Sentences with phrase «last thing i want»

And that's the last thing you want to be indicating to an audience.

I smiled and waved and said I was fine, that I was just waiting for my wife to pick me up... the last thing I wanted was to crawl into another person's car because I wasn't feeling well.

When you run a small company with limited time and resources, the last thing you want to do is divert your attention from the core business that's your bread and butter.

The last thing you want to do is look at more documents, but now is not the time to take a nap.

The last thing you want is a disaster on your way to building your dynasty.

Chatting to people may be the last thing you want to do but it can help you feel more comfortable and connected to the place you are in.

The last thing he wants is to have to spend the next few years publicly defending legislation that takes away health insurance from tens of millions of Americans and raises the premiums for tens of millions more (whether he believes in the merits of that legislation or not).

«Our franchisees provide jobs and help their communities, and the last thing they want is for us to tinker in their businesses,» Dolifka said.

«The last thing you want to do with borrowed money is pull the plug at an inopportune time,» says Jonas Friel, vice-president and senior investment adviser at BMO Nesbitt Burns.

«Entrepreneurs are often so overwhelmed, they have so much to do, and the last thing they want is to «waste» their time on putting things away.

When changing course, the last thing you want to do is set the team off on a wild goose chase or take a situation from bad to worse.

We were really concernedbecause the last thing we wanted to do was alienate our staff.

Like so many books about innovation and the exciting world of tomorrow's business, it's a little buzzwordy and breathless, which can get stale quickly — and when you're talking about the future, stale is the last thing you want to be.

«The last thing you want is the media telling your customers what's happening to your business.»

The last thing you want to change is your name.

The last thing you want to do is annoy potential customers, but adding retargeting to your marketing mix if you're not already is a sure way to lift conversion rates for your online ad buys.

That's the last thing you want on a long - haul flight.

«The last thing you want to do when you hire someone is to surprise them about when their paycheck is going to arrive,» Rowson says.

I think the last thing you want to do is to turn around and embrace the policies that got us into trouble in the first place.

«Parents and grandparents want to help their children or grandchildren pay for school, and the last thing they want is for them to be made worse off because of their own financial distress or death.»

The last thing you want to do is send an email or publish a blog post filled with grammatical errors.

Knowing that a large chunk will be deducted from my checking account at the end of the month forces me to monitor my spending, since the last thing I want to deal with is an overdraft fee.

It's OK when you poke a little gentle fun at yourself, but the last thing you want to hear are bald or money or «Do you want fries with that?»

The last thing you want is no one reading your email because it was blocked from their inboxes.

This can be difficult for those with a passion for instant gratification, but the last thing you want is for the other party to think you're under the gun to finish quickly.

The last thing we want is to be ridiculed for exploring the unknown.

The last thing you want is to commit financially to a physical spot, all before realizing you picked the wrong location.

You should view your customer as your partner, and the last thing you want is them to be surprised at the 11th hour that deadlines are slipping.»

The last thing you want to do is throw good money after bad and increase your own losses.

We needed experts to do climate and soil studies because the last thing I wanted to do was just put vines in my backyard and say, «Isn't that pretty.»

As the NFL works to restore its image as a family - friendly organization worthy of female fans, the last thing it wants is to bring in risk takers who could make the problem worse.

«The last thing you want to do is disturb your credit in any way.»

«The future is foreign markets, so the last thing you want to do if you are a coal company is to give up a U.S. seat in the international climate discussions and let the Europeans control the agenda,» said the official, who asked not to be named because he was not authorized to speak publicly on the issue.

In the fast - paced world of tech, the last thing you want to do is fall behind on the latest terminology.

«I didn't know how much time I had,» Frayne says, «and the last thing I wanted to do was screw around with litigation.»

Racism, it's the last thing you want your brand associated with.

Given how hard it is to create anything, and how much passion is required to overcome the inevitable obstacles you are going to face, the last thing you want to do is get in your own way.

When you make a mistake, it too often autocorrects to gibberish; being forced to be precise is the last thing you want from a smartphone keyboard.

The last thing you want to do is hire someone and wind up regretting it later.

But the last thing you want to do is alienate yourself from people who would have gladly supported you if you only had a little more tact.

The last thing you want to do is launch a campaign, raise funds and then realize that a product idea not possible, will take twice as long or end up costing far more than what was charged for the perks.

The last thing you want to do is trigger a full - fledged IRS audit with uncooperative behavior.

The last thing you want to do?

«We don't sell telecom equipment, we're a software company, and the last thing we want to see is that starting to get overregulated.»

All those positions, or «asanas,» like Warrior 2 and Downward Dog, were actually designed to stretch the body in preparation for hours of seated meditation — the last thing you want is a cramp in your leg when you're pursuing inner peace.

The last thing they want is an edgy, scintillating discussion, with the raucous laughter and powerful voice of a singularly funny, smart female host who, on a nightly basis, shapes one of the most significant conversations in contemporary culture.

Between brainstorming, promotion, finding a suitable event space, coordinating refreshments and more, the last thing you want to worry about is whether or not you'll be speaking to an empty room or a packed house.

When an entrepreneur is working hard to turn his idea into a successful business, the last thing he wants to think about is the day he'll leave the company.

The last thing you want to be known as is a self - promotion whore.

The last thing I want to be here today for you is yet another grownup telling you that I have got it all figured out because I can promise you — and let me be clear here — I don't.»