I've never cooked or used tahini before (I've only had it already
made in things).
Not exact matches
Admiral William McRaven, author of «
Make Your Bed: Little
Things That Can Change Your Life... And Maybe The World,» explains what he learned after being fired early on
in his career.
But
in resisting that impulse, we shouldn't at the same time deny that there is something special about the
making of
things.
If this were an old Disney movie
made while Walt was at the controls, this would be the moment
in the story when a little bit of magic would appear — perhaps
in the form of a fairy godmother or some pixie dust — to
make things right.
Those will include
things like investing
in faster check - out for customers, flexible scheduling and competitive wages for store workers, turning over merchandise more quickly to keep
things fresh and
making its supply chain even more efficient.
The best entrepreneurs, just like the best assassins, know that while a personal desire to do great
things drives them, the professional side is the one that needs to be
in charge and
make the big decisions.
We'd like to see companies like General Mills really stepping
in,
in a big way, to do even more
things that would
make a difference.
So when it comes to
making decisions about how to spend your time, it should all be laser - focused on either doing the
things that deliver you the greatest return or investing
in marketing efforts that will generate more demand for those high - return tasks.
The paper's standards editor, Philip Corbett, went through the piece frame by frame to
make sure it fairly represented reality, and even recommended that a specific scene be removed because the photographer «was too active
in re-arranging
things,» he told Sullivan.
For all the mistakes we
made, one
thing we did right was to invest
in the quality of our content.
With a plan
in place and an eagle eye on how
things are changing, you can
make sure that your business doesn't fall behind.
From your first day to every day after, it seems as if all the employees care about who you are, what you do, and if they can assist
in making things easier or better for you.
All too often people
in management roles take
things personally and
make assumptions about the intentions of the people they are responsible for managing or servicing.
If any good could come out of all of this, she told me, it would be to spread the word and
making sure people know one simple
thing: Pets should never be placed
in an overhead bin on an airplane.
I related to the book
in ways that I was not expecting and it did what only truly great books do — it
made me think about
things that I wouldn't have otherwise, and it
made me see the world from a slightly different perspective.
Sure, it might be nice to have access to the absolute latest
in technology, like John Wick does when he arrives
in Rome, but you won't need to drop $ 1,000 on a new unlocked iPhone 8 if you keep your iPhone 6
in good condition, keep it clean (inside and out,)
make sure you're not hogging file space for unnecessary
things, etc..
We
made a real concerted effort to try to think strategically, and to slowly and surely remove the barriers
in our business and inch
things forward.»
e embrace that and
make content for the whole person, for all the quirky different
things people are interested
in,» said Jonah Peretti, the founder of BuzzFeed.
Little
things can
make a big difference
in reducing customer workload.
He denies it had anything to do with the Russia investigation, but also says: «
In fact when I decided to just do it, I said to myself, I said you know, this Russia
thing with Trump and Russia is a
made - up story.»
Whereas I imagine most of my peers clicked through their six - question survey like a fire - and - forget missile, I kicked
things up a notch,
making a simple spreadsheet to log my results, and committing to doing the same simple exercise, year
in and year out, for the rest of my career.
Whether it was a product that streamlined our day, a service that
made our lives or easier or a once -
in - a-lifetime experience, some
things pay for themselves
in spades.
In the wake of Kikito's distressing death, we're collectively forgetting other incidents in which extreme deference to pets aboard airplanes might well have actually made things wors
In the wake of Kikito's distressing death, we're collectively forgetting other incidents
in which extreme deference to pets aboard airplanes might well have actually made things wors
in which extreme deference to pets aboard airplanes might well have actually
made things worse.
Pages and pages of stats and text
in your training manual isn't going to help matters, so why not
make things easier?
While there are a lot of
things you can't plan for, there were certainly a few big traps that I could have avoided
in my journey had I
made better decisions.
Perhaps
things will break differently, but as the Trump administration digs
in on the necessity of reducing the U.S. trade deficit, it's becoming increasingly difficult to see how Canada and Mexico can avoid
making significant concessions.
This is the first
thing we talk about
in Lean Startup because you can not do any of the techniques of Lean Startup — the rapid experimentation, the scientific approach, the broad development — none of it
makes any sense and can't work unless you have a vision for what you are trying to accomplish.
A topic that is often, if not altogether, missed
in my entrepreneurship reading is what to do when
things go wrong, particularly when you are the one who
made the big mistake.
«While your business likely has major goals to get to
in the next six months to two years, don't ignore the little
things that
make experiences for your customers more awesome
in the meantime.
How JetBlue Lost: Quick fixes are one
thing, but the brand failed to recognize recurring patterns
in a timely manner;
in my case,
make that until it was too late.
Applications like these
make working from a mobile device easier and it allows businesses to get
things done
in a more efficient and timely manner.
What I'm starting to realize, however, is that when it comes to actually getting
things done and
making progress
in the areas that are important to you, there is a much better way to do
things.
The two biggest concepts
in the book are not taking
things personally and not
making assumptions.
As he wraps up, McConnell
makes the solution explicit: «
Things can change
in our country — that's why we have elections,» he tells the crowd.
I
make sure it is the first
thing I do
in the morning, before looking at email or checking messages of any kind.
We present the second annual Canadian Business Power 50 ranking of the rainmakers, string - pullers and master manipulators who truly
make things happen
in this country.
Just the sheer scale of it is also challenging, because you've got ta lay out the carbon fiber
in exactly the right way on a huge mold, and you've got ta cure that mold at temperature, and then it's... just really hard to
make large carbon - fiber structures that can do all of those
things and carry incredible loads.
When Reynolds first started out
in the sales training program at IBM, one of the biggest
things he learned was to
make sure you listen to your customer.
Oh, the company must be nostalgic for those times, when the only
things journalists discussed were the company's huge profits and its ability to
make anyone's butt look good
in a pair of yoga pants.
Some
things tend to get lost
in translation when
making their way from one country to another.
«A lot of these systematic
things are linked to us not seeing enough women
in leadership roles,» she tells CNBC
Make It.
The good news is that there are some easy
things that people can do regularly that can
make a big difference
in their performance and long - term prospects.
Bottom line: Not necessarily the place that the numbers or non-stop notoriety would ever take you, but the right
thing to do if you're trying to
make an important difference
in people's lives.
One of the
things that could help Medium differentiate itself, at least
in the short term, is support for paywalls and other ways for publishers to
make money.
Her final plea to get me to change my mind was, «The strength of the bond my children share is the
thing in life that
makes me happiest, and I'm petrified that you two working together will jeopardize a lifetime of work.»
He instilled the work ethic
in us, not only
in terms of having a career and
making money but also learning
things that will enrich your experience and
make your day more interesting.
Bring those
things together,
make it useful, and
make it fun, but create disruption — not only
in the financial services category but
in the marketing category
in total.
That would just cause people to
make things up
in order to fulfill a requirement.
But
in order to survive
in this world, you have to find a way of
making those [
things] and putting bread on the table at the same time.
«The best way to
make some progress on this... wasn't to go out and hire a consultant, as we often would have done, but rather get some of these people
in who are spending their lives developing these
things that will hopefully be a big score for them one day,» says Toronto Mayor John Tory.