Sentences with phrase «of keeping score»

It's his way of keeping score.»

According to The Gottman Institute, this type of unspoken contract turns the relationship from one of unconditional love and support to one of keeping score.

For those of you keeping score of the many estimates of Amazon Echo unit shipments, it increasingly appears that the..

On the surface (that's a Microsoft pun for all of you keeping score at home) OneNote is a note - taking app.

For those of you keeping score, a press release offers this overview:

For those of you keeping score, that's the year Super Metroid was released in North America.

When I first ventured into the Gaur Plains section of the game (the Bionis» knee for those of you keeping score), I literally gasped.

Keeping Score: For those of you keeping score at home, I'm at 26 states and 47 countries as of Feb 2016 (most recently added 10 countries in Europe, Turks & Caicos, Nicaragua, Honduras, and Colombia).

It's certainly unusual, but breaking dividend income down by day, hour, and minute is my way of keeping score of the really small wins on this quest.

For those of you keeping score at home, 1.0 % of $ 1 million is $ 10,000.

Yeah, maybe I'm a little crazy breaking my dividend income down by the month, day, hour, and minute but it's all just another way of keeping score of every little win.

As such, many people feel that beating a benchmark is an inappropriate way of keeping score because the ability to beat a benchmark is largely an unnecessary goal inserted by the active management side of the industry.

For those of you keeping score, e-book sales in the first 8 months of 2011 are up to $ 649.2 M (an increase of 116.5 % over last year, more than double).

The Raptor sheds both its SVT branding as well as its eight - cylinder engine, swapping in a 3.5 - liter EcoBoost V - 6 that has been tuned to produce more than the outgoing mill — so for those of you keeping score at home that means more than 411 horses and 434 lb - t of torque.

For those of you keeping score, that's more positive attention than I got in three years of junior high school.

I give them plastic counters as a way of keeping score,

For those of you keeping score at home, here's some highlights:

For those of you keeping score, that leaves two Disney Infinity 2.0 toys slated for release — Princess Jasmine and Sexy, Sexy Loki (and Falcon — can't forget what's his face).

For those of you keeping score, that's two exclusive downloadable episodes for the Xbox 360, and a big ol' goose egg for the PlayStation 3.

Way back in the day, or 1986 for those of you keeping score at home, I stumbled upon a picture of Tom Platz performing deep, narrow stanced squats.

Trying to approach a relationship with an attitude of «winning» arguments or being «right» leads us into the trap of keeping score in relationship — who did what, when, and what actions matter most.

And for those of you keeping score, this officially makes my skirt count equal to the boys hat count.

We have all we can do to maintain our integrity as the people of God, enmeshed as we are in a culture that lives by a debit / credit economy of human relations and an ethic of keeping score and getting even.

But, for what it's worth, at the annual meeting of the Institute Council a while back, a few of us sat around playing the inevitable (at least for me) game of Keeping Score.

Obviously he likes money, but it's an enabler and a way of keeping score.

That's just a way of keeping score.

True, this is only one way of keeping score, but it's one of the best we have right now.

And for those of you keeping score at home, women got the the right to vote 97 years ago.

Other belief systems proclaim «merit - based redemption'that leads one into a state of constant contemplation of keeping scores, self - righteousness, and adherence to barbaric punitive laws.

However, given the Nittany Lions» firepower on offense and the field position they enjoyed, they did an above average job of keeping the scoring down.

And for those of you keep score, I have a Kindle Fire HDX too.

Not exact matches

A longer credit history will definitely help your score... So long as that's a history of paying your lenders back on time and keeping your utilization manageable.

In the same way a bad credit score can freeze you out of the lending market, a bad sender score for your domain name or IP addresses can keep your emails out of inboxes.

Since Doug McMillon became CEO of Wal - Mart Stores in 2014, the company has been investing heavily in tech to offer services like in - store pickup of online orders, while giving workers pay raises to motivate them to improve customer scores and keep stores cleaner.

In addition to implementing profit sharing plans and encouraging stock ownership, Walton would set high goals for even his low level employees, encouraging competition at all levels to keep score on the progress of each individual.

The name of the game for entrepreneurs is to change the way businesses keep score.

Silicon Valley's biggest companies have long offered cushy perks to attract top talent and keep workers happy logging scores of hours on the job.

«If you don't have somebody who is keeping score, it is very easy for all of those people who have it as one of many goals to do the easy stuff first,» he says.

Sites like Credit Karma are allowing consumers to not only view but understand their credit scores, and work toward a higher score so they can receive better interest rates and keep more of their money.

One way to ensure you're getting the right type of attention is to keep your Net Promoter Score (NPS) high.

A controller position moves beyond the score keeping tasks and skills of a bean counter.

KEEPING SCORE: The S&P 500 index dropped 32 points, or 1.2 percent, to 2,603 as of 10:35 a.m. Eastern time.

Journalists often treat GDP as a way to keep score; Canadian newspapers trumpeted the OECD's interim economic outlook in April, for instance, which predicted Canada's growth would be the best in the G7 during the first half of this year.

Keeping score (leader boards, result tabulations, rankings, etc.) and comparing ourselves to others is natural human behavior that social media and the ubiquitous connectivity of the web have exploded to dimensions we never anticipated.

And don't get me started on the question of what kind of fitness monitor the thing can be when it's sitting on your desk charging for a few hours instead of being on your wrist keeping score.

Lastly, keep in mind that new credit applications account for 10 percent of your credit score, so applying for several cards can negatively affect your score.

To that end, work to get your debt down to zero, or as low as possible before applying for a mortgage, and keep your credit score in excellent standing, said Casey Fleming, a mortgage adviser since 1995 and author of The Loan Guide: How to Get the Best Possible Mortgage.

From this point on, it's simply a matter of score - keeping in the great Monopoly Game of Life.

I have owned and rented, now with some financial assets growing in a dividend growth portfolio, I'd rather have the freedom of going anywhere I want and not have to worry about a broken pipe, all I have to worry about is paying my rent to my landlord, who will have a hard time raising rents, when my credit score is 800 and I am a great tenant who pays on time, He will DO ANYTHING to keep me, ah the power of renting... lol.

A credit score usually means you can keep more of your money because you will receive lower interest rates on your home or car loan.