Sentences with phrase «not studied up»

Again I admit I have obviously not studied up on this and have no place in a discussion with you people that seem brilliant.

The period we are in right now can be confusing to those who haven't studied up on all the rebates and programs available, as well as the best practices in construction and building certifications for both new and old homes — not to mention corresponding equivalents in commercial real estate.

Not exact matches

You might not need a study to convince you that reading the news in the morning can depress you all day, but if you want research to back up your instincts, it exists.

«The work that they've done designing and executing on their engine is really impressive,» says Jory Bell, partner at Playground, which had former SpaceX employees study Relativity's architecture before deciding to invest in its Series A. «And every technical decision they've made is optimized not only to serve their initial market, but to scale up as well.»

It's not just me that says that - there are 20 independent academic studies which have come up with the same numbers.

You will be shocked to learn that a study commissioned by Internet radio service Pandora found that annoying users with increased amounts of advertising will push some to pay for an ad - free subscription, but not enough to make up for the majority who get annoyed and just tune out.

But studies show power doesn't actually transform people, instead it turns up the dial on whatever they were before.

The researchers caution that their study can't pin down exactly how much achievement is down to prior math success and how much is because of the way positivity pumps up learning in the brain.

If you haven't heard of royalty financing, now may be the time to study up and land that startup funding you need.

Not so simple, according to a study by McKinsey & Co. that finds some jobs will be eliminated, others created, and up 375 million people may need to switch occupations.

I hadn't had anyone come in in a couple hours and was brushing up on my class notes for the week feeling pretty good about being paid to study.

Two Swiss economists who studied the effect of commuting on happiness found that such factors could not make up for the misery created by a long commute.

The study found that nearly 40 percent of small business owners who didn't know their business credit score anticipated growth of less than 5 percent, while nearly three quarters who did, envisioned growth of up to 20 percent.

In one study, people keeping a gratitude journal slept on average 30 minutes more per night, woke up feeling more refreshed, and had an easier time staying awake during the day compared to those who didn't practice gratitude.»

When a customer tweeted the company asking for clarification about a fee policy, JetBlue not only immediately responded, but also had a local representative study this man's social media photo, then walk through the airport until he could be found for a follow - up conversation.

In other words, exercising after a long period of not eating could set us up for a longer, more intense fat burn, noted Eric Doucet, the lead author on the study and a professor of kinesiology at the University of Ottowa.

The survey comes as a U.K. study by the government's pension minister Steve Webb warned last week that the pension gap was widening, with up to 13 million Brits heading for an austere retirement after not saving adequately during their working lives.

«Ottawa isn't really keen, I think, on having the provinces all start up their own pension plans because it starts to break up the federation a bit, it starts to create barriers to people going from one province to another looking for employment,» said Thomas Klassen, a York University political science professor who studies pensions.

A follow - up study in 2013 showed that the finding applied to people in 136 countries, not just those in North America.

In my studies, I have come up with a couple of thoughts that I will lightly call secrets, as it is clear that many many people out there don't get it.

It was an interesting case study on what to do when you have a product that's not quite up to your standards.

Any Canadian — whether an individual flying in their backyard or an employee of a company using it for business purposes — would do well to study up on the do's and don'ts first.

In follow - up studies, they found that motivation boost from uncertainty only occurred when participants were focused on the process of pursuing a reward and not the outcome.

«I suffer from dyslexia and couldn't keep up with my studies as a teenager.

Heidi Shey, a senior analyst at Forrester who studies the cyber insurance space, says insurers are in an excited «land - grab» state, gobbling up as many customers as they can because insurers believe most businesses will not file a claim, or there could be a cyber event that doesn't get covered due to an exemption, such as human error, credit card fraud, or email fraud.

A new study, conducted by researchers at NYU Langone Medical Center, serves up the grim conclusion that calorie labels, on their own, do not reduce the overall number of calories ordered.

Not only does getting up for your get - togethers improve your health, according to a new study, but it's also likely to encourage teamwork and creativity.

Aging can seem like a scary prospect, but a wealth of scientific studies have found that youth isn't all it's cracked up to be.

A first - party study like this obviously has to be taken with a few grains of salt, but the Nest does make it easier to keep your thermostat at less wasteful temperatures when you're away (whether it's automatically or manually from your smartphone), and it gives you useful info on how much energy you're regularly chewing up.

The most successful millionaires today are those who are not afraid to give up their nights and weekends to study and work.

They point to a 2012 study that found drivers are more willing to pick up hitchhikers holding flowers, and a 2005 study that found «people receiving flowers initiate conversation more frequently or stand closer to others than those who did not receive them.»

A follow - up study found men weren't as color blind when it came to bargain shopping for something they really wanted.

For the study, researchers at Columbia University and the University of California performed five experiments to determine not just how we think of ourselves when we dress up, but how we think, period.

While teachers might insist that today's students somehow use tech differently, studies don't back this up.

The most important CEO motivator isn't money, Barton suggests, but the fear of messing up, and boards would be smart to spend more time studying non-monetary drivers of executive behaviour.

«Everyone's still in the mode of copying what Apple did largely, and the 3 - D does have the effect of wiping out simple spoofs — you can't hold up a picture anymore and expect it to do anything,» says Kevin Bowyer, a University of Notre Dame professor who studies biometrics and object recognition.

It may have to do with Addyi's high pricing (on par with Viagra at $ 26 per pill without an assistance program), its daily intake requirement (unlike Viagra, it adds up to $ 780 per month), its potentially deleterious side effects (low blood pressure and fainting), its restrictions on alcohol consumption (abstinence vs. large quantities not recommended for Viagra patients), a 10 % efficacy rate (whereas Viagra works 50 % of the time compared to a placebo, according to a recent study), and its subtle neurotransmitter - targeting mechanism (contrast that to the obvious hydraulics of Viagra).

The study ultimately determined that other traits, like intelligence and conscientiousness, were more important for seizing leadership than extroversion — but smart introverts shouldn't celebrate just yet: even if they are bright, their peers won't recognize it until they speak up.

If the UBC study is any guide, the winner in the new luxury war may end up being the one, not with the best products, but with the most mean girls (and guys) on staff.

Unfortunately, I can not, however, after studying several comedians, comedy writers and lyricists, I can give you 11 key ingredients of comedy that can help your speech, blog post or anything else you want to brighten up.

But whatever subsequent studies turn up, there's no reason anyone trying to learn something new can't put these findings to use right now.

Another study reported that nearly one in four respondents with income from $ 100,000 to $ 150,000 said they probably couldn't come up with $ 2,000 in 30 days to cover an unexpected expense.

This should come as no surprise, considering that they've grown up with social media their entire lives: in one study 50 percent of them said they can't even «live» without YouTube.

The study doesn't go too deeply into the causes of start - up density, but it does offer economic development folks a chance to see which cities are «doing it right.»

When researchers out of Russia examined the sleep and wakefulness rhythms of 130 study subjects (by keeping the obliging participants up for a full 24 hours and quizzing them periodically about how they were feeling), the scientists found that some folks really didn't prefer early or late hours.

He didn't give up on his studies.

A new study suggests catching up on celebrity gossip, watching viral videos, and generally just browsing not only doesn't detract from productivity — it actually helps it.

Late - nighters are not going to dig on this, but according to a University of Toronto study, early risers are happier and healthier than people who like to stay up late.

Follow - up studies that tracked employee performance over time as people shifted between lower - and higher - scoring managers confirmed that great leadership scores do indeed lead to high team performance scores and not the other way around.

Not only does not speaking up escalate dissatisfaction among employees, a DecisionWise Benchmark study found, but it leads to absenteeism, non-productive work behaviors, low team identification, and eventually reduced performance and turnovNot only does not speaking up escalate dissatisfaction among employees, a DecisionWise Benchmark study found, but it leads to absenteeism, non-productive work behaviors, low team identification, and eventually reduced performance and turnovnot speaking up escalate dissatisfaction among employees, a DecisionWise Benchmark study found, but it leads to absenteeism, non-productive work behaviors, low team identification, and eventually reduced performance and turnover.