Sentences with phrase «of good at»

There is a purpose of good at work in the world.

Brandon Sanderson is one of the best at creating unique, complex, thought - provoking worlds,» claims organizational behavior professor Lindred L. Greer.

The «cowboy» mentality prevalent in the SEO world makes employing some of the best at their craft unlikely.

Not exact matches

One of a number of reasons I stayed out of my business offices and worked at home as much as possible was because when I went to the office, I was «drawn» to listen in on, interfere with or critique every phone call, look at every fax, poke my nose all the way into everything — to the extent that I ruined everybody else's productivity as well as my own.

If all goes well, they will ratify an agreement that will unlock bailout funds that would allow Greece to pay the the almost $ 2 - billion it owes the IMF at the end of the month.

In making its case to cities, Uber can start by better explaining the benefits it can bring to municipalities, says Jui Ramaprasad, a professor of information systems at McGill University's Desautels faculty of management.

It turns out the index has jumped into territory that exceeds what it registered in 2013 at the time of the last government shutdown, notching well over 400 points.

For one thing, many open - Web advocates argue that these kinds of deals cement control of the internet with a few large platforms such as Facebook, which may not always have the best interests of news and journalism at heart.

You may be ending up with a person with fake credentials and therefore is, at best, unable to complete the requirements of the job.

«The CEO wanted to have a certain culture at the company, but he had a lot of other priorities to focus on as well,» Duffin says.

Regulators such as the Financial Services Commission of Ontario have also strongly expressed the opinion that telematics devices should be used primarily for the benefit of the consumer, and to help individuals become better drivers (as evidenced by a presentation given by the FSCO at a UBI Symposium this past February).

That vision and his company's incredible financial performance — Nvidia has been growing profits at better than 50 % annually and its stock has leapt from $ 30 to above $ 200 in two years — make Huang the clear choice as Fortune's Businessperson of the Year for 2017.

Let's say after paying all its costs, advertising, payroll, taxes, and more taxes, a small business has a margin at the end of the day of 10 % (that's pretty good nowadays, especially for a smaller business); that means your 3 % credit card fees are costing them 30 % of their profit!

If we can accept them as reasonable judges, they all name Frances Hesselbein — Presidential Medal of Freedom Honoree, advisor to the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, former CEO of the Girl Scouts, and more — as the best leader in the country.

Combine that with weak commodity prices, flat global trade and the governance risk associated with companies in many of these countries, and safety - minded investors are perhaps best served by limiting their exposure to the grouping at this time.

At the lowest levels, the campaign offered backers exclusive access to Ries's new book, «The Leader's Guide,» as well as a copy of Riese's next non-exclusive book.

Only moonshots matter; being in the middle of anything else is mediocre at best and boring, which is even worse.

It places the customer at the center of business, and it focuses on the ultimate endgame, which is leveraging blockchain to prevent disruption as well as ensure that both parties benefit from such a secured transaction.

Without experiencing it, Slack admittedly sounds like garden - variety instant messaging; the difficulty of quickly summarizing what it's good at means that converts often have a wooly, evangelical way of talking about it.

If you don't take care of your nutrition and daily exercise, you aren't going to be at your best — and you definitely won't be unstoppable.

«Deep down at heart, we are like kids at Christmas and want to be surprised with something cool,» says Ruhlin «The element of surprise can elevate a gift from good to great.»

«One of his repeated phrases was «the best,»» David Jr. recalls of his dad, who died last year at age 101.

I think at the root of everything being better now is that I don't judge things by a young person's values.

I think that everybody I've ever met who's really good at their job has experienced terrifying moments of self - doubt — just paralyzing moments of self - doubt and imposter syndrome.

A playwriting class assignment at Harvard led Damon to develop a rough version of «Good Will Hunting.»

And where better to start, than with the large data sets at the fingertips of our powerful banks?

Allen notes that there are lots of consumer - friendly carbon dioxide detectors on the market, adding that the research found that people performed best at CO2 levels of 500 to 600 ppm.

Said Connie Steele, director of Network Solutions: «Social media can be the best friend for small business owners who constantly seek new ways to attract new customers and retain the ones they have at a relatively low cost.»

Bill Gates has a habit of reading for at least one hour each night, so he makes his way through a good number of books.

Two years ago, Ben Kaufman, then - CEO of well - funded consumer product startup Quirky, delivered one of the most awkward, and candid, on - stage interviews I've ever witnessed at Fortune's annual Brainstorm Tech conference.

In case that cookbook isn't always the first thing they turn to on one of the many nights they spend late at the office or just because they forgot to buy the necessary groceries, Blue Apron is one of the best things to have in your pocket.

A good indicator: The number of companies represented at this year's TechDay NYC doubled from the year before.

Some of you reading this right now might be wondering — am I doing well at my hobby, or am I starting to operate a company?

They knew we would take care of their needs, they knew we would be careful to not reveal trade secrets, that we would have the best interest of the team at heart... and we made sure to make them a part of the process.

That person needs to be very good not at the reductive task of problem solving, but at the more creative, complex task of problem finding.

CNBC's upcoming documentary on the subject, «A Billionaire's Bet: The Best & Brightest,» which airs Sunday, June 25 at 10 p.m. ET, profiles a small group of the chosen scholars as they embarked on the one - year program at a fascinating and precarious time in U.S. - China relations.

Well, we picked up 45,000 mining jobs in a very short period of time,» Trump said on July 17 at a White House event showcasing American - made products.

And with good reason; millions of entrepreneurs and businesspeople have embraced the idea that carving out a slice of an existing market can certainly be effective, but finding new opportunities — finding blue oceans — is even better, since those gains don't have to come at the expense of other businesses or other people.

Though she often hinted at her regular job — admitting that her husband says she drives too fast and follows too close, as well as telling a customer she loves making left turns — her passengers didn't seem to catch on, although they admitted to being big fans of Patrick on the track.

But Macron, at his first EU summit, said being an attractive destination for investment did not mean exposing Europe to what he termed «the disorder of globalisation», as he seeks to make good on a campaign pledge with a so - called protective Europe.

They typically react (slowly at best) to three outside drivers: (a) their competition brings a new offering to market, and they need a quick competitive response; (b) their customers see and begin to adopt new processes and solutions, and the customers demand that their products and services conform to the new ways of doing business; or (c) they see a new tool, product, or service in the market offered by a new player and they quickly determine that this is a game - changer which they need to own (rather than try to build themselves) because they lack the internal capacity to do otherwise.

CB «s writers also take you behind the scenes of Canada's most - profitable companies, to get an inside look at how a corporation becomes the best at what they do.

To better understand the concept of a sales funnel and just how you can implement it in your own business, let's look at the following image from Shutterstock.

Well, if we look at this five - year strategic plan that we've outlined, it is the most ambitious strategic plan in the history of the company.

Instead of haphazardly throwing money at a mutual fund or stock — a choice you may regret later — consider keeping your money in cash while you figure out where it's best invested.

One of the best guides to deleting an account can be found at DeleteFacebook.com, created by a U.K. developer named Edward Cant.

The only good news about the big guys is that there is another group of them (think AOL and Yahoo for starters) who are so lost, so behind the curve, and so desperate to deliver something for their shareholders that they are constantly running around and throwing money at the shiniest new things in a panic.

What Tilt is also good at: word - of - mouth marketing, or what Beshara calls «virality.»

I skipped ice cream at Thanksgiving, though I did have a finger of scotch, which I consider the better choice.

I've submitted my best plants to be judged at various orchid shows, and I covet the Certificate of Cultural Excellence award.