Most of the time the information added or left out is not really that important in the grand scheme of things; but whatever you are not saying might make the world
of difference to the person who decides that you are the «perfect» mate for them.
You might not think that talking to someone for twenty minutes is very helpful — but it can make a world
of difference to that person.
Not exact matches
Almost half
of developers are still devoting their energies toward consoles, but the input
differences are huge — high - end games are requiring an average
of $ 8.7 million, 65
people and 583 days
to produce, compared
to just $ 300,000, seven
people and 156 days for mobile games.
Pause for a count
of three, and see what a
difference your heartfelt appreciation makes
to the
person to whom you're showing gratitude.
The consulting that I was contracted
to do for her was exciting and her company was making a big
difference in the lives
of people who really needed it.
Even if it's just a chance
to win something small like a gift card or early access
to the new feature, it will make a huge
difference in the number
of people who actually participate.
The
difference — the real
difference — isn't easy
to spot, but here it is: all that activity, all those busy
people, gallons
of coffee, whiteboard hieroglyphics and lines
of code were triggered when one
person had an idea.
In addition
to serving as the chair
of Virgin Unite, she is also the founder and trustee
of her own non-profit, Big Change, and the co-chair
of We Day UK, an annual event that celebrates young
people making a
difference in the world.
People see it, and they learn in plenty
of time
to make a
difference.
Despite their
differences, they both believe in the importance
of philanthropy and agree completely on how the way a
person chooses
to give relates
to the most striking management principle at Berkshire: autonomy.
«We try
to instill in
people that we talk
to that they're going
to be important, they're going
to be a part
of a cohesive team, and the software that we helped create really does make a
difference in the world.»
The price
difference can add up
to $ 1,000 for a family
of three or four
people flying
to Palm Springs or Maui.
«There's almost a constant employment demand for the
people who can really make a
difference, so that means as a leader, not only are you trying
to win the loyalty
of your customers, you're trying
to win the loyalty
of your employees — and constantly re-win it — and earn their dedication and their enthusiasm.»
'' [When it comes
to] the skilled professionals, the
people who have the brains in entrepreneurship
to make a big
difference, lots
of companies want them,» he says.
«Every highly successful
person I know
of has at least one
person they can turn
to who knows the
difference between the hype and the reality
of what's actually going on,» finishes Goldie, a senior partner at the Los Angeles law firm
of Mitchell, Silberberg & Knupp.
According
to Constant Contact, 84 percent
of people say that the biggest
difference in small businesses between now and five years ago is the use
of more online marketing tools.
There's a profound
difference between
people who get bored with high levels
of competence and those who strive
to reach a level
of mastery.
If the ALS ice bucket challenge proves anything, it's that
people have a strong desire
to be part
of something that makes a
difference.
The science
of productivity is clear:
people don't simply want
to produce, they want
to know that their efforts matter, make a
difference, and have impact.
The authors
of Goals Gone Wild also cautioned that when
people fail
to achieve their goals, a «significant portion» lie
to make up the
difference between their actual accomplishment and the anticipated outcome.
Penegor noted that there is a large
difference between the cost
of food at home and food away from home, and when you combine that with economic uncertainty,
people are less likely
to eat out.
It helps me make a living, it lets me work with amazing
people, travel
to incredible places and make a
difference to the lives
of many other
people.
The real reason we do all
of this is
to make a
difference in
people's lives and it's easy
to lose sight
of that when you operate from behind a monitor all day.
In the best companies,
people don't come for the job, they come
to be part
of the vision and
to spend their time in a place that values and appreciates them doing work that makes a
difference.
There are relatively fewer wealthy
people in Canada than south
of the border, but it doesn't take that many
of them
to make a big
difference.
We truly work together
to make a
difference in the lives
of the
people around us.
A study in the «Journal
of Individual
Differences» found that
people who scored higher on IQ tests as children tended
to be more curious and open
to new ideas as adults.
Sending a donation gets your name in a program; working your butt off in an over-crowded soup kitchen lets you belong
to a group
of people who are trying
to make a
difference.
The
people of that generation who are still in the game and making a
difference today are the ones who giddily charged off
to buy PalmPilots and mobile phones that weighed down their suits like bricks.
Ending all my conversations with this one simple question (or one along these lines) has made a world
of difference in my ability
to connect with
people and build long - lasting relationships.
It's the
difference between telling
people about the features and benefits
of your product and allowing them
to experience these benefits for themselves.
«Great perks (free food, free coffee bar rivals Starbucks, free juice bar, free ice cream bar, just free bars... I can go on), great energy in the company
to get things done (motivated by a sense
of how much
of a
difference the products make in the lives
of people in earning their livelihood or taking it
to the next level).
«When you have thousands
of people coming
to your site every day, if making one little change like putting a security logo on your checkout page makes a 1 percent
difference in conversion rate a day that can make a huge impact on your bottom line over time.»
«What we're trying
to do with that is really give
people this tangible sense
of what their day -
to - day will look like and how they will make a
difference,» she says.
There are tools, apps and programs galore
to reconcile time zone
differences, connect
people virtually and back up the promises
of increased productivity.
Happy
people understand that
differences in opinion and ideologies are just opportunities
to look at situations or ways
of thinking in a new way.
A
person close
to the Delivery Hero IPO stressed the
differences, arguing that Blue Apron's subscription - based business model was less attractive than that
of Delivery Hero, which generates income by taking a commission on meal orders.
That might not matter much if you just don't want say, the family time - share, but it could make a big
difference if you're disclaiming strategically with the aim
of passing assets
to a specific
person.
The
difference was once the television, the radio, and the mailings started, I would now go into essentially the same type
of an area and
people would come up
to me and say, «You're Larry Krasner, and I'm voting for you.»
What
people are saying online about your brand — the good, the bad and the oftentimes inaccurate — makes all the
difference when it comes
to winning or losing customers, says Michael Fertik, founder and chief executive
of Redwood City, Calif. - based online reputation management agency Reputation.com and co-author
of Wild West 2.0: How
to Protect and Restore Your Reputation on the Untamed Social Frontier (AMACOM, 2010).
The relevant
difference between Finance and HR is that Finance gains prestige by bringing
to bear the tools
of quantitative analysis; HR issues, on the other hand, are typically harder
to quantify and turn into math, leading many
people to think
of them as «mushy.»
The number
of young
people who want
to make a
difference in this world and do something positive, create a solution, solve a problem, bring
people together, and help those in need is astounding.
«So I started off trying
to make a
difference for one
person every day by leaving cards with positive notes
to strangers on them in copies
of the Metro and leaving them on seats for random
people to find.»
Difference No. 1, if you were
to put the
differences into categories, would include a bunch
of little things — little, that is, only
to people who have spent their working lives in white collars and well - lit offices.
What he's getting at with this division, however, is the
difference between
people with a cooperative attitude and those with a competitive attitude: between those who are happy
to share the pleasures
of the modern world and those who are stuck in an old mindset.
Some
of these same
people don't understand the
difference between an estimate and a fixed cost, which we quickly learn when we try
to explain that we don't give estimates for closing costs and applicants respond, «Doesn't everyone?»
«I don't expect
people to know the sum
of all the parts, but I expect them
to pick it up and be able
to feel a
difference in quality,» Winthrop says, noting that American Giant's heavyweight hoodies retail for a sensible $ 69 (the zippered version for $ 79), comparable
to lesser - quality shirts from brand - name retailers.
Hiring the right
person at a startup is the
difference between success and failure — 46 percent
of employees will fail within 18 months
of being hired and only 19 percent are deemed an unequivocal success, according
to a study by Leadership IQ.
While the results can't conclusively prove that all those second screens are causing the changes
to the brain (
differences in brain structure could also lead
people to be more likely
to multitask), the researchers suggest that the results should nonetheless serve as a red flag for fans
of multiple devices while further studies are carried out
to test causality.
It was from Andy Bailey, the CEO
of Petra Coach and the creator
of Align Software, Kerpen explains in a LinkedIn post, and it managed
to squeeze 16 fundamental
differences between successful and unsuccessful
people into one tiny square
of cardboard.