Sentences with phrase «of distracting you from»

And in the absence of an agenda to argue about, there are only various scandals to wonder about and trivialities to chase in the interests of distracting from those scandals.

You are doing a disservice to your own community by denegrating Potter at the expense of distracting from the message and social awareness that he has generated.

Watch TV with closed captioning for the first year of the child's life for fear of distracting her from the vital task of eating.

Plus, like with Clinton, Kosovo, and his cigars, this will (hopefully, from the administrations view) have the added benefit of distracting from domestic Trump trouble story du jour.

Labour MP John Woodcock was quick out of the traps to accuse the Labour leadership of distracting from the growing Tory unease over tax credits, as articulated by Heidi Allen in her maiden speech:

It's form - follows - function, it's gorgeous, and it's no accident that none of it distracts from the country's omnipresent scenic vistas.

Their luxurious and trendy designs add to your home's décor instead of distracting from it.

Naughty Dog stayed true to the series, not letting the success of The Last of Us distract them from delivering on the core Uncharted experience.

The reception of the movement has been complicated by the fact that many of the artists have become part of the canon and as a result their paintings sell at very high prices, which sort of distracts from the work itself.

Cap and trade may seem like the big offer on the emission reductions table at the moment — one mention of alternatives like a straight carbon tax send many people (the average American in particular) into apoplectic fits — but Annie «The Story of Stuff» Leonard wants you to take a closer look.There are so many troubling details in how cap and trade is currently proposed — free permit giveaways to polluters, massive potential for bogus offsetting projects, the ever - present potential of distracting us from making real changes — that we really need to consider other options.

While the World Bank and other the development leaders have long recognized this imperative, U.N. climate officials have been slow to work more directly with the development community to integrate these ideas into their strategies, for apparent fear of distracting from the central goal of emissions reductions.

All of this distracts from the fact that all of the warming rates are positive, and the author's own estimation that global temperatures are increasing at 1.1718 degrees Celsius per century when evaluating the past 47 years.

During the alpha we've had to wipe and restart a lot and that kind of distracts from the app making and makes the services less reliable.»

Instead of distracting you from work, you might land your next job through a social media job search.

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This kind of placement can distract potential customers from your message and products.

The truth of the matter is that our brains, from a fundamental development perspective, actually can't do it, which is why we become so distracted.

«Any insinuation that Ambassador Rice's actions in this matter were inappropriate is yet another attempt to distract and deflect from the importance of the ongoing investigations into Russian meddling in America's democracy.»

I have also found that tools from Google offer extensions called StayFocusd and Bock Site that can block chosen Chrome websites for specific periods of time, so you don't get distracted.

But then the theater staff needed to check for eight underage patrons who'd apparently sneaked into the R - rated film, and so spent about the first 20 minutes of the film wandering through the aisles with flashlights, examining ticket stubs — and distracting Kohl - Leaf from Leonardo DiCaprio.

Perhaps a bit of bizarre is just what HTC needs to distract us, at least temporarily, from the smartphone giants.

«The tyranny of the «urgent» can distract you from what's most important, he says.

«One or more of these habits can distract the audience from your message and jeopardize your credibility,» Price explains.

But new clubs are shiny, and that initial glow can be enough to distract you from the darker realities of your mental game.

It's so tempting to be a control freak in terms of the area you know best, but all that will do is distract you from the myriad other CEO responsibilities and burn out your sales leader.

Unfortunately, when you send everyone to a home page packed with multiple messages and calls to action, and navigation that distracts from the purpose of your promotion, it's difficult to get your visitors to do exactly what you want them to do (not to mention nearly impossible for you to effectively track ROAI, or return on advertising investment).

Our Founders 10 members aren't immune to some of these struggles — but their founder - CEOs aren't letting the short - term results distract them from their long - term vision.

Democrats have in turn accused Republicans and Trump allies of reviving the story to distract from the Mueller investigation.

According to research from the University of Southern Maine, the mere presence of your phone — even when you're not using it — can be distracting.

But that broad debate should not distract from the immediate goal of providing certainty to Dreamers and enhancing security.»

I'm a big fan of binge watching movies and TV on my flights, which keeps me distracted from turbulence and helps pass the time.

The effort may also distract you from a productive train of thought about your newest project or a presentation you'll be giving later in the day.

«We have so many casualties proliferating of women and men collapsing from burnout, being distracted, depleted and unfulfilled,» says Huffington, who is herself one of those casualties: She collapsed from exhaustion and broke her cheekbone as a result of the fall — an accident that resulted from working regular 18 - hour days for the preceding two years while she was building HuffPo.

But being the short - sighted mammals we are, a few months of sub-dollar gas prices distracted us from that very reasonable thesis.

Just like physical exercise, creative stimulation engages and focuses our minds on the task at hand — and distracts us from feelings of stress and anxiety.

«The loss of a discount will neither scare nor distract one single NRA member from our mission to stand and defend the individual freedoms that have always made America the greatest nation in the world.»

(Later, I tried out an online practice tool that Camp is making available to clients: I took the role of a computer programmer strategizing to get a raise, picking from multiple choices the best way to phrase, frame, and time my interactions with a distracted boss.

You want to create a seamless, simple process that never distracts the customer from acting, and yet gives them plenty of value and a straightforward way to make a more informed buying decision.

However, a Reuters analysis of nationwide bridge data reveals the fretting over the safety of bridges and other road infrastructure is overblown and could distract from more serious problems elsewhere:

A couple years ago, when Apple CEO Tim Cook started talking up Apple's services revenue — largely millions of tiny purchases of songs on iTunes and apps in Apple's App Store — critics assumed this was a smokescreen to distract from weakening hardware sales.

Most of Altrec's pages are accompanied by a long — and sometimes distracting — rundown of products that are for sale, from backpacks to water bottles.

To be fair, many of Avon's problems can be traced back to Jung's mistakes: there was a federal bribery probe that cost Avon $ 500 million and distracted management for years, stemming from overseas expansion efforts and deprived Avon of any viable China business.

The background is not meant to distract from or excuse the horrific acts of her clients, but instead provide the jury the broad, sometimes generations - deep, context in which the actions took place.

The outdated tagline and disconnect between the company's products and message within the spot, ultimately distract from the goal of empowering women.

«I'll be working to protect my new colleagues at the DNC from the attackers who would prefer to keep us distracted from our mission of getting Democrats across the nation elected.

This is just another attempt by the Romney Campaign to distort and distract the media and voters from the unshakeable fact that many of Romney's policies mirror Barack Obama's.»

«No amount of grandstanding is going to be able to distract from their disastrous record over the last 15 years.»

The stories about Trump and his countercharges against Clinton's husband have distracted attention from the release of thousands of hacked emails from Clinton campaign chairman John Podesta that included some potentially damaging information.

Set a timer if you need to, and take advantage of productivity tools (try Google Chrome extension Strict Workflow) that block you from visiting distracting websites (we're looking at you, Facebook).

«Once isolated, people may be inclined to go online to distract from painful emotions, reduce boredom or meet needs for some kind of social connection.»

Meanwhile, researchers have also cast doubt on the long - term efficacy of «forced fun» at work, finding that required levity can lead to an array of bad outcomes such as burnout among employees, and that these cheerful work cultures often serve to distract workers from excessive control or poor conditions elsewhere in the business.