Sentences with phrase «higher than self»

The barrier to entry with a publisher are high, but I would say they're not higher than self - publishing.

And small presses generally price higher than self - pub, maybe even as high as trad - pub (although some are learning the advantages of low pricing).

Pollination by bees led to 39 % higher sales value than wind pollination and 54 % higher than selfing.

Not exact matches

That may be one of the reasons many veterans opt to start their own business; in fact, a higher percentage of veterans than nonveterans are self - employed.

Built correctly, a powerful entrepreneurship can average much higher returns for the self - funded entrepreneur than all but a very few VC - backed entrepreneurs.

(When there's a gap it's almost always that our self - appraisal winds up being higher than the market value.)

«Self - assessed time crunch has increased more for lower - income families than for higher - income families between 1992 and 2005,» the authors wrote.

«And finally, a higher purpose — the sense that what we do matters and serves something larger than our immediate self - interest — is a uniquely powerful source of motivation,» Schwartz and Porath write.

eSATA offers higher performance than the other two, and also supports reliability and manageability features such as SMART (Self Monitoring And Reporting Technology).

There are plenty of people out there who have pretty positive self - assessments: Ninety percent of drivers think they have above average skills behind the wheel, an even higher percentage of college professors think they're better than average teachers, and, as we all know, every single child in Lake Wobegon is above average.

He found that homeowners have higher self - esteem than renters, but pointed out that the original studies may not have adequately controlled for other contributing factors.

TORONTO, May 9, 2013 / CNW / - For the first time, satisfaction is notably higher among wireless customers who use online self - service channels for both service and sales issues than among those who use the traditional call centres and in - store channels, according to the J.D Power & Associates 2013 Canadian Wireless Total Ownership Experience StudySM released today.

The study finds that satisfaction with the purchase experience is higher among wireless customers who use their carrier's online self - service options than among those who use the traditional call centre service and in - store customer care options.

The combination of very high levels of debt and excess manufacturing capacity can lock an economy into a self - reinforcing deflationary process in which growth stagnates and debt rises faster than debt servicing capacity.

This self - employment retirement option has higher contribution limits than all other types of self - employment retirement plan options.

This is substantially higher than the overall self - employment rate of 10 %.

Covering employees If you have no employees other than you and your spouse (or business partner) and want the highest possible contribution limits, consider a Self - Employed 401 (k).

More than 70 percent of those who scored high on the Self - Report Psychopathy Scale correctly picked out the handkerchief - smuggling associate, compared with just 30 percent of the low scorers.

And no matter where the market is trading, «faster - than - expected earnings growth is often taken as a sign that stock prices should be higher — which often becomes a self - fulfilling prophecy.»

People with disabilities demonstrate the same passion, independence and self - direction as all Americans, and given certain characteristics — including being on average older and less educated — it is not surprising that the rate of self - employment for people with disabilities in the labor force in 2011 was about 50 percent higher than the corresponding rate for people without disabilities -LSB-...]

Anyone who thinks that by attending a meeting less than monthly with 30 people in a room they are moving the nation is engaged in egotistical self - delusion of a high order.

The only thing you have wrong is inserting your clear self interest and calling for the government to not intervene, despite the fact that our debt to income ratio is the highest of the G7 countries and higher than it was in the US in 2008 — this is not part of a normal economic cycle and you're being irresponsible.

These myths are as follows: that narcissism is «really high» self - esteem; that underneath the facade, narcissists are insecure; that narcissists really are better looking or smarter; that some degree of narcissism is healthy; and that narcissism is nothing more than a bit of physical vanity.

«What greater expression of faith in the American experiment than this, what greater form of patriotism is there than the belief that America is not yet finished, that we are strong enough to be self - critical, that each successive generation can look upon our imperfections and decide that it is in our power to remake this nation to more closely align with our highest ideals?»

For starters, Trump drew an impressive 81 percent of those who self - identified as «born again» — three points higher than Mitt Romney's 78 percent in 2012 and George W. Bush's 78 percent in 2004.

This is a higher and more rigorous standard for self - discipline than any law of prohibition or permission.

The commonality is of a higher cause... something bigger than simple selves.

Anyone who sounds aggrieved or — in the case of Solnit's enemies — more high - minded and principled can always summon an avenging army of supporters from the vast population of Internet - dwellers unwilling to spend more than five seconds trying to understand the dispute at hand, but endlessly willing to get a quick hit of that old self - congratulation.

2 For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, 3 without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good, 4 traitors, heady, high - minded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God; 5 having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away.

Transhumanists, like other libertarians, make the mistake of thinking that the high - spirited few, who are enamored of ascetic self - overcoming and relentless power - accumulating work, will be welcomed as the model and standard for the security - oriented many, who prefer to live according to their appetites, and whose escape fantasy is giant cruise ships rather than silicone bodies.

The inability of the critical tradition to accept the historicity of high Christological statements, miracles, Jesus» divine self knowledge and such like, owes itself more to their «epistemological positivism» (p. 92) than to the lack of authenticity of the texts.

Dallas M. High uses a narrower view of self - involving language than does Evans.

I am interested to hear how a belief in a higher power makes you less self - centered than one who does not share your belief.

I think one part of this came out of the strict religious traditions that highlighted hypocrisy, exhibited pride in self - ability to carry out religious ordinances or «procedures», and were founded in mere tradition rather than from some higher power or actual scriptural foundation.

The question in fact arises how it is possible to conceive the development of a being that consists in producing as its term something that is higher than itself, or at least leads towards such self - transcendence.

Correspondingly, active change and becoming of finite things (at least in certain particular but quite normal and natural forms) will appear not only as the active asymptotic approach to what is higher than themselves through active self - fulfillment of their own natures, but also as an active transcending of their own natures, whereby an existent itself by its own activity (which itself implies that of God) actively moves beyond and above itself.

The programs taught me about (1) admitting I was beat, (2) coming to believe in something greater than myself (eventually a higher power)(many evolutions and concepts of HP, all of these at one time or another: nature, the 12 steps, creator, Love, spiritual principles)(Step 3) applying my low self worth and gigantic Ego to these spiritual principles (4) write down my liabilities and assets (5) share them with another and my higher power (6 & 7) ask for the liabilites to be removed and be patient with the process (8) Make a list of all that were harmed by me (9) make amends to such folks except whn to do so would injure them or myself (10) take a daily inventory of my day, checking for snafus, mean temperment, arrogance etc (11) meditation and prayer to communicate to my higher power and quiet reflection to listen for the Truth (12) after having a spiritual awakening as a result of working these steps, help others if they wish for help because now I am in the position to assist.

The «crucifixion of our passions» is then no more than a striking euphemism for self - mastery, which is the quest of all the higher religions and philosophies.

The heart of all real religions is an affirmation that human life on this planet is only part of something very much greater; that «human values» are determined by an authority higher than human beings themselves; and that man neither finds happiness nor discovers his true self until his worship, his loyalty and his love are given to Someone infinitely greater than any man or group of men.

Our pursuit of justice is meant to lead to deeper humility rather than higher levels of self - righteousness.

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there is no doubting that Arsene has helped to provide us with some incredible footballing moments in the formative years of his managerial career at Arsenal, but that certainly doesn't and shouldn't mean that he has earned the right to decide when and how he should leave this club... there have been numerous managers at each of the biggest clubs in Europe throughout the last decade who have waged far more successful campaigns than ours yet somehow and someway each were given their walking papers because they failed to meet the standards laid out by the hierarchy of their respective clubs... of course that doesn't mean that clubs should simply follow the lead of others, especially if clubs of note have become too reactionary when it comes to issues of termination, for whatever reasons, but there should be some logical discourse when it comes to the setting of parameters for a changing of the guard... in the case of Arsenal, this sort of discourse was largely stifled when the higher - ups devised their sinister plan on the eve of our move to the Emirates... by giving Wenger a free pass due to supposed financial constraints he, unwittingly or not, set the bar too low... it reminds me of a landlord who says he will only rent to «professional people» to maintain a certain standard then does a complete about face when the market is lean and vacancies are up... for those who rented under the original mandate they of course feel cheated but there is little they can do, except move on, especially if the landlord clearly cares more about profitability than keeping their word... unfortunately for the lifelong fans of a football club it's not so easy to switch allegiances and frankly why should they, in most cases we have been around far longer than them... so how does one deal with such an untenable situation... do you simply shut - up and hope for the best, do you place the best interests of those with only self - serving agendas above the collective and pray that karma eventually catches up with them, do you run away with your tail between your legs and only return when things have ultimately changed, do you keep trying to find silver linings to justify your very existence, do you lower your expectations by convincing yourself it could be worse or do you stand up for what you believe in by holding people accountable for their actions, especially when every fiber of your being tells you that something is rotten in the state of Denmark

It seems reasonable to suggest that rather than simply maintaining a high work rate until the RPE does rise to reach near - maximal levels, the exercising athlete would instead reduce the work rate under conditions of elevated body temperature8 — 10 or depleted muscle glycogen concentrations, 13 giving rise to the possibility that the regulation of self - paced exercise may utilise the RPE as an important mediator of pacing strategy.

It seems reasonable to suggest that rather than simply maintaining a high self - selected work rate until the RPE rises to reach near - maximal levels, the exercising athlete would instead reduce the work rate in certain conditions to prevent hyperthermia or substrate depletion from occurring before the end of exercise.

A recent analysis of the Longitudinal Study of Australian Children (LSAC) found that, in fathers, a higher parenting self - efficacy score was related to lower work - family strain; and a key mechanism by which fathers» work / family strain was decreased was by their doing more than they regarded as their «fair share» of child rearing tasks.

The problem is when your real self is sometimes a little bit less desirable than the ideal version of you that your partner saw in your first few months of courtship, when the emotion was high and those intoxicating love hormones in your brain were freely flowing.

If you're being the coach and encouraging your child along the way, rather than the judge with the reward or punishment at the other end, your child will definitely gain a sense of being capable and develop higher self esteem from the inside (as opposed to hanging their self esteem on external approvals).

A breastfed baby depends on his mother for both food and comfort and in societies that place a high value on self - sufficiency, the baby who will not be satisfied with anyone other than his mother may regarded by many as a liability.

These parents are looking for a comprehensive academic program and they realize that the development of their child into a fulfilled adult requires more than intellectual attainment, it involves social skills, self - knowledge, vision and will to aim high and overcome obstacles.

Maybe it was the time the other moms in your kid's self - contained class gave you the «my kid is higher - functioning than YOUR kid» stink - eye.