- A sociology paper proposing that the best way to lessen consumption for its own sake is to reduce how
much people work.
Not exact matches
Ours is showing you good
people for you to meet regardless of whether they're down the block or across the city, and because of the accountability and transparency that's in Hinge — we show first name, last name, where you
work, where you went to school, all these different aspects — it's
much more geared towards quality interactions.
People who are invested in building a career, however, are
much more focused on finding ways to learn and gain experience in their
work as a way to go further toward fulfilling long - term goals, which might be running a company or starting one of their own.
But a new study from consumer lender Earnest shows that the vast majority of those 4 million
people aren't making very
much money by
working on any of the major gig economy platforms.
For a range of reasons
much more complex than is commonly acknowledged,
people seem more willing to break the law at
work than they are at home.
It can — if done right — make
work so
much easier and
people so
much more connected and productive.
He has a simple explanation for the positive impact of buddying up at
work: «If you wake up knowing you're driving to a place where you enjoy the company of the
people you
work with, your satisfaction is going to be
much higher.»
It's also a good choice for
people who care about the company they support, as Tom's of Maine funnels
much of its profits to charities and encourages employees to spend a percentage of their
working hours doing volunteer activities.
Spending Too
Much Time at Home: Loneliness is the number one complaint from
people who
work at home, says Anne Alexander, a small - business coach in Brevard, N.C. «Many
people are not prepared for the isolated
working environment.»
«And we're all flying through space together, as a team, and it gives you this perspective —
people have described it as this «orbital perspective» — on humanity, and you get this feeling that we just need to
work better —
much,
much better — to solve our common problems.»
The pay at iiNet is not
much higher than the minimum wage yet we have to be 100 % happy and courteous on the phone while we
work through
peoples problems day in and day out.
It is
much easier to go to
work with
people that you have respect for and feel confident to speak with.
With so many
people devoting so
much time to the game, he wrote, there is serious
work being neglected.
So
much of what it takes to be part of a successful team — or to just
work with other
people in any capacity — is related to being easy to get along with.
«There's
much work to be done for the American
people, and we're ready to tackle it.»
This San Francisco - based startup is a group of scientists and engineers
working to develop new technologies for
people with Essential Tremor and Parkinson's disease, a demographic that includes millions of
people whose hands shake so
much that just getting food into their mouths is a challenge.
A different feature in development would use augmented reality to place virtual effects and objects on a
person,
much the way Snapchat
works.
As
much as I respect a lot of the happiness
work out there, most of it is either anchored in psychology practice or spirituality, or matters that are a little softer than what today's typical
person who prioritizes logic needs to understand.
«We've got a lot of hard -
working people with knowledge of fintech who are not costing as
much as they would in other cities because of the living costs.
People often forget how
much more efficient they can be by stepping away from the computer, meeting with someone in
person and
working through a task or issue.
«So, on the one hand, we know from research that
people are
much better at
work when they feel empowered, which consists of having meaning on the job, a sense of autonomy, a sense of confidence, and also an impact on what you do and the
people you're trying to help.
Much of this coverage focuses too much on the political rhetoric at the expense of the people who actually perform the work of financial regulation; the ones who will be the best and last line of defense against another financial cri
Much of this coverage focuses too
much on the political rhetoric at the expense of the people who actually perform the work of financial regulation; the ones who will be the best and last line of defense against another financial cri
much on the political rhetoric at the expense of the
people who actually perform the
work of financial regulation; the ones who will be the best and last line of defense against another financial crisis.
It turned out to be a snap — the downloadable connector software looks and
works very
much like iTunes, so there's a sense of familiarity for
people in that camp.
A
much better way to describe a
person who has been
working hard for decades is «more experienced.»
Angel investors
work similarly to venture capitalists except they are
much smaller operation, sometimes only one
person.
We don't want to go into too
much detail because one of the challenges for us is that we want to have a system that
works, but you don't want to have a system that's easy to game for
people.
«You don't realize how
much that
works on your psyche, and then one day you wake up and you're not you anymore, and you're not the
person you've always been.»
Creating demand requires vision, astuteness, and an ability to execute in such a way that
people are attracted to your
work, so
much so that there is an acquisition of some kind.
It isn't because there aren't
people without jobs out there, but rather because many of those
people, either from birth or from discouragement of being without
work, are not thinking about the bigger picture, «making the employer happy» as
much as they are following what they are told «fill in that sheet of numbers.»
A study from New York University measured «motivational relevance» and compared how
much the upper and
working classes pay attention to other
people.
«One of the greatest gifts one can give a marriage is the recognition and acceptance that there are times when you're going to get it wrong... When you will lose the
work - life balance; when you will share too little or too
much; when you will lean too heavily while it was [the other
person] who needed the rest.
Others believe that web design doesn't really matter all that
much and you just need a site that
works and lets
people do what they want, like Craigslist.
Perhaps this is too
much information sometimes, but our employees see each other as unique
people, not just cogs in the machine, and
work more creatively and collaboratively together.
Like most
people who spend too little time asleep and too
much time trying to stay focused on
work, I tend to drink a fair amount of coffee.
Additionally, KPMG hires some of the best
people; my job is
much more enjoyable because I relate to the
people I
work with and that is a major key.»
I come to
work and enjoy being here as
much for the
work I do as the
people I'm with.
«At the end of the day,» he says, «you want to see
people roll up their sleeves and just go to
work and stop talking so
much about it.»
Forget the wisdom of the crowd; this is the power of multiple
people working at the same time and becoming
much more efficient.
«For
people like Sir Alex, who are obsessed by a pursuit, there is no separation between life and
work... It is
much easier to endure all the setbacks, reversals and frustrations of management when you deeply enjoy your
work.»
Most
people don't think
much about all the time they spend in their cars driving to sales calls, meetings or even OfficeMax, but those
work - related miles add up.
«We give
people that flexibility to
work as
much or as little as they want.
Much of the clothing that
people now consider
work - appropriate incorporates sports - inspired materials like spandex, Lycra, and other synthetic fibers.
Prevent
works in
much the same way the YMCA's Diabetes Prevention Program
works — a group of
people (12, in Omada's case) take classes, engage in challenges, and generally support one another with the help of a health coach for several months to a year, with the goal of losing 7 % body weight and preventing the onset of Type 2 diabetes.
«They're decent citizens, they
work hard every day — in many cases both the husband and the wife
work hard everyday — and they're raising their kids fine, and they see other
people getting ahead
much faster than they are.»
That's great for some
people, O'Shea said, but «knowing how
much you need to be saving is huge, and
working toward a goal makes all the difference.»
One misconception
people have about nutrition in general is that the more the better, and that's why
people are taking supplements and they think, «Well if I can have this
much vitamin C, why not get this
much vitamin C,» and that's not how it
works.
While we take so
much for granted around why things
work or why
people are successful, this book looks at all factors and highlights their meaning.
Your colleagues are the
people you turn to when you've got questions about how things
work, how best to navigate a particular company policy or procedure, how to make a connection with a member of their business or other networks, and
much more.
«This is the day where
people can see how
much we contribute,» said Alberto Resendiz, who previously
worked as a migrant worker in fields as far away as Michigan.
Most
people don't care about how
much work you put into designing the product.