Sentences with phrase «near my goal of»

As the one - month - old petition neared its goal of 1.5 million signatures, Snap responded and encouraged users to stick with the app and learn its technology.

Meanwhile, that kid in the storage unit constructing bag after bag of swag for an upcoming conference has got the right idea: he has his earbuds in and is listening to tunes as he racks up his hours, inching ever nearer a goal of 9,000 — 15 gift bags an hour.

But I'm nowhere near my goal of selling 1000 copies of my book within the first year.

«Been there, done that» but now hopefully near the goal of consistency.

«As we near our goal of a no - kill nation by 2015, we are thrilled at the sheer number of people who visited all of the locations over the weekend,» said Maddie's Fund president Rich Avanzino.

The data may be presented at the climate change conference in Cancun, perhaps in part to demonstrate the effectiveness of Brazil's anti-deforestation regulations as the nation nears its goal of reducing the practice 70 percent by 2015 put forth by the country's outgoing president, Lula da Silva.

That surge of support is helping RPAC near its goal of 50 percent participation among members.

Not exact matches

When the company auctions that oilfield drill, for example, the goal is for its pricing model to forecast demand in the near future based on different factors, such as the price of oil, leaving Ritchie Bros. less vulnerable to market surprises.

To achieve future growth, Starbucks says it will focus on a mix of goals that will boost results both near term and over the longer haul.

Musk, who several months ago demoted Eberhard to president of technology and installed an interim CEO, argues that Tesla is a hit precisely because he hasn't sacrificed the car's performance to meet any arbitrary near - term goal.

Think of your investments in terms of near - term and long - term goals.

The company is trying to blaze the fastest, most practical and lowest - cost path to commercial fusion power, with the near - term goal of developing a full - scale prototype fusion power plant for the comparative bargain of $ 500 million.

Other analysts have pointed out the obvious, but still true, fact that the Master Plan Part Deux doesn't address any of Tesla's near - term concerns — like that it's missed its car shipment goals for two quarters in a row.

Leitch said the campaign aimed to reach its goal by end of June, but a spokesman contacted late last week said the number of pledges was nowhere near 5,000.

Somehow, Jeff doesn't allow the urgent near - term pressures to get in the way of his important long - term goals.

The ideal CEO, he wrote on Quora, is «assured of the achievability of long - term goals yet nervous about the attainability of near - term milestones.

Near the end of the Footprint Council meeting the group stares at a huge grid of pie - in - the - sky ideas — the company's «planetary goals.»

By combining the highly specific locational data that's available from consumers searching on mobile, alongside Google's already in - progress goal of customizing results by location for all users, positioning your brand to those who are physically near you will become crucial in 2017.

The goal of having healthcare facilities onsite or near where employees spend most of their day is that they might have better access to healthcare with fewer excuses not to go to the doctor's office for routine check - ups or when they're feeling under the weather.

This mix of short - and long - term incentives provides sufficient rewards in the short - term to motivate near - term performance, while at the same time providing significant incentives to keep HP's executives focused on longer - term corporate goals that drive stockholder value.

With the Fed mandate focused on dual goals of employment and inflation, like our gracious host FS I am not seeing significant rate increases in the near future.

«We think one of the things that make people panic in a bear market is that they simply don't know whether they'll have enough cash to handle near - term goals,» says Mark Riepe, Senior Vice President at the Schwab Center for Financial Research.

For young people just starting their careers, simply saving at all could be a sufficient goal, while those nearing retirement will likely want to have at least a few hundred thousands of dollars in their retirement accounts.

Several industry analysts see Employee Advocacy and Employee Social Media Training becoming some of the most important organizational goals in the near future.

But while setting specific near - term goals in these areas, why not take a moment to consider the big prize that, consciously or not, each of these measures is designed to facilitate: hitting your number.

«I do not believe that multiplication of wants and machinery contrived to supply them is taking the world a single step nearer its goal... I whole - heartedly detest this mad desire to destroy distance and time, to increase animal appetites and go to the ends of the earth in search of their satisfaction.

Thus, in the midst of the multifarious, cacophonous activities of men and nations, God works to bring the goods and goals of individuals and societies nearer to the inscrutable purposes he holds for each.

More specifically, his goal is «to examine — with a frank apologetic agenda near at hand — the possibilities for envisioning the transformation of humanity through relationship with Christ, as per Biblical tradition and Christian experience, in a process - relational mode»

All our thinking and our human endeavors, whether individual or collective, religious or secular, are pursued within a context of history, in which we are ever moving away from an original beginning, and nearer to some future goal.

That Roman emperor, of course, is a senseless murderer who rejects love, embraces random slaughter, and admits his real goal near his end, an inverted Augustinianism: «Soon I shall attain that emptiness beyond all understanding, in which the heart has rest.»

The really near miss own goal was that Wenger actually offered this «flatter to deceive» less than top level player, a fortune of # 180k p w to stay?

the lad has near zero skills and for the kind of money we shelled out for him I expected a lot more goals from the chap.

What if a shot on goal gets lodged in the goaltender's skate during the course of a save, and the goaltender near - instantaneously pushes off to re-set and in so doing, extends that skate across the goal line.

It was a uperb display, determined but not wreckless - given that we needed a minimum of 3 goals I thought we got the balance between attack and defence near erfec -

We won 4 - 1 despite Iwobi coming on and continuing his obsession of only passing back to central defenders and the gk despite being near the opposition goal.

Man is deadly (does Kung fu apparently) in front or near of goal.

Bottom line, if he is angered bench the players who were not good enough and play those who deserve some game time based on the Southampton game or on games where they had a positive impact: - Take Özil out and play Ox in the hole (he has to understand your the highest paid player of the club, your given freedom like nobody else and your even seeking even more money with a new contract you can't play like that ever and go AWOL)- Put Sanchez on the wing or up top but put Welbeck in (Walcott didn't track back near enough for the Alsonso goal)- Iwobi has been bright from the wing let him play there - Xhaka has to go back in the holding midfield role and I would take out Coquelin because he could've taken a foul on the hazard's goal.

But even luck and OG couldn't help us yesterday because luck and OG only works if we go near to the goal of Roma, which we didn't.

The 22 - year - old has scored six goals in 13 league appearances so far this season, with Inter holding a four - point lead at the top of the standings over nearest rivals Fiorentina and Napoli.

Wenger needs to have a word with Cech, these near post goals for such an experienced player are getting out of hand.

The problem is that for other strikers playing for other teams I tend to see highlights so see the goals and very near misses, some have a lot of pace.

Vardy is a bit of a one trick pony who would give us a few goals, but nowhere near what he has managed for Leicester with their hoof it forward to the galloping striker tactic.

Having only managed a total of 12 goals and 16 assists in 86 appearances for Jose Mourinho's side, it seems as if Pogba may need to take Robson's advice on board sometime in the near future.

No Goals, but Team Harris did pick up a penalty near the end of the 2OT..

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This time L.A.'s rookie punter, Rusty Jackson, handled a good snap near his goal line as if it were a steaming platter of cookies, his mind almost certainly being more than a little concerned with whether one of his teammates was going to remember to get in Allen's way.

One of the last plays of the Game Team Schwartz connected near the goal - line for a reception, that was called a TD but from most people's point - of - view, it did not seem that way..

Moments later though his strike partner did open the scoring as he was played in Pizzi on the left side of the box and fired a rasping effort towards goal that Lopez, despite the power on the shot, will have been disappointed to see go in at his near post.

What if an offensive player fumbles near the goal line, when he's not reaching out and the ball bounces out of the end zone?

They are designing a roster that, while having the benefits of providing development for young players and the ability to evaluate many prospects, is formed with the purpose of finishing near the bottom of the league for the singular goal of maximizing draft returns.