I really like the song — the cello unravels with the «strings coming from her skin»... quieting the panic is not an easy thing though, I think stillness might be
another letting go thing.
This means you have to think shoestring — finding less expensive ways to do everything and
letting go things you don't absolutely need.
Not exact matches
In this beautiful citation, wrongly attributed to Buddha, it is said: «In the end, only three
things matter: how much you loved, how gently you lived and how gracefully you
let go of
things not meant for you.»
Now
let me give you three
things that say that's not true: If you ate a lot of vegetables and fruit, you probably aren't
going to gain weight; No. 2, if you work out like crazy, you're probably not
going to gain weight; and No. 3, people who I've learned to really hate, people who have very fortunate, fast metabolism, aren't
going to gain weight.
But
let's see; maybe they will improve
things as they
go along.
But entrepreneurs don't
let a little
thing like
going against the odds get in the way of following their dreams.
«Technology may
let us talk together, and share information together, and analyze a few
things together, but I wouldn't worry about
going away from human decisions,» he said.
«If people say mean
things to me, I
let them know if they talk to me like that I'm
going to walk away or hang up the phone,» she says.
«It was in 1995,» he said, «when Bill said, «You know, this speech recognition
thing is
going to be important —
let's get started.»»
The book provides a practical guide for how to understand what's weighing you down and how to rearrange and
let certain
things go in order to live your best life.
Meanwhile, some myths (I'm looking at you multitasking) are just so attractive (I really do wish I could do three
things at once) that they're hard to
let go of.
When a big - name writer such as Rowling — who,
let's face it, is the biggest there is —
goes solo and decides to sell her own ebooks independent of any publisher, that contributes to two
things.
I needed to
let a few
things go if I wanted to work full - time and maintain my sanity.
The smartest
thing currently
going on at RIM is the development of BlackBerry Fusion, or the toolkit that
lets businesses manage all the different phones being brought in by employees.
We hear about employees being
let go all the time over
things posted to social media that violate a company's policy.
This sort of
thing can
go on forever if you
let it, making it impossible to actually engage on the relevant issue.
So the decision was made, «Alright, look,
let's take XPS, and
let's
go give the gaming business to Alienware, and
let's focus XPS on other areas like premium products and other
things.
Let employees know when
things are
going well.
I stand up here and tell you all the
things I have learned in life, you throw your cap in the air, you
let your family take a million photos - don't forget to post them on Instagram — and everyone
goes home happy.
If you're
going to be
gone, give ample warning and
let them know that
things are under control, with appropriate detail.
As far as that
goes, the three rules of crisis management are straightforward: First, own up to the truth and do it quick; second, move heaven and earth to make
things right; and third, quietly
let everyone move on.
«The hardest
thing for every CEO, especially a founder, is the ability to
let go [and] trust your team; to empower and delegate and not micromanage; to not be in the weeds of every single detail.»
You've got to
go to a local museum and the local art gallery, and
let other creative
things and objects come into your mind.
Meditation gives me the opportunity to notice the
things that I am holding on to — the more I notice them, the easier it is to
let go.
One of the rules - of - thumb is never to
let things go quiet.
Still, it does have a few
things going for it: The «fast delete» button
lets you quickly scrap whole words at a time; there's a one - handed mode that
lets you crunch the keys over to one side of the screen; and, when your phone is in landscape mode, it splits apart like an ergonomic keyboard, making it feel a little more natural for your thumbs.
There are
things you can do however to make your pitch
go down easier, or
let's be honest, simply get noticed.
And Sherman isn't about to
let a little
thing like unprecedented revenue growth from streaming services stop him from
going after his favorite target.
Yet
letting go and trusting the team to get
things accomplished can redirect focus on more big picture items.
Great employees can teach their bosses to
let go and trust in their ability to get
things done.
What kind of energy was required to turn on a dime and create a new approach to your product, or to
let go of all the investment and attachment you had to your product's success and starting planning your next big
thing?
«Jimmy was very, very good at
letting go of the
things that might have made him a success up to that point, but he was willing to shed them and
go for something completely different... Jimmy's career is based on a tremendous lack of fear of moving forward.»
«
Let's say you want to
go look at power lines, or oil lines, infrastructure... this is
going to be an airplane that's
going to be used for many, many different
things,» he said.
There's a couple reasons for this: after massive sleep deprivation and zero separation between work and personal life, taking a step back often reminds a founder of the
things that they want in their personal life and gives motivation to the work life and while in a lull this can upset investors or look like avoidance, its in almost every case helped the company and
lets be honest, if a company is
going to die it isn't
going to die in one week but be surprised at how much sleep a founder might need and you probably wouldn't want many friends around.
Let's
go one step further: it's hard to imagine
things going right.
They
let go of having
things be their way when they come across more effective solutions.
Here are all the reasons it's
going to
go well, but now
let me tell you about the five
things that I really worry about...»»
When you're talking to a user one - on - one this way, you can dig deeper into the little
things they say and
let them
go off on tangents.
To this day, when
things just don't feel right, I don't just sort of
let it
go as a case of butterflies or something like that.
Pick up a piece of confetti from the street and you'll likely find a note on there written by someone wishing for good
things for the next year, or
letting go of something from the past one.
One of our investors actually told me that if there's something that someone can do even 80 percent better than you can,
let them do that
thing, and you
go focus on the
thing that only you can do at 100 percent.
«The wonderful
thing it's done by increasing permanent wages for a million employees is now being defined by, sadly, 11,000 people being
let go,» said Crutchfield.
If you
let people you're traveling with or meeting on the road know in advance that you're
going to need time to get
things done, they will be much more understanding when you have to bow out before that third round of drinks.
You should set aside some time and create a list of
things you need to get done and then
let go of some.
The reason more people don't have high networths is because they don't want to cut out all the «little crap» they spend money on: coffee in the morning,
going out to lunch,
going out to dinner,
going to a movie, buying that
thing you will never use,
letting your food spoil, having to pay interest on your credit card... congrats, there
goes your earnings.
We have spent considerably more time thinking about keeping safe the crown jewel, and
letting go of the
things that are less relevant.
I like the idea of real estate crowd funding, but am hesitant to
let go of the real
thing.
In passive years you are hopefully still able to get around, but
let's fact it,
things are
going to get pretty slow.
They always say, «Oh, just
go, do your tour, do your
thing, look pretty,
go on TV,
let us worry about that.»
There's no «right way» to
let an employee
go — but keeping these 6
things in mind will help you with what to do and what to say when firing someone.