Sentences with phrase «of lack of trying»

Spencer states that the fact that Sony is getting most major marketing deals is not because of a lack of trying on Microsoft's behalf but rather a choice on where to spend.

Not exact matches

Hadnagy said Zuckerberg's stoicism, his stick - to - the - facts approach, and his relative lack of emotion would be more appropriate if he were trying to win an argument.

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.

If there's one thing parents of newborn babies lack, it's free time — the kind of time you'd need to, say, spend 30 - plus minutes on hold trying to cancel an unwanted subscription.

If you try to do everything, you'll soon find that you are disappointed in your lack of growth or on a direct road to burnout.

Media organizations that choose not to call Trump's false statements «lies» run the risk of being seen as either trying to curry favor with the administration or just lacking the courage to call a spade a spade.

My personal experience as well as the experience of many colleagues I talk to is that the lack of liquidity is obvious in trying to implement larger trades.

In both countries, many readmissions are caused by preventable clerical issues: poor record keeping, lack of patient education or unclear lines of communication — exactly the sorts of problems that startups like Seamless MD are trying to address.

There's been a lack of willingness to invest and a lack of courage about saying we'll try stuff even in a corner of city government.

However, as property owners try to cut costs, technicians report a dangerous lack of maintenance, and as multi-national elevator companies try to compete, some technicians rush through hundreds of maintenance jobs per month, reportedly with time limits as quick as seven minutes per visit.

He said that Japan's greatest problem was a lack of private sector borrowers, and argued that the Japanese government needs to put in place stimulus measures to try to encourage companies to borrow.

One issue is lack of collaboration; rather than warning others about cyber attacks, companies try to hide breaches.

But on those dark days when you lack motivation — or when you're just wondering whether it's worth trying to escape from Cubicle Purgatory by starting something of your own — remember that you're trying to create something new, something better, something closer to the ultimate.

And trying not to get blindsided by lack of knowledge in local markets.»

Zuckerberg said Thursday that «voters make decisions based on their lived experience,» continuing, «Part of what I think is going on here is people are trying to understand results of the election, but I do think that there is a certain profound lack of empathy in asserting that the only reason that some of them are voting the way they did is because they saw some fake news.

«The link that some are trying to make between the winning of these concessions and the communication operations has no business logic and reveals a total lack of understanding of this industrial sector,» Groupe Bollore said.

It's not for lack of trying.

The last time Microsoft tried to create an operating system for Qualcomm ARM devices, it failed miserably, for the same reason, a lack of apps.

Purchases, we all know, can sometimes make us very happy, the choices afforded by financial security (or lack thereof) have a huge impact on quality of life, and trying to keep up with the Joneses is generally regarded as a recipe for misery.

You're creating the illusion of trying to get in touch while being able to blame the lack of real connection on weird phone issues.

That theory fits well with China's lack of domestically developed GMO seeds, though the country actually spent years in the 1990s trying to develop them.

Ghosh tried plugging a regular mouse into his laptop, but the lack of big - enough surfaces on the road and during presentations made it cumbersome to use.

That's not for a lack of people trying to get the famous investor interested in the stock.

Some of the individuals were behind «megagifts» of $ 200 million to $ 2 billion, big checks most often associated with tech - industry tycoons trying to solve the world's biggest problems — from developing world poverty to lack of universal education — in one bank transfer of epic proportions.

For most users, though, including millions interested in trying Linux for the first time, Fedora lacks the polish and ready - to - run simplicity of its more popular rival.

Critics contend that a lack of direction could plague small governments who are trying to beat back debt obligations while at the same time providing services to their populations.

If algae oil doesn't become a reality, it's not for lack of trying.

Sanwal said he was surprised to find that most of the content being produced in his industry lacked any quantitative analysis; what he saw were primarily opinion pieces by experts trying to sell their arguments based on their industry reputations rather than any real data.

And the experience is almost worse if you try to make things interactive as a lack of visual cues means people either talk over each other or hold back out of uncertainty, leaving gaping chasms of silence.

The popular design trend may project a certain cool factor but the lack of privacy can be hard on employees trying to get work done, research suggests.

Although Texas hospitals have tried to make the case that lack of coverage for hundreds of thousands of people is indeed a problem for all state residents, they haven't been successful in convincing Gov. Gregg Abbott to abandon his staunch opposition to expanding Medicaid.

More than six months after Hurricane Maria, daily life in Castañer, Puerto Rico, is nowhere close to normal as residents try to deal with the effects of trauma, chronic stress and the continued lack of electricity.

Wal - Mart has so far lacked a way to deliver movies digitally to people's homes — but it hasn't been for lack of trying.

It's not a «lack,» but a positive awareness of how the banks, insurance companies and money managers are trying to exploit their customers and counter-parties in any way possible.

One of the biggest obstacles people face when trying to start a business is lack of funds.

Confronting the claims that agro-tech is being held back because of a lack of openness to change by traditional farmers, the incubator tries to help entrepreneurs understand the needs on the ground.

And if it does backfire some day, it'll only be because I wasn't actually good at something, and not for lack of trying.

Over 60 percent of individuals in a recent survey said they lost their chain of thought because they read and replied to an email, while more than 50 percent of people who check emails and social media when trying to work indicated a lack of impulse control.

Here are a few common «lack of focus» examples I see amongst founders all the time: — Doing shit that makes them look busy, but doesn't have significant impact — Trying to do too many things instead of one thing really well — Getting things done themselves instead of taking time to build the team — Fundraising when it's not time — Acquiring users when existing ones keep churning — Adding features instead of fixing or removing the ones they have — Having multiple audiences, rather than one very targeted — Paying attention to vanity metrics or too many metrics instead of core KPIs — Following the competition's every move — Obsessing with getting up on TechCrunch (or other press)-- Attending multiple networking events a week

If you're happy giving it a shot, and you're prepared to work hard, then perhaps the journey is almost worth it despite the potential lack of reward, compared to if you'd never tried at all.

China may try to pounce on the lack of consensus within the U.S. administration, but is also managing any concessions with the desire of Beijing to project an image of strength to the world to send the message that China can not be bullied into making policy changes.

«A reduction in gas prices and grocery deflation will help customers stretch their budgets, but they're still trying to absorb a 2 % payroll tax cut, uncertainty over Washington, and a lack of clarity around personal health care costs that are all headwinds,» Mr. Simon said.

Many companies are trying to course - correct a lack of representation by setting hiring quotas for diversity.

A lack of experience can be a major roadblock when you're trying to attract investors or develop your product.

But, it isn't for a lack of trying.

«The Chinese are trying to take advantage of this lack of consensus and get the United States to take a quick deal that leaves China's industrial policy machine intact.»

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP)-- As Congress debates how to help Puerto Rico with its $ 70 billion debt, Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew is trying to prod lawmakers into action with stories of crumbling infrastructure on the island and a lack of basic...

I'll try to address some of the merits of his case or lack thereof.

Yesterday, President Obama took to the podium and proclaimed, ``... we have always been and always will be a triple - A country,» and it sounded like empty sentimentalism from a man at a loss for words and for meaning» the kind of helpless, grasping - at - straws thing you say to a defeated friend you are trying to buck up, even as you know you lack the answers, or the resources, to offer either consolation or solutions.

Trying to claim that God IS immoral, is betraying a real lack of understanding on your part in Christian theology.