Many people like to think
of themselves as crazy, creative, insane, geniuses, and makers of the best waffles.
Everyone in our neighborhood probably thought
of me as the crazy walking fool with twins but I didn't care.
Parents did what we think
of as crazy things then and their children turned out alright (some are our parents or grandparents even!).
I consider it mixed up when the religious people have the power and the rational thinking are thought
of as the crazies
Not exact matches
First to Shark Tank, that was an absolutely wonderful experience and a once in a lifetime event, I summarize that event
as a
crazy time that I am
of course glad to have had the opportunity to show my product on a national scale and meet some good people.
People have an image
of entrepreneurs
as those who take
crazy risks just for fun.
If you're in the market for a new game console — and you're not a
crazy person like me who buys every game console, regardless
of logic — you're looking for one to serve
as many
of your wants
as possible.
It probably won't change the behavior or attitude
of that one person,
as it's almost impossible to turn a
crazy lemon into lemonade; the fruit is already rotten.
The gathering is intended to probe what companies from Johnson & Johnson to 3M to Samsung —
as well
as every leading consulting firm across the globe — have already discovered: that smart, creative, and bold «design thinking» is one
of the most essential (if too - often - overlooked) pathways for companies to build better products, connect with customers, improve their collaborations, and make the day - to - day corporate processes that now drive most
of us
crazy less
crazy - making in the future.
Regardless
of your definition, it's flat out
crazy to ignore gen X, unless you think it isn't a distinct tribe,
as many marketers do.
Even in work -
crazy Japan, the practice
of inemuri («sleeping while present»), often sitting at one's desk, is viewed
as the ultimate sign
of hard work at the expense
of nighttime sleep.
See, the gap - toothed goal scorer got off to a rocky start in the ad game — perhaps following Mario Lemieux's lead with a bizarre local car dealer commercial — but quickly turned things around last year with a series
of quirky spots for Reebok CCM that featured his decapitated head's
crazy - person / evil genius laugh, and a turn for ESPN's SportsCenter that pegged him
as a Russian spy.
Don't use slip - ups
as an excuse to go
crazy and sabotage all
of your hard work.
At the heart
of the brand's success is Amoruso's drive to satisfy the «
crazy, freakishly loyal» community that clamors for Nasty Gal's ultra-affordable, young - skewing new merchandise, which is curated from an array
of up - and - coming designers,
as well
as vintage items from luxury brands.
If you would've told me seven years ago that today I'd be waking up each morning at 4:45 a.m. to check emails
as the CEO
of a dessert company, I would've said, «Are you
crazy?
As someone who practiced law, the idea
of a client taking to Twitter to predict a judge's sentence sounds
crazy to me.
If you take internet traffic
as a measure
of our digital economy, it's clear that it's growing like
crazy.
In an online forum, a Flight Attendant described the boarding process
as «the
craziest part
of a Flight Attendant's day.»
While Gartner doesn't include sales
of Apple iPads or Google's low - cost Chromebook laptops in its PC shipment numbers — reasoning that they don't generally compete for the same users
as the mainstream PC — the firm does say that Chromebooks are growing like
crazy.
We've never had a government so batsh * t
crazy as to dare to contradict us — the one industry whose money has kept the illusion
of prosperity going, year in, year out, for decades.
Question
of diversity can sometimes seem
as crazy,
as when tech companies with diversity problems were named
as being top in diversity.
Using it
as a primary means
of communication is
crazy.
«Something pretty
crazy happened this week,» Franco joked
as he began a monologue about the unprecedented attack on U.S. soil, which included the theft
of sensitive data
of actors who had worked on Sony films.
Nicholas Mason, co-owner
of Castle Toys in Calgary, says his city is «Lego -
crazy»; it was chosen last May to host the first - ever edition
of the company's «Lego KidsFest» series outside the U.S. Nonetheless, he's had the same experience
as the Toronto retailers.
Yet
as ubiquitous
as this advice is, how many
of us have joyfully scribbled down a long list
of travel destinations, lofty goals, and
crazy activities only to end up sticking it in a drawer somewhere and never consulting it again?
The Republican leadership might finally step in to «take the weapons
of mass destruction away from the
crazies,»
as Mann puts it, refusing, for example, to allow another debt - ceiling crisis.
«A lot
of what we do developing Earth - based communications can be leveraged for Mars,
as well,
as crazy as that may sound.»
· set
crazy goals — and reach them, every single day · feed the beast: when you value money and spend it on the right things, you get more
of it · shut down the doubters — and use your haters
as fuel
«Telegram is definitely much more
crazy than some
of the bigger ICOs we have seen,» says Sid Kalla, a founder
of ICO consultancy Smith and Crown, who now works on token protocol - design
as a founder at the Turing Group.
A woman I work with borrowed against her 401k to buy a ski - in, ski - out condo for around $ 150k during the recession, which she now rents out on a daily basis for a
crazy high return,
as in her gross rents paid for the entire purchase price after 2 years
of ownership, and she's now paid back her 401k loan.
«We were already busy before, and now we're just
crazy,» said King,
as she walked past home after home, each overshadowed by a massive heap
of ruin.
In the mad scramble for loan creation during the final phase
of the Housing Bubble, the government created an environment
of essentially free money by allowing the big agencies, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac (or Phony and Fraudie,
as I often affectionately refer to them), to securitize loans to the bottom
of the barrel risks with
crazy terms like no money down and incredibly low «teaser» interest rates.
I am extremely lucky to work in a job which causes me to be thanked countless times a day to which i have always replied with «no problem» or «no worries» and although my customers never seem to mind it drives me
crazy mostly because I spent many years learning to speak and have spent many years teaching my children and think the constant use
of one or two phrases over and over is limiting so just recently I have tried to use different phrases such
as «your welcome» and «my pleasure» and anything else which springs to mind and is more suited to each scenario.
I then came across several personal finance bloggers and started reading all
of their websites like
crazy as well.
As I wearily got my Washington Post from the stoop early this AM — yes, some
of us still read the «broadsheets» — I was bemused to see this
crazy article, front page, above the fold.
November 2016 — Zuckerberg describes the idea that fake news on Facebook's platform could have influenced the outcome
of the US election
as «a pretty
crazy idea» — a comment he later says he regrets making, saying it was «too flippant» and a mistake
Because
crazy as it may seem, it was the real estate bubble that brought in the foreign exchange — in the form
of mortgage loans denominated in foreign currencies — that financed their structural trade deficits.
Most people will immediately scoff at even the suggestion
of taking cold showers, labeling it
as «
crazy».
It's kind
of crazy that this year
as now a 21 - year - old company with nearly 1,800 restaurants and average volumes
of $ 2.4 million, Comparable sales per restaurant we just now delivered our highest comp 19.8 percent gain (in revenue at restaurants open more than a year)
as a public company.
I know a lot
of you think I'm
crazy for whipping around my rollover IRA
as if it were play money.
The book is also filled with poignant and hilarious examples
of haters gone wild, and companies gone
crazy,
as well
as inspirational stories
of companies turning bad news good with speed, compassion, and humanity.
As of Tuesday, the Dow Jones Industrial Average had scored record highs for nine days in a row; the gains are driving anti-Trumpers
crazy.
The logic
of the redemption narrative predicts that when Musk says that he plans to convert the world to solar power and establish a colony on Mars, he's entirely sincere,
as crazy as he might sound.
It reminded me
of the feeling that inspiration gives,
as I wrote in «How inspiration feels, in depth ``, that inspired people look back fondly at the
crazy amount
of work they did after the project is done and inspired people value missing less rewarding activities, no matter how fun they would have been.
Cryptocurrencies had a mixed week after the
crazy volatility
of the previous period,
as the largest coins settled down following the weekend surge, and traded sideways for a couple
of sessions.
«People are
crazy if they believe any government statistics [such
as the 7 % + GDP growth figures], which,
of course, are largely fabricated.
This is
crazy... About 91 %
of marketers use content
as a strategy to get more traffic and sales.
Living in Silicon Valley, we also saw just how
crazy the dot com phase
of the bull market affected many stocks, including the ones we owned via stock options or
as part
of our regular portfolio.
As a newbie, never attempt to predict stocks that will appreciate like
crazy (by way
of guessing or rumors) or those that will fall.
Figuring your withdrawal rate at 4 % and then counting on that
as gospel, especially with no margin
of safety, is
crazy to me.