Sentences with phrase «how smart people»

Another reader, George A. Butler, from Redwood City, describes how «each of the hundreds of times» he purchased something at Amazon.com, he wondered at how smart the people who got it working must have been.

You teach what smart people believed and how smart people reacted (once known as «history») while telling kids to PAY ATTENTION!

«Instead, we found that how smart people were was less important than how quick they were.

Religion has very little to do with how smart a person is or how smart a person can be.

Reading The Confidence Game might not make you immune to all scams and schemes, but it can at least offer you consolation if you ever find yourself wondering how a smart person such as yourself could have ever been so foolish.

Not exact matches

He is a smart guy and a champion in the sport and people want to know how he feels on certain issues.

«You'd be surprised how many people tell me, «I don't need to work hard, I'm smart.»

In his new book Smart People Should Build Things, the founder of Venture of America Andrew Yang offers up advice on how aspiring entrepreneurs can begin getting their startup dream off the ground.

Like how Gmail is a portal to the internet to send out emails, we aim to make smart contract technology easy for everyday people».

You've got to wonder how it is that all the smart people at Cadbury (including their PR department) and at their ad agency (Fallon), didn't see this coming.

A lot of smart people know how they appear and they know how to sell themselves, so using reference checks and people that you know in common and asking them for an honest confidential opinion is a super good way to know how someone will perform.

I really enjoy those events because racing is a lot like business: You set goals, work as a team, know your strengths and weaknesses, know how to rely on other people, know when to take smart risks and when to be patient...

Stop trying to sound smart, and meet people where they are no matter how simple you find it.

Having run many technology companies over the years, I know how difficult it is to not compromise when people smarter than you say something isn't possible.

Here's how some of the world's smartest people think about problems and how you can learn to overcome them.

The smarts - dominated leader is rational, makes decisions based on facts, sets goals, delegates responsibility and knows how to hold people accountable.

On Tuesday, Apple (AAPL) is expected to become the latest to push into smart watches, essentially tiny computers people wear on their wrists for checking email, tracking how far they jog and, of course, telling time.

They are not the smartest person in the room, with all of the ideas on how to fix every problem.

Find out how the protocols can be used to make smart contracts, transfer physical assets from person to person like a house, and more.

If you thought people didn't look at banner ads before, you can imagine how little they look at them on their smart phones.

Belsky's latest book is Why Smart People Make Big Money Mistakes — And How To Correct Them: Lessons from the Life - Changing Science of Behavioral Economics.

The thing that really resonates with me, though, is how few people are willing to put in the time, and to make smart life choices so that they can reach financial independence.

[01:30] Introduction [02:30] Tony welcomes Alexandra [03:40] Launching in 2007 — it came from a place of passion [04:25] Establishing clear roles among founders [05:40] Flexing her multilingual skills in business [06:25] Adjusting how you speak to someone based on their objectives [08:10] The secret to Gilt's growth [09:20] Building a business that would thrive during winter [10:20] Finding the capital to purchase inventory [10:40] Moving from venture to private equity funding [11:20] It's all about smart money [11:40] The future of traditional retail [12:20] The subscription model [12:40] Catering to the time - starved customer [12:55] Bringing services into the home [13:10] Leaving Gilt to lead Glamsquad [16:10] Glamsquad started as an app [17:10] Vetting employees [18:10] Building trust with customers [19:00] Taking massive action — now [20:20] Launching the first sale on Gilt — without a return policy [21:30] Fitz [22:00] The average person wears only 20 % of their wardrobe [23:00] Taking the time to understand your customer [23:20] Challenges as a woman in business [24:40] Advice to a female entrepreneur that's just getting started [25:25] The importance of networking [25:50] Knowing the milestones to hit along the way

This shows the ability of the entrepreneurs to attract smart money which is particularly important at the beginning; their criteria when choosing partners, and how much they value to be around good people.

I think the real challenge is: How do we get so many of the smart people who are out there engaged in some way?»

How can smart people with young children not see that they are cutting down the last trees on Easter Island?

Youtility for Real Estate Co-written with digital marketing expert Erica Campbell Byrum from Homes.com and ForRent.com, Youtility for Real Estate: Why Smart Real Estate Professionals are Helping not Selling takes the core premise of Youtility — making your marketing so useful, people would pay for it — and shows how it works for the real estate business.

Here are a few graphs that show how people want to behave when the markets get erratic, and how smart investors should behave.

* Why the people with the most power can often be the least - self - aware, and how smart leaders avoid this trap.

It's funny how some of the smartest people have a spotty wild childhood.

«How do smart people get such dumb ideas and hold them so long?

The Commercial Capital Training Group teaches people how to close deals for profits of multiple thousands of dollars while also building up residual revenue streams so that they can achieve financial independence and work smarter, not harder.

And you say, how can smart people do such immensely dumb things?»

I also wonder how many expensive consulting projects could be avoided if a company assigned a smart person to read five books and then summarize them first.

See seven bad financial beliefs held by smart people and learn how to avoid them.

Some smart people have conducted extensive research to determine how much a person may draw from retirement assets and have those assets last through retirement.

Re-Selling Other People's Stuff on eBay: Sometimes people aren't very smart about how they list their items on eBay: No picture, terrible descriptions, no reserve, awkward end People's Stuff on eBay: Sometimes people aren't very smart about how they list their items on eBay: No picture, terrible descriptions, no reserve, awkward end people aren't very smart about how they list their items on eBay: No picture, terrible descriptions, no reserve, awkward end times.

Value Investing for Smart People will show you precisely how you can deal with Mr. Market to your advantage.

Value Investing for Smart People will explain you in a simple manner how you can include the margin of safety principle in your investing to preserve your capital.

Gary Belsky and Thomas Gilovich, Why Smart People Make Big Money Mistakes and How to Correct Them

I have since bought copies and given them to tons of people who ask me «how can I make smarter money decisions».

Atheists: I know many there are many people that practice religion just by fanaticism, I've seen many people in my opinion stupid (excuse the word) praying to saints hopping to solve their problems by repeating pre-made sentences over and over, but there are others different, I don't think Religion and Science need to be opposites, I believe in God, I'm Catholic and I have many reasons to believe in him, I don't think however that we should pray instead of looking for the cause and applying a solution, Atheists think they are smart because they focus on Science and technology instead of putting their faith in a God, I don't think God will solve our problems, i think he gave us the means to solve them by ourselves that's were God is, also I think that God created everything but not as a Magical thing but stablishing certain rules like Physics and Quimics etc. he's not an idiot and he knew how to make it so everything was on balance, he's the Scientist of Scientist the Mathematic of Mathematics, the Physician of Physicians, from the tiny little fact that a mosquito, an insect species needs to feed from blood from a completely different species, who created the mosquitos that way?

Many people in America think they are so smart, but they prove to themselves every day how ignorant and unwise they are by talking on threads like this logically within their own small little peanut brains trying to explain and interpret God?

Bullying other people seems to «prove» to them that they really are smart, buddies with God, and very knowledgeable about how most things should be done and how life should be lived.

It's the core issue behind questions like, «How do smart people fall for tricks like that?»

With regard to the CS LEWIS part of the answers, people think due to advance technology that, «they» themselves are smarter than people in the past, irronically, they fail to realize how many engineers can actuallu build he world we live in today?

Actually I think he is rather smart, kind and knows how to handle people.

In the meantime, check out these cool people I met at BioLogos: Dennis Venema (who strikes me as being both smart and wise), Steve Matheson (who knows how to make just about any conversation more interesting), and Justin Topp (who instantly felt like a friend).

It is incredible to me how otherwise smart, critical people will voluntarily shut down their skepticism and believe the Iron Age mythology of Christianity.

it never ceases to amaze me how many people believe that they are smarter than God... as far as i am concerned, kudos for Rob, Todd, and Prism for their courage in standing firm in their faith... as for me and my house, we will follow the Lord...