A fascinating, important book about what
makes good people good and bad people bad, and how good people can protect themselves from those others.
At this point we do tend to draw on the psychologist to make sense of what novelist Mary McCarthy observed: that religion
makes good people good and bad people bad.
To be maximally effective, a growth group should have these additional characteristics: (4) The group is composed of relatively functional people so that its aim is «
making well people better.
Not exact matches
Some of the things that
made T'Challa [the film's main character] a
good leader were that he wasn't afraid to empower the
people that worked with him, and he was somebody who kind of gathers information from everybody.
I was just thinking about this and I think that this happens because
people don't really think this through and believe that the marketing strategy will
make their product a
better choice than those of the competition.
«Despite all that's going on
people are still looking to have fun judging by sales of our Durex Play products that help
people have
better sex, and our branded condoms like Performa, which by slowing the man down
makes the fun last longer.
Unregulated digital entities, created by just about anyone out of nothing, that assume some value denominated in fiat currency simple because they're being traded between anonymous
people or bots whose only desire is to
make prices go up, on unregulated opaque exchanges where everyone thinks price manipulation is
good as long as it pushes up the price....
Well, new research shows that
people who shy away from asking for advice because they think they'll appear less competent are getting worked up for nothing — asking for guidance actually
makes you seem more capable.
Big insurance companies spend a ton of money trying to
make people feel they're the
best option.
If the
person is a
good friend,
make sure that their goals, values and responsibilities are aligned to yours.
This is where
good customer service, the
person who answers the phone or sits at the front desk, can
make or break a new relationship.
The owners thought my outgoing personality and ability to relate to
people would
make me a
good fit for a customer service job at what was then a fledgling software company.
Tough Mudder isn't curing cancer, but they do feel they're
making the world a slightly
better place by helping
people lead more active lives and connect with each other.
Encouraging
people to notice awesomeness, share it, embody it, and respect when others do the same won't just
make you
better at whatever it is you do, Riggle believes.
Trade shows are some of the
best places to
make relationships within your industry, whether it's because you identified a new lead or chased down
people you wanted to connect with.
Needless to say, that's done wonders for the employment statistics, and plenty of
people have found working as a contractor to be one of the
best career moves to
make at the moment.
They
make the
people around them
better by being genuinely concerned about their growth.
Gifts that are customized
make the recipient feel special, just as a business that provides a unique experience to every
person makes customers feel
good.
Making decisions on the basis of data is important, but almost every decision has an impact on
people as
well.
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.
«Likes» from fake accounts may
make your Facebook business page look popular or
well - liked, but when it comes down to engaging with real
people, the numbers don't add up.
People who
make decisions particularly
well engage in what's known as probabilistic thinking, which means recognizing that most choices don't have binary outcomes.
There's greater satisfaction in respecting our differences, but not letting them prevent agreements that don't require abandonment of core principles, agreements
made in
good faith that help improve lives and protect the American
people.»
When
people share a laugh and have
good times together, it
makes them more open to each other.
Taking this hour for myself
makes me a
better wife, a
better CEO and a happier
person.
Great answer: The interviewee admits they caused the other
person to be upset, took responsibility, and worked to
make a bad situation
better.
In reading this statement,
making people feel
good would seem core to the beverage company's reason for being.
We'll
make you a star, and the
best people and customers will flock to your business.
There's also the matter of whether mobile medical care will ultimately reduce national health spending: At least one recent report suggests that the technology may
well cause
people to pursue care they don't need precisely because it
makes it so convenient to get.
The
best advice I can give you is: (a) to
make small, consistent bets with
people who can give you real - time feedback on exactly what's working.
Then you can focus on thinking about how to do things
better, how to treat
people better, how to
make your business
better.
Successful
people don't see money solely as a personal reward; they see money as a way to grow a business, reward and develop employees, give back to the community... in short, not just to
make their own lives
better but to improve the lives of other
people, too.
A great leader, though, will do one thing that the others don't: he or she will
make the
people around and below
better.
First, it
makes people feel noticed and valuable, motivating them to perform their
best and giving them the means to do so.
And the
best thing you can do for the
people who love and depend on you is to do your
best to
make sure you can always be here for them.
«Now that we know which traits to look for, we can begin to
make progress on how to
best assess them in high - stakes settings such as hiring and promotion, where
people are more inclined to hide the darker sides of their character,» she told The Huffington Post.
When we invest in our young
people, we won't just
make their lives
better.
«There is very little you can do to
make yourself
better - looking, but you can present yourself
better,» says the author of Beauty Pays: Why Attractive
People Are More Successful.
A
good night's sleep
makes you more positive, creative and proactive in your approach to toxic
people, giving you the perspective you need to deal effectively with them.
It's not about
making people feel
good about themselves and loved.
Gawande sums it up
well: «You want
people to
make sure to get the stupid stuff right.
I think that means continually improving the product and
making people happier and happier with the features in it and how
well it recommends
people, how
well the chatting feature works, how
well we get conversations going.
Canadian Business marketing columnist Bruce Philp said it
best: «We still show up for work in the morning to
make something
people want, present it to those
people and sell it to them at a price that leaves everybody satisfied.
That
makes her answer not just a handy way for young
people to gauge their readiness for the real world, but also a thought - provoking read for parents as
well.
Jacking into my brain knowledge written by
people much smarter than me
makes me a
better person, executive, and family man.»
Zuckerberg explains that the news feed is bad for your brain: «We feel a responsibility to
make sure our services aren't just fun to use, but also
good for
people's
well - being.
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.
But some
people are remarkably charismatic: They build and maintain great relationships, consistently influence (in a
good way) the
people around them, consistently
make people feel
better about themselves — they're the kind of
people everyone wants to be around... and wants to be.
And when we collectively move on, the
people who create a lot of the content touting this technology never take a moment to reflect on our collective obsession with technology and whether any of it is actually
making human beings happier, healthier, smarter, or
better off.
The words you choose can help other
people feel
better about themselves — and
make you feel
better about yourself, too.