Sentences with phrase «learned about being an author»

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We asked the author of That's What She Said: What Men Need to Know (and Women Need to Tell Them) about Working Together for the lessons she learned the hard way.

No, the real reason to write a book is because there is something you have to explore that you think readers want to learn about, not because you think putting «author» on your LinkedIn profile is smart.

It was there that author F. Scott Fitzgerald spent some time with his friend Rumsey, learning about «the lifestyle of the moneyed aristocracy of Old Westport, Long Island, and their involvement in the movement of eugenics,» according to a 2015 article in the F. Scott Fitzgerald Review.

In their forthcoming book, An Everyone Culture: Becoming a Deliberately Developmental Organization, authors Robert Kegan and Lisa Lahey take a deep dive into several companies where employees are expected to learn about their pain points — and promptly address them.

About the Author: Lauren Holliday is the founder of Freelanship, which offers 31 pre-packaged marketing gigs, and she's the creator of the Full Stack Marketer, a full - stack marketing course that helps people learn by doing freelance projects.

Jill Konrath, three - time best - selling author and sales methodology expert, joins us to talk about why a sale equals a change in the status quo for the customer, why experimentation is powerful and necessary in today's sales culture, and why sales is no longer a numbers game but a game of learning more and learning more efficiently.

His biography contains elements of an epic novel: growing up the son of a jailed Trotskyist labor leader in whose Chicago home he met Rosa Luxembourg's and Karl Liebknecht's colleagues; serving as a young balance of payments analyst for David Rockefeller whose Chase Manhattan Bank was calculating how much interest the bank could extract on loans to South American countries; touring America on Vatican - sponsored economics lectures; turning after a riot at a UN Third World debt meeting in Mexico to the study of ancient debt cancellation practices through Harvard's Babylonian Archeology department; authoring many books about finance from Super Imperialism: The Economic Strategy of American Empire [1972] to J is For Junk Economics: A Guide to Reality in an Age of Deception [2017]; and lately, among many other ventures, commuting from his Queens home to lecture at Peking University in Beijing where he hopes to convince the Chinese to avoid the debt - fuelled economic model off which Western big bankers feast and apply lessons he and his colleagues have learned about the debt relief practices of the ancient civilizations of Mesopotamia.

As author Adam Grant recounts, «It was clear that Dave made a concerted effort to recruit people who cared about others, who loved to learn and have fun.

It's been a real treat to, in back - to - back weeks, feature two authors I've learned more from in the last five years than just about anyone else.

If you'd like to learn more about Facts about Formulaic Value Investing, here's a CNBC interview with the study's author U-Wen Kok.

Also, if you want to learn more about economic inequality ahead of the event (or won't be able to attend the event), Cornel West — prominent intellectual, author, and cultural critic — will teach an online course on the subject in conjunction with ChurchNext, which is open to all from January 11 - 21.

CNN: My Take: The Christmas message of the real St. Nicholas Adam C. English, associate professor of religion at Campbell University and author of «The Saint Who Would Be Santa Claus: The True Life and Trials of St. Nicholas of Myra,» discusses his quest to learn the truth about St. Nicholas and how it led him to Italy's Adriatic coast.

So it was with great excitement when I learned that one of my favorite authors who writes about the church, was publishing a book about Jesus.

This is not because I am an experienced eBook author (though I did just publish my first eBook), but because I am trying to learn more about the process, and wanted to share what I learn with you.

I enjoy learning more about the New Testament and how Jesus is represented by the various authors (Bock's section), and Jewish historical and critical background material (Bateman's section) has always been an interest of mine.

But when the Rev. Paul F.M. Zahl read several of King's novels, he learned something new about the author: There's a lot of faith behind his fright.

Amy Julia is a columnist and blogger and the author of Small Talk: Learning from my Children about What Matters Most.

We must be willing to learn what historical and literary criticism can tell us about the construction of the text and the psychology of the author, but it is Scripture itself or rather the Spirit acting within Scripture that gives us the theological significance of the text.

Lisa Velthouse is an author and speaker who learned much about her sin during a six - month fast from sweets, as told in her memoir Craving Grace.

It made me think about the book I read a long time ago «Black Like Me» (The author dyed his skin and traveled around the country, mostly living on the streets, to learn how he would be treated.)

When we read about Paul struggling mightily so that Christians in small churches will learn to live in Christian harmony, perhaps we see an alternative vision of church — one in which all the theological muscle of the author of Philippians is marshaled merely to get Euodia and Syntyche to get along (Phil.

This is part of an ongoing series where I briefly interview a theologian, pastor, author, or Bible scholar that I highly respect, and ask them to tell us a bit about themselves, their most current teaching project, and the one most important truth (the hack) they wish every Christian could learn.

The article has been well written by the author and yes Sharia law is a sacred part of our text, If you want to know read the Const.itution and learn about this yourself.

I find that my own students are more than merely surprised to learn about the views of the author of the Declaration of Independence as well as the Great Emancipator.

She is also the author of Skin Cleanse and Just the Essentials, which are both amazing reads for anyone looking to learn more about simple, DIY skincare and beyond.

It was so inspiring, that maybe I should pick up this other author's work as well to learn some more about incorporating herbs in the kitchen!

Reviews are incredibly important to authors, and they allow more people to learn about the book.

Because the overnighting infants tried to get their mother's attention and gazed at her more often — which on the actual test is a positive sign of readiness to learn language — the study's authors concluded that the overnighting infants were more watchful and wary about their mother's whereabouts, indicating more anxiety and insecurity.

Ron Lieber, finance columnist for The New York Times and author of The Opposite of Spoiled: Raising Kids Who Are Grounded, Generous, and Smart About Money says no: «Allowance ought to be a tool for learning — the same way that you learn to use a paint brush, a guitar, or a clarinet.

At the time, «attachment parenting» was a term known only to a small percentage of parents — many mothers learned about attachment - oriented parenting techniques, like breastfeeding, through La Leche League International and books authored by Dr. William and Martha Sears.

She writes about education, parenting, and child welfare for The Atlantic, Vermont Public Radio, and the New York Times and is the author of the New York Times bestselling book, The Gift of Failure: How the Best Parents Learn to Let Go So Their Children Can Succeed.

We read two books, one book called «Unassisted Childbirth» by Laura Shamley which she kind of like guru on the topic, and then there is another book called «Emergency Childbirth», just forgot the author but, it's really short, it's like what they give paramedics learn about delivering a baby you know and this thing like when things go wrong and what to do.

To learn more about «The Baby Whisperer,» here's an old but good CBS News interview with one of the authors, Melinda Blau, called «Tips From» The Baby Whisperer»».

The author, Rooja Sooben from the Centre for Learning Disability Studies at the University of Hertfordshire, says despite compelling evidence about the health benefits of breastfeeding, little is known about the experiences of mothers of infants with Down's syndrome.

In the following 2011 TED talk, science reporter, author, and mother Annie Murphy Paul discusses the latest scientific evidence gathered from the fields of biology and psychology suggesting that some of our most important learning about the world happens before we are even born.

«We need to examine whether regional or state level policies contribute to these variations, especially if these policies are hindering patients from learning about or receiving the vaccine,» says lead author Dr. Mahbubur Rahman, associate professor of obstetrics and gynecology at UTMB.

Brian Langerhans, an assistant professor of biological sciences at NC State and a senior author on a paper describing the study, says the research could help scientists learn about the connectedness of what seem to be disconnected animal traits.

«I think we'll be able to learn something new about several disorders,» says Emily Coffey, a PhD candidate with Robert Zatorre at the MNI and first author of the paper.

The authors suggest that every location where hybrid and natural approaches are being implemented provide opportunities for monitoring so we can learn as much as possible about each approach, including longer - term cost effectiveness.

While much remains to be learned about chemotaxis and cell migration, the authors hope that future races will be a fun - spirited approach to continue investigating cell motility and chemotaxis on a large - scale, as well as to provide further insight into relevant areas of research.

This means, for instance, that «if you've learned that oranges are good, the smell of a tangerine will also get you thinking about food,» says Robert Campbell, a postdoctoral researcher in the Turner lab and lead author on the new study.

«While the evidence of the effectiveness of brain training remains controversial, our results suggest that the public is interested in learning more about the actual science behind the claims made by the app developers, «says Dr. John Torous, a clinical psychiatrist at the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, lead author of the study.

You'll learn about the Oregon woodsman who made off with a 15 - ton meteorite in 1903 (he was later forced to relinquish it) and follow the author on a five - week search for space rocks in Antarctica.

«Learning more about primordial life, and how it can be re-manipulated, will open up a lot of new avenues for science, and shed light on the puzzle of how complex biological systems evolve at the most fundamental molecular level» underlines Lynn Kamerlin, corresponding author, from the Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Uppsala University.

«When we are learning new information, our brain has two different ways to remember the material for a short period of time, either by mentally rehearsing the sounds of the words or thinking about the meaning of the words,» says Dr. Jed Meltzer, lead author and neurorehabilitation scientist at Baycrest's Rotman Research Institute.

«Combining different analytical techniques was key in our work, and this broad picture helped us learn more about how common plant molecules are transformed into specific wine aroma,» said Dr. Nicolas Navrot, senior author of the New Phytologist article.

«We demonstrate that anthropomorphic features may not prove beneficial in online learning settings, especially among individuals who believe their abilities are fixed and who thus worry about presenting themselves as incompetent to others,» says psychological scientist and study author Daeun Park of Chungbuk National University.

Using a review of research and clinical experience, the authors built their framework and recommendations for improving care on the foundation of what's been learned about caring for aging Americans.

«What we've learned to date about differences in brain anatomy in hearing and deaf populations hasn't taken into account the diverse language experiences among people who are deaf,» says senior author Guinevere Eden, D.Phil., director for the Center for the Study of Learning at Georgetown University Medical Center (GUMC).

While scientific research examining specific features of individual apps may be scarce, scientists have amassed a wealth of knowledge about how children learn and this knowledge is directly applicable to the assessment of new forms of digital media, including apps, the authors say.