Sentences with phrase «listening with an agenda»

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Then, we have to listen to these idiots with an agenda and an anti-religious bias spout nonsense.

So listen to the song below (follow along with the lyrics underneath), and see if «Sock Heaven» represents your own feelings of not quite fitting in to the religious clubs, the political agendas, or the consumeristic mentality of our day.

Aside from also starting to post more photos on my blog (which idea I see you gleaned from monitoring my brainwaves as well), Dean and I were just talking about this story yesterday and how the point is not doing vs. being, but never being distracted from being a disciple; which is really just being close to Jesus, doing what he does, listening to what he says and going with his agenda instead of ours.

Neither our politicians nor the press are perfect; they have agendas and ideologies that we have to weigh carefully, but we need both of them, and we need to listen to politicians we disagree with and read papers we wouldn't usually pick up.

You listen to a LOT of bitching and you earn trust by being responsive to folks» concerns, promoting their agenda (s), learning to dovetail them with your own.

With the coalition keen to promote its agenda for economic growth this month, it should listen to calls by SMEs for a bit more Vince (Cable) and a little less George (Osborne) as we approach the busiest time of the year for retailers — and to ensure the government's messages about the economy are more relevant to Joe Public than Hooray Henry.

«I want to encourage people to embrace the agenda of Dr. (Kriner) Cash and I hope that whomever sits on the school board after July 1st will listen to him and work with him to help move this district forward,» Sampson said.

«If we are to continue with this botched agenda of shoving together existing councils instead of a proper redrawing of boundaries, the least that Welsh Labour Ministers could do is listen to the wishes of councils themselves.

Creativity, imagination, thinking skills, using and applying knowledge, art, performance, team work, speaking and listening and much, much more are all on the agenda with this terrific bundle, but all wrapped up in «conventional» English, maths and topic based activities but with the added bonus of being seriously fun and engaging for children in KS2 or KS3.

When he offered to work with them on legislation to help their constituents, they were willing to listen to his agenda.

In listening to and learning from parents and education leaders, we believe effective and enduring change is a product of a co-created agenda, with all parties committing to:

Actually, we need to move the discussion from the current monologue by ideologues with political agendas to genuine conversation where active listening is valued.

But keep in mind; this is exactly what we experienced with President Obama's secretary of education and the president himself — the promise to listen yet their actions only furthered the political agenda of the ruling elite.

If you must listen to those that pitch small cap stocks, at least stick with someone that has no agenda, like AAII.

Basically, I do my best work when I listen to my gut, which requires me to shut up with my own arbitrary agenda and also block out other people's premature suggestions.

This is a case of someone who listens only to what he wants to hear (the arguments of a few fringe organizations with agendas) and either ignores or is incapable of understanding the overwhelming weight of scientific evidence.

Across the Americas, Europe and Asia, senior executives gather to listen to expert speakers and network with their peers in electric power industry as they help set the agenda for energy policy and sustainability.

Until you do so, I would think it wiser to listen to them that to a couple of «science journalists» with a rather obvious ideological agenda.

To become a good coach you must practice with people — asking powerful questions to increase awareness and possibilities, listening interactively to hone in on unearthed truths or client hesitations, guiding the conversation without pushing your agenda or letting the client get sidetracked or derailed, and more.

My first goal is to be present with you and listen without an agenda to give you the attention and understanding that I believe we all need.

Once we are seen as listening to them and agreeing with them we begin to turn the conversation to our agenda.