure that things go well.

If neither of those things is happening — or at least, not happening enough to make it worthwhile — then it's hard to justify devoting all that time to the project.

You heard it from Steve Jobs» 2005 Stanford commencement speech, you heard it from me in my new book, Real Leaders Don't Follow, and now you're hearing it from Kagan: Getting fired can be the best thing that ever happened to you, but only if you take a cold, hard look in the mirror and face the truth.

«If they have a lot of moving parts in a portfolio and things don't work out, it's hard for them to stick to their strategies.

The interesting thing about storytelling is that it usually happens at the subconscious level — so it's hard to know if it's working.

This isn't a new thing for exercise earphones, but if it works as intended, it could be useful for athletes without a traditional chest strap or wearable to track how hard they're pushing themselves.

«What we're saying with internet of things devices is, if you've got hard - coded passwords or they're not able to be patched, because they're cheaper or smaller devices, that can't be standard protocol,» Warner told Recode.

Even if it's the hardest thing you'll ever do, you need to stand up for what's right.

And here's the thing: If you have a rigid attendance policy that encourages people to come in while sick, your slacker employees will still stay home and your hard workers will still come in.

If that happens and the company gets sued, the first thing a computer forensic team does is «look in employees» inboxes and hard drives for those underground archives,» she says.

It's easy to rationalize that successful people benefit from a combination of hard work and good timing — and that if things were different, you too would reap the benefits of all your hard work.

«We work hard to think through if we were our competitors, with their vessels and their approach, what is the smartest thing they could do?»

«I think even if you could do all your own funding you should go through the hard work of getting investors because the other thing investors do is that they give you true market feedback on whether what you're doing is correct.»

That's a hard thing to do because typically the only feedback you get on posture is if someone tells you that you are slouching or if you see yourself in the mirror.

In order to succeed at this game, you have to have enough mind space available to think about the business, leading, innovation, your team — how could you possibly stay competitive if you take on the additional burden of thinking about how hard things are for you or what additional barriers you have to face because you're a woman or have darker skin?

Even when things are not working as well as they could or should, or if others criticize us and give us direct feedback, it can be a hard to recognize and own our predicament.

All of which involve silence, which is one of the hardest things for a manager to practice, if only because it seems like the opposite of leadership.

A lot of things that go with everything that has happened with us do not help me do those things, and, if anything, make it harder to do those things.

«Let me put it to you this way: If we didn't get an ROI, these things would be a lot harder to do,» says Matt Ryan, Starbucks's chief global strategy officer.

But if the economy doesn't take off or if we hit some other snag, it won't be hard for Democrats to make this thing into an albatross.

If things are looking bleak for the market in general, it can be harder for your stock to succeed.

That extension is really required to allow for this sort of conglomerate - building: If all companies really were good at only one thing, it would be hard to justify the empire - building.

When I asked him if it was hard to have so many new followers on Twitter, and if he felt pressure to tweet the right things or say things that will get a big response online, he agreed emphatically.

ASML would be harder to take over than ARM, but if big data and the internet of things merit the hype, it's in a good position to cash in.

Income from things like the site, book, and uber referrals is the hardest kind to make in my opinion but the most explosive if successful.

While Hickenlooper later clarified that he was excitedly pursuing the headquarters because he felt it was the right thing for the city and state, he allowed that some citizens would feel «a sense of relief if they choose somewhere else because there are a lot of challenges and lot of hard work we will be avoiding.»

«But the thing you need to realize — if you're listening to this and you're outside of Silicon Valley and it all looks hard and unapproachable — is that it's very gradual.

«It's easy when things are good to say you will buy if prices go down 10 percent, but it's much harder to do when prices actually go down 10 percent and all the headlines focus on additional risks to the downside.»

If, like me, you don't really understand these things, it's hard to know what to make of all this.

But if you still find it hard to get things before Saturday, a list will at least make it easier to get in and out of stores quickly than if you walk in with only a vague idea of what you need to buy.