Sentences with phrase «of getting it over with»

We like to work our abs hard and fast, often with the spirit of getting it over with.

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And, I got ta say, of course, there was a learning curve, a little bit of a learning curve switching over to Android, but by the end of the week, I feel really comfortable with it.

The rest of the tale is hearsay: that a heavily indebted Heywood, a former family friend and fixer who had helped get Bo junior into Harrow (Heywood's prestigious alma mater in England) had demanded a bigger cut of a business deal; that he threatened to expose underhanded dealings by Gu if he didn't get it; that Bo's police chief, Wang Lijun, had confronted him over the alleged murder (the death was originally put down to alcohol poisoning), after which Wang sought asylum at an American consulate; that Gu had shown up at a police station in a People's Liberation Army major - general's uniform to announce that she was under special orders from Beijing to «protect» Comrade Wang; that the couple had plotted to assassinate Wang and came up with three separate storylines to avoid being implicated.

We got our first purchase order from Tappan Zee Constructors in late 2013, and since then we've done over 220 individual purchase orders with them, ranging in value from $ 500 to $ 3 million for everything from small brackets, conduits, and fence posts to the under - bridge catwalks and tower ladders to a crane trestle used in the demolition of the existing Tappan Zee bridge.

Hansen convinced Richards to get her a bottle of champagne after last call, a meeting that Richards said involved him being «over the moon and peeing in my pants» with excitement.

This isn't always a bad thing and it's part of the psychology — or pathology if you prefer — that also makes it possible for entrepreneurs to quickly get over their past hiccups and get on with their main job of making history and changing the world.

The couple have struggled over the years from almost getting shut down by the police, to losing their home and dealing with the wrath of angry customers, but stuck with it and became multi-millionaires!

(See This isn't always a bad thing and it's part of the psychology — or pathology if you prefer — that also makes it possible for entrepreneurs to quickly get over their past hiccups and get on with their main job of making history and changing the world.

If the actual content provider — say, HBO, for example — isn't happy with the number of subscribers (and revenue) it's getting from a particular television provider, it may find it more worthwhile to go direct to consumers over the Internet through a Netflix - style streaming service.

Order a glass of wine over lunch with a colleague or crack open a beer in the cafeteria today and get ready for a few puzzled stares.

Consider our A / C example again: «The energy savings you get by cooling your home with a CryoQuad Quiet - Cool can pay back the cost of the unit by the end of the summer if you get it now... and save you hundreds of dollars more in energy costs over the lifetime of the unit.»

You've done fallen out of love with your 9 - to - 5 and you can't get over the way your boss treats you like he (or she) does.

With respect to analyzing the sort of models that gets investors interested in pumping - in funds to significantly newer entrants in the financial lending vertical, More explains that it was the customer experience focus over which the business models were developed.

Many of the CEOs and leadership teams I have worked with over the years have fallen into the same trap: they get overly focused on selling their company to a strategic or financial acquirer or worse, going public.

With the new proposed 18 - month parental leave, you'll instead get 33 percent over 18 months instead of 12.

Despite the obstacles we are faced with, in terms of creating content that captures the attention of our online judges, it's time to get over it.

To get to 100 percent of the information, you might need to ask for their tax returns over the past two years and their profit and loss statements (P&L s), while also setting up interviews with their CFO and their auditor and so on.

Anything, these days, that's over a quarter century old has got to have the sense of getting a little long in the tooth, but with that comes total brand identity.»

With debate continuing to rage over whether the economy is on the verge or even in the grip of a recession, many entrepreneurs in startup mode may be getting a crippling case of cold feet.

Munoz: Every time I get accosted with the issue of the «Queen of the Skies,» I say, «Have you met Miss Dreamliner over here?»

In my opinion, one of the reasons people do such a poor job in hiring, is that they just want to get it over with,» Matuson says.

This one from McMaster University via Coursera is focused more on career issues, and the topics covered sound like a top hits list of common work questions: «Mindshift teaches you essentials such as how to get the most out of online learning and MOOCs, how to seek out and work with mentors, the secrets to avoiding career ruts (and catastrophes) and general ruts in life, and insights such as the value of selective ignorance over general competence.»

«All of the information of how a planet formed is still there, whereas with much older planets it could be harder to [work out] how it formed, or how it got there because it could have changed over billions of years.»

It appears that Las Vegas oddsmakers are not in total agreement with movie experts, as the online gambling site Bovada actually has Three Billboards (20/23) as the odds - on bet to win the Best Picture race over the likes of The Shape of Water (7/5), Get Out (11/2), and Lady Bird (14/1).

Even with conscious avoidance over the past few weeks, I still couldn't help but find out that major characters get killed and raped in the first few episodes of the new season (my ironic apologies for that minor spoiler, though I unfortunately know exactly which characters are involved).

Is there a way you can get ultra targeted with your audience so they feel and hear your message over any of your competitors?

Pluton Resources is in the midst of a battle between creditors, with major shareholder General Nice Resources and secured creditor Rizhao Port Group Logistics fighting over who gets to appoint receivers to the iron ore miner.

So far, domestic small - to - mid-cap companies that get most of their revenues at home have weathered prospects of higher trade costs the best, with the Russell 2000 index of smaller companies up 2.8 percent for the year, nearly double the 1.5 percent gain in the larger - cap and more internationally - exposed S&P 500 index over the same time.

Over three hours long with both an overture and an intermission, «Lawrence of Arabia» is the type of movie that barely gets made anymore (with rare exceptions like «The Hateful Eight»).

For entrepreneurs running these overnight sensations, however, it's a tough balance between getting all the benefits of that growth, including brand recognition and getting in with value retailers, while taking steps to make sure it's sustainable over the long run.

Second, there are estimated to be over 1.5 billion Android users out there in the world, all of whom have phones that could theoretically get upgraded with Google Assistant (whether they will or not is a different story).

The business of getting people to give to charity has changed remarkably little over the 125 years since Andrew Carnegie first ushered in modern philanthropy with his book «The Gospel of Wealth.»

«Already I've had on my phone, and over text, messages of support from people who want to get on with it and get on board and get out there campaigning and that's what we'll be doing... Lots of MPs»

However, it's also trying to get money out of the big ad networks, and the nature of this technology means Three is heading for a clash with regulators over net neutrality.

And over the past year the company got into an entirely new line of business, buying a pair of farm equipment dealers with 16 locations across the Prairies.

As I recently wrote in «The IRS Wants to Know If Your Freelancer Should Be Getting a W2,» before working with a freelancer you want to make sure to look at a number of factors including: one) whether the person you hire is truly a freelancer, two) whether you have financial control over the person doing work, three) the extent of control you have over the freelancer's day and four) how the person's work gets performed.

So it doesn't take a lot, even if you're a small company, to find some way to solicit feedback from either a large group of your customers through an email campaign with a SurveyMonkey link or even just kind of talking to customers on a regular basis over the fourth quarter to get some feedback.

The reliance of technology is not only seen on a consumer level (just go to an Apple Store and watch people fret over having to part with their iPhone as it gets repaired), but also required for businesses to remain competitive.

«We were getting some headway over there» with arrests last year of suspects accused of using sophisticated software programs to steal from bank accounts in multiple countries, the official said.

If you know someone who's devices are always running out of juice, or you argue with them over who gets to charge what and when, this will end that problem forever.

As the CEO of Foundstone, I teamed up with my old E&Y colleagues, didn't get paid for over six months and slept on a bare mattress on the floor of one of our co-founder's houses to get the company running.

«The reaction we've gotten over the last few days as I've met with investors is they love the fact that you're getting a pure play infrastructure, cloud - levered, [internet - of - things]- levered company that really takes care of all the interconnections within the cloud and to the edge.»

Nevertheless, the update continues a months - long back and forth between Samsung, which has struggled to get Bixby off the ground in the US, and hardcore Galaxy S8 owners, many of whom have expressed frustration over their devices having a dedicated physical button with limited functionality.

That means you should be able to get away with using that bridge and building out your collection of bulbs over time.

But when it comes to individual uses, it's probably wise to close with a repeat of the warning not to get over excited by tech that's still in its early stages.

You're building your business with your own money, which means you get to keep control of it, not hand it over to some investor.

It makes me wonder how many thousands of replies I haven't gotten over the years, due to my penchant for ending emails with «best» (as if I'd wanted to write, «best regards,» but just couldn't find the time.)

«We've been getting tons and tons of requests over the past several months for the same data - driven approach [as the original Glow app] with a high - quality, warm design,» Huang says of the new app.

It's an interesting finding that dovetails with earlier research showing that self - compassion — essentially being nice to yourself and forgiving yourself your mistakes — is also an effective way to get over a more specific form of regret, namely the guilt that comes after procrastination.

Sixty - seven percent of men and 25 percent of women chose getting shocked over sitting alone with their thoughts.