Sentences with phrase «of ending things»

I'm Thinking of Ending Things by Iain Reid Reid's debut opens on a boyfriend and girlfriend on a road trip to meet the parents of the boyfriend.

ONLY THE LONELY Iain Reid's debut novel, I'm Thinking of Ending Things, is a tightly crafted, taut thriller that readers can easily finish in a single sitting — perhaps on a lounge chair by the pool.

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And considering that this may well be the end of his political career, he may be more willing to push for things that are seemingly unpopular within his party.

For one thing, the bank is sitting on a lot of cash (possibly as much as $ 4 billion by the end of the year, according to one estimate) and continues to churn out excess capital.

Even today, he says, «I probably still wake up every day wanting to make sure I don't end up battling some of those same things I did when I was a kid,» and adds, «I'm still my toughest critic.»

In this beautiful citation, wrongly attributed to Buddha, it is said: «In the end, only three things matter: how much you loved, how gently you lived and how gracefully you let go of things not meant for you.»

And then at the end of that year, just before things really took off in crypto, White focused his efforts on attracting Wall Street clients: brokerages, large global banks, and hedge funds.

This is a fantastic thing to be able to do because you end up with an unbiased, objective evaluation of your own company.

But the jobs that require math skills and social skills — communication, working with others, all of these things you're supposed to learn in kindergarten, those end up being valuable because they're very hard to reduce to code or assign on a spec sheet to people living overseas.

But that's the situation that fans of the critically - acclaimed NBC drama This Is Us found themselves in after Tuesday's episode, in which the long - anticipated death of a leading character (actor Milo Ventimiglia's Jack) is hinted to ended up coming at the hands of a faulty slow - cooker, of all things.

If you're not careful and you don't have a process like that, then everything that runs your current business and drives all the revenue gets all of the dollars and investment, and you end up killing any possibility of new things coming along.

By the end of October, things were verging on the comic: In a superior display of pettiness on both sides, a Google Ventures partner explained why the firm didn't invest in Theranos, and Theranos responded with a full - on he - didn «t - reject - us - we - rejected - him.

For example, check your email first thing in the morning, just before lunch, and at the end of the workday.

At the end of the day, it's not the things themselves that matter in life.»

There's nothing wrong with a little perfectionism in the workplace, and encouraging your employees to do their best is always a good thing, but when it gets to the point that you're scrutinizing every detail of their performance, it ends up being counterproductive.

This is the craziest subject and most ambitious ideas I've ever had, it's the most groundbreaking thing I could be a part of... and it ended up being the most organic and easiest thing to put together.

In the end, while the strategy floated by Morgan Stanley has been 100 % effective in the past, its sample size of just eight instances makes it far from a sure thing.

And, while in some cases, there's nothing wrong with a two - way street, when that's the only way you build your network, it's a sure thing that one day you'll wake up at the short end of the stick.

Working out at the end of the day doesn't work for me because I get rejuvenated and can't sleep — that's why first thing in the morning is best.

It's so easy to get bogged down in email and other people's to - do lists that when you look up at the end of the day you realize you didn't make any progress on the things that are most important.

«Because if a child were playing with these things, some of them would end up upside down.»

You fast - forward your memory reel to the end of previous challenges and acknowledge that things did get resolved and that you made it through just fine.

So far, the Assassin's Creed franchise has sold more than 38 million games and by the looks of things, should be adding to that total significantly by the end of this year.

But a setback isn't the end of the world, it's a lesson that can teach some of the most exciting things about you, your product or your company that you never saw before.

These gestures often vary in scale and cost, but one thing I have found consistent in my years of running businesses is the astonishing amount of wastefulness due to completely irrelevant or useless gifts that end up at the bottom of a wastebasket or, worse, in a white elephant gift exchange.

I use to do the whole analytical thing and I am still a big fan of collaborative decision - making and have seen great things can come from it, but at the end of the day if there is no clear cut decision I ask the man upstairs.

If you end up among the many who decide to begin a job search in 2018 in pursuit of your next big thing, here are two important but simple things you should make sure you do that will not only significantly increase your chances of finding a great new job but will also help you land one that you can feel good about long after the «new company halo effect» has worn off.

«Ben and Jerry kind of stumbled into making ice cream to make ends meet and then things were added as they went along.»

In the end, I left that company in large part because of the things management would say to me and other employees.

Knowing that a large chunk will be deducted from my checking account at the end of the month forces me to monitor my spending, since the last thing I want to deal with is an overdraft fee.

Turner: One of the things that people in the industry often talk about when it comes to money management is this barbell, where as you said you have low - cost, passive index tracking funds and at the other end you have higher fees, higher active share, things like private debt which you mentioned, and it's those in the middle that are charging higher fees for something that looks quite a lot like beta that are really going to struggle.

Well, now we know that Theodor Geisel's (that's another thing — no «e» at the end of his first name) pen name — which was his mother's maiden name — was actually pronounced to rhyme with «voice» rather than «moose.»»

Barring that, the Star paywall will likely act like paywalls before it: as a significant but not transformational shift, the kind of thing that makes a lot of noise, but in the end doesn't change very much at all.

In the end, just remember that you're looking to build a team that's capable of winning no matter how bad things get.

Small things such as creating a to - do list at the end of each business day, or for the week, will help keep you on top of important tasks to tackle.

Every mission in the SEAL Teams had three things: a goal, a means to execute that goal and the end state of what that goal should ideally look like.

Many things aren't great right out of the gate — even if they end up becoming great eventually.

If you have a group of people with different perspectives around the table, you are going to end up in a better place, in decisions you make and in things you decide to invest in.

If the House and Senate don't manage to get an updated bill on Trump's desk before the end of the year, but do get things done in early 2018, then the bill could be made retroactive.

So by putting print at the back end, where it now fits in the natural order of things, you can really attack costs.»

These managers ended up having to follow up with another e-mail, phone call or face - to - face meeting 72 % of the time in order to ensure things stayed on track.

You come to the end of that week and clean out your things.

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For one thing, there are fewer of them — 5,900 at the end of 2016 versus 8,500 at the end of 2007, according to the FDIC.

To the same end, Banks has already earned his own wonderful standalone «Better Call» Saul episode, «Five O,» and seeing the foundation of his storyline is one of the things that makes this spinoff as enjoyable as its predecessor.

«Those that go through the coffin thing see the end for a moment, and it drives them to live their lives by design, not by default, and succession planning is part of that,» Carson said.

«One of the great things about eating less food prepared by others is that you'll end up eating healthier.

On the opposite end of things, «Mario Kart 8 Deluxe» is the best entry in the «Mario Kart» series.

«But it's not really about hating at the end of the day — it's about empathy and finding someone who feels the same way and has been through the same things.»

This means you'll end up asking lots of questions about things you thought you already knew.