Sentences with phrase «of figuring things out»

The adrenalin rush of figuring things out and making friends on my own was completely lost when I traveled with friends.

Hopefully one day I'll translate this platform into readership, but for now it's great just to be able to connect with other writers who are also on the path of figuring things out.

We are still in the process of figuring things out and I hope to know more soon.

I still had 50 more to lose that took several more years of figuring things out that maybe Atkins hadn't learned because we didn't have the biochemistry down yet about types of fatty acids or types of inflammatory proteins like soy.

Right, I mean all these wonderful ways of figuring things out using logic and imagination to look back into the past.

And part of figuring things out is how we can properly blend our detail - and story - driven print editions, with a desire to be slightly more current with a stronger web presence.

Not exact matches

Don't be afraid to experiment; you won't figure out your audience right away, but if you try different things and then monitor your data and evaluate the comments, likes, etc., that will help you determine what your audience appreciates — and wants to see more of.

«From our standpoint, instead of having a patchwork of local governments trying to figure out how to legally classify these things, the bill just creates this baseline framework so no matter where you're at in California, these scooters will be classified for legal reasons under the same category,» Gray said.

Chamath Palihapitiya is one of the most sought - after investors in Silicon Valley because he has a knack for figuring out how things work.

There are still challenges associated with data, of course, but personnel can be one of the hardest things to figure out.

The key thing, he says, is figuring out how to promote innovation while preventing scammers from taking advantage of the system and stopping impossible projects before they are funded.

Figuring out what customers want is a $ 21 - billion industry in the U.S., according to IBISWorld, and many major brands solicit advice from polling firms such as Ipsos Reid or the legacy research arms of advertising agencies like JWTIntelligence to help them spot the next big thing before it arrives.

Although CI couldn't figure out what has happening, it did a few things to cope, none of which were ideal.

We've figured out some drugs that usually work, but as we learn more about the human body and our genetic code — the things we have in common but also the things that make us unique — we may come up with a new sort of medicine, tailored for each person.

«But when the price is $ 50 a barrel instead of $ 100, well, we've got to go figure out how were going to make things work.»

Steve Buckley figured that out and thought the best way to make some progress on this, and I think he's right, wasn't to go out and hire a consultant as we often would have done, but rather get some of these people in from the DMZ and so on who are spending their lives developing these things that will hopefully be a big score for them one day.

Figuring out what is getting in the way of people converting, removing those issues, testing new things, etc..

These «little» leaders who are drinking their own Kool - Aid and who think you can fool all of the people at least some of the time (while you're trying to figure things out) are on their way to a rude awakening and an abrupt collision.

We're also going to have to figure out things like long - term care, which is something that isn't in the Health Care Act, which is just a huge mess around the country in terms of how we finance it and how we deliver it.

Instead, you want to find a way to say things like, «You did a great job figuring out that problem,» or, «You sound so great — all those hours of practice paid off!»

Figure out what you need to know, what kind of experience and expertise you need to develop to do the things that you feel in your heart you will enjoy and that will sustain you both mentally and economically.»

Managers spend lots of time trying to figure out how to keep their employees happy, but when it comes to sales people they tend to think of things strictly in monetary terms.

There's an ever - so - slight learning curve in figuring out what Amazon's Alexa can and can't do, but once that's passed, the Echo Dot can forecast the weather, read an audiobook, order a pizza, tell Dad jokes, or any number of things Mom should find charming.

I think age and experience (I just turned 30 this year) mellow you out but it would have been great if I could have figured some of these things a bit earlier.

I am grateful to have had encouraging parents, who instead of blockading and trouncing my curiosity, allowed me to figure things out on my own accord.»

There are few things quite as stressful as figuring out the logistics of transforming your home into something that is a reflection of yourself.

I like figuring out how to do things myself, and I like the idea of creating an online brand that will last a long time.»

There's an ever - so - slight learning curve in figuring out what Amazon Echo's Alexa virtual assistant can and can't do, but once that's passed, it can forecast the weather, read an audiobook, order a pizza, tell Dad jokes, or any number of things your father should find fascinating.

A great thing to do is to actually calculate the cost of your time, which will help you figure out if you can pay someone to do something for less than your hourly rate.

There's an ever - so - slight learning curve in figuring out what Amazon Echo's Alexa virtual assistant can and can't do, but once that's passed, it can forecast the weather, read an audiobook, order a pizza, tell Dad jokes, or any number of things your dad should find fascinating.

Like many small businesses, Fresh was accustomed to what you could call seat - of - the - pants onboarding: There were a few formal procedures, but it was largely an impromptu affair, a sensibility that newbies would figure things out as they went along.

Simply loading up the software and trying to figure things out on your own doesn't work as well when you want to learn Photoshop as it does for other pieces of software.

Betting large is a good thing, but only if you've taken the steps to figure out what kind of hand you're holding.

Security experts believe the tech industry needs to figure out how to secure the «Internet of Things» now, while the architecture is still being developed.

One of the things we're most excited about is the future of food in this country, and how we could figure out ways to develop a more robust food system that actually pays back dividends locally.

Finally, «While Kickstarter has helped people make things, everything else still needs to be figured out,» observes Yves Behar, founder of the design consultancy Fuseproject in San Francisco.

«Well, I think that anybody that appears in those top 25 has a good program,» says Dean Joseph Phillips, Jr. «Who is above the other and that sort of nuance, obviously that is a hard thing to figure out.»

In the sport of remanufacturing, the fundamentals include such things as using hand tools correctly, watching the labor utilization rate, figuring out better ways to make spare parts.

Those corporate executives are used to farming out the work instead of figuring out how to do things on their own.

An extra bonus # 0... I always say one of the most important things in life is to figure out if you were lucky or smart.

Assuming the letter you've received doesn't paint the whole picture for you, calling this number will be well worth it as talking to a person not only helps you understand the nuances of the situation but there's comfort in knowing that a human being with a name and a face at the IRS is there to help you figure things out.

One member of the audience, Alexa von Tobel of LearnVest (a millennial herself), said that she doesn't allow her employees to ask their supervisors specific questions about work during the regular work day, so that they will be forced to figure things out on their own.

When we start building a community we tend to have a bit of a rough edge, we are figuring things out as we go, getting it right sometimes, getting it wrong often.

For one thing, consumers are now more likely to have figured out a brand by piecing together scraps of evidence they gathered on their own than to have learned about it from advertising.

State - sponsored hackers had a big year, the Middle East continued to spiral out of control, numerous beloved public figures died, and venture capital stopped gushing at its previous levels, among a long list of other things.

You know that annoying thing that happens when you have a million tabs open and you hear a video playing in one of them but can't figure out where it is?

Description: This pack of classes aim to get you familiar with a range of topics — figuring out how track data more efficiently in Microsoft Excel and attaining a better sense of the figures typically involved in company mergers and financial statements, among other things.

«It's a tricky thing to do because it's a large sum so of course you have to figure out how to do that.

They needed less money, since they were only offering one kind of shirt, but they also figured they might raise that amount quickly, and have a shot at going far beyond — a correct guess, as things turned out.

We are constantly testing and launching mvps of things, gaging success and gathering data, and then figuring out how it should evolve.»