Sentences with phrase «keep at it long»

Luminous watercolors by John Singer Sargent, a stunning retrospective of paintings and collages by Georges Braque (who invented Cubism and collage with Picasso but kept at them longer), exquisite permanent collections and James Turrell's mind - bending tunnel, «The Light Inside,» are among the riches at Houston's encyclopedic art museum.

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For now, relatively tame commodities prices are «keeping longer term inflation at bay,» and pressuring gold, said Rob Lutts, chief investment officer of Cabot Wealth Management.

Cohen - Farnell and Farnell have been at it long enough to know that even the most ardent zeal can fade over time, so they have built mechanisms to keep apathy at bay.

If you want your people to put in more hours, you can go the Google route and offer everything from free burritos to onsite haircuts to keep them at the office longer.

«The first thing to keep in mind is that, in some long run equilibrium, wage inflation should be equal to what the growth rate of productivity is — so how much workers can produce — and the increase in prices for the goods they produce,» he said at the UBS Greater China conference in Shanghai.

And if you look at the best American companies at the time — IBM or General Mills — they wanted to keep people for a long time and promote them through their careers.

The real question is how long Apple can keep revenue growing at this pace.

Too many managers keep forgetting that it's a whole lot smarter and much cheaper in the long run to take a little more time at the outset to get things right the first time.

In the category of communications policy, we also extended our estimate of how long we expect to keep the short - term interest rate at exceptionally low levels to at least mid-2015.

A quick nap can be restorative enough to keep an employee working at desired productivity levels for longer periods of time.

They want to avoid failure at all costs, so they keep plugging away at things, long after logic suggests it's time to move on.

At times, he'll keep a slumping hitter in the lineup far too long, as he did with Adam Dunn in 2011.

To ensure that I wasn't just coming at this from my own perspective, I decided to speak with a few fellow entrepreneurs to get their insights into what things employers should never say if they want to keep their top employees around for the long haul.

But it doesn't take a new homeowner long to discover just how large that premium can be in money and time: the constant outlays on maintenance and repairs (at least 1 % of the purchase price per year, experts estimate, and as much as 4 %), the chores and DIY projects that eat up weekends, the pressure to keep up with the ever - gentrifying Joneses.

As long as the reforms keep coming, and China's economy keeps humming along at its current pace, could the RMB soon crack the world's top currencies?

And there are larger trends at play here, as people generally keep their PCs longer.

At 83, it would be understandable if Jack Keep and Lew Ewing didn't feel like braving a long - haul flight to the sub-zero temperatures of South Korea's Pyeongchang.

The youth appear uninterested in carrying any longer the burden of national moral responsibility for the evils of the Third Reich, and the hard - working people of Europe are disenchanted with the concept of toiling to keep idle Greeks and Portuguese at the beach on their state benefits that began when they retired prematurely from unproductive state jobs.

Regardless of a team's situation, MLB managers are tasked with the duty of keeping their players focused, motivated and having fun at the ballpark during these long days of summer.

At some point, someone had the bright idea of changing these employees» mission: no longer would their mission be to «keep the place clean.»

There are few things more aggravating at work than being kept stagnant with the same routine responsibilities over a long period of time, especially after you've voiced interest in expanding your level of contribution.

In a video address to Japanese fans, Junichi Masuda, head of development at Game Freak and co-creator of the game, apologized for keeping players waiting so long.

The company must have long - term potential; it needs some sort of sustainable competitive advantage that will keep it in business for years to come; he wants double - digit returns — «Why bother buying a business if you're not getting at least that for taking on the risk of owning a company?»

Just look at the snacks - a cup of greek yogurt with pomegranate seeds will definitely keep you fuller longer over a chocolate candy bar.

That's the kind of energy we need to keep us moving all year long, so don't save your celebrations for the beginning of 2016, find a reason to pop a cork (real or virtual) at least once a month.

Brands have become smarter about the customer lifecycle, understanding that the success or failure of the business basically hinges on one key factor: keeping your customers delighted at every touchpoint and over the long haul.

Instead of relying on market returns, it may prove more useful to keep an eye on the long term, and to look at the volatility of any particular moment with more objectivity than emotion.

Regular cash flow projections can keep creditors at bay — and go a long way toward ensuring the good health of your business

Maintaining a course of constant improvement will keep you at your best for as long as possible.

Yup, he says, but that's the point: «As long as you adhere to the rules you've created for yourself, over time you'll find that the strength of the habit fields keep you in place — the act of getting up, walking over, and getting situated in the chair becomes just tedious enough to keep you at the desk, leading to a prolonged work period.»

At the core could be a general drop in «underlying» or long - term trend inflation that is feeding on itself and keeping the rate low, simply because that is what consumers have come to expect.

While being able to access the same drive at home and on your Chromebook is certainly convenient — assuming the café Wi - Fi doesn't crap out — keep in mind that it's part of a clever long - term business strategy.

«Often vineyard owners just don't have enough money to keep their operations running long enough,» observes Professor Stephen Mutkoski, a wine expert at Cornell University.

As far back as 2001, researchers suggested that greater weight loss during the beginning of a weight - loss program was tied to longer - term success at keeping the pounds off.

Ever since the bank introduced that extraordinary forward guidance in December of last year, Fed Chair Ben Bernanke has been at pains to explain to investors and reporters that the 6.5 % target is a «threshold» and not a «trigger,» meaning that the bank could decide to keep rates low for longer if it is not satisfied that 6.5 % really indicates a substantial improvement.

When Bernanke's taper talk caused long - term interest rates to rise much faster than the Fed intended, one of the ways in which the central banks sought to allay market fears was to stress that it would keep short - term rates steady until the jobless rate had reached at least 6.5 %.

Of each graduating class, which usually comes to about 100 companies, about 10 start - ups are selected to receive an additional $ 100,000 in equity - free financing as long as they meet certain requirements and agree to keep their business in Chile for at least a year.

But if you want to take advantage of the new 5 - foot - long controller cables on the SNES Classic and keep it 5 feet away from you, you might get annoyed at the distance between you and Reset.

HSBC Bank researcher Steven Major doesn't think the «Trump effect» will be long lasting, but is forecasting that it will keep yields on 10 - year Treasurys at 2.5 percent into early 2017.

If you believe the outlook will make funding more difficult (in time and price) you owe it to yourself to keep your burn rate in check so you can last longer until you need money and either «grow into your valuation» or at least get through a period of time where raising capital is more difficult

Even so, the methodology does include apps and sites where one might expect most long - form video consumption, such as Netflix and HBO GO... It's worth keeping those disclosures in mind when looking at the following chart.

First Solar is scrambling to meet demand as the Section 201 case drives module hoarding, and may keep its Series 4 product running longer at its Malaysia plant.

In short, because they pool longevity risk, can offer a well - diversified portfolio with longer - term investments, and are professionally managed, public pension funds deliver the same level of benefits as DC plans at only 46 percent of the cost.15 Any funds invested with the state pension fund would be kept in a separate investment pool from public sector funds.

But it is important to keep it in perspective, focus on your long - term objectives without fleeing to the sidelines at the worst moment, and keep an eye out both for opportunities — as well as ways to strengthen your portfolio.

At the root of today's problem is global demand that is no longer growing quickly enough to support the prices necessary to keep expanding expensive unconventional sources of supply like the oil sands.

Economic growth has been falling since 2010 and the economy has been operating below its potential since then; employment growth, particularly full time employment growth has struggled; in 2014 only 121,000 jobs were created; employment growth has not kept up with population growth; labor force participation has declined to its lowest level since 2000; long - term unemployment has increased; the unemployment rate remains stuck at just under 7 per cent, and youth unemployment is at 14 per cent; business investment has stagnated; and Canadians are losing confidence in their economic future.

This mix of short - and long - term incentives provides sufficient rewards in the short - term to motivate near - term performance, while at the same time providing significant incentives to keep HP's executives focused on longer - term corporate goals that drive stockholder value.

-- > The value of investing in relationships for the long - haul — > Investing in your health and longevity as a way to increase your lifetime earnings — > Why longer life expectancies should change the way you think about investing — > The shockingly low rate of personal savings and investment in the US — > My favorite part of the interview: whether we can reasonably expect the US markets to keep going up at their long - term average 7 % per year after inflation, or whether that was a unique period of US expansion which won't be repeated again.

«Most people won't have as long of a career at a high level, and it's certainly unusual to keep as much of that stock that you've been granted.

«Inactivity at the station is timed, even for those breaks, so employees are often forced to keep themselves from even going to the bathroom, lest it take too long.»