Sentences with phrase «of making small talk»

If the idea of making small talk with a group of strangers strikes fear into your heart, these networking tips will help you make the best of it.

Some people become really good at being «pick - up artists» or flirting like pros, while others are much more uncomfortable with the idea of making small talk or trying to be charming with a total stranger.

And when he dropped in on some students in a classroom at the State University of New York, he showed he was still working on the art of making small talk with strangers.

After the challenge of making small talk with Vladimir Putin and Angela Merkel, David Cameron found the Commons to be a complete doddle.

If I am in casual conversation with someone I hardly know, I might, in the course of making small talk, mention something about my wife.

The prospect of making small talk is paralyzing for many people — which is why parties outright banning it are sprouting up across the globe.

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Verizon has reportedly been in talks to acquire startup carrier Mobilicity, and there are reports it has made an initial $ 700 - million offer for Wind Mobile, another of Canada's small telecoms.

To come up with a strategy and process for small business owners to make the most from big data, I talked to customer - centric, data - driven strategic marketer Marina Erulkar, founder and principal of Hampstead Solutions LLC.

They run into Gordo (Edgerton), an ex-classmate from Simon's childhood, and politely make small talk and feign interest in catching up with no intention of actually doing so.

«Make sure you are protected from anything that might take down your business that you worked so hard to build,» said Hunter Hoffmann, head of U.S. Communications at Hiscox Small Business Insurance of White Plains, N.Y., during a Money Talk radio interview.

At the end of an interview, Lieutenant Columbo closes his notebook, makes small talk and heads for the door.

I talk to a lot of small business owners and startup founders trying desperately to make it.

They know they have to do it, but the prospect of standing around in a room full of strangers, feeling awkward and making small talk, is a nightmare.

And even if you don't see a single tree on your jaunt out of the office, getting away from the need to think about work, keep up appearances, and make small talk with colleagues will make your break hugely more refreshing, Jarrett reports.

It seems crazy to even talk about the idea of someone moving to a smaller house or trading in their car in order to bulk up their emergency fund or fund their 401 (k), even if doing so would probably make them happier in the long run.

I'm a bit of an introvert and it always felt awkward walking up to a stranger and trying make small talk.

That is the chief executive talking and is the kind of «irrational» commitment to success that is at the heart of what makes being a small business owner and an entrepreneur so intoxicating and admirable.

I'm terrible at small talk, so the prospect of spending the afternoon with a once - close friend talking about the weather is enough to make me physically ill.

Thom Rainer, LifeWay President, will be joining me along with a panel of small church pastors as we talk through how small churches are making a biblical impact in the lives of their members and in their communities.

But in reality I have always been aware of this and was made uncomfortable by all the many prayer styles too — especially as a small child, when I was very aware that everyone seemed to go from normal talk to a specialized prayer intonation.

What does it matter when we die what is important is what we do with our life now.The struggles people find themselves is because of living a sinful lifestyle you cant play with fire and not get burnt there are consequences.Jesus wants to bring forgiveness and healing and remove the guilt and shame that you are feeling.Ive have been there i was just as guilty i do nt believe theres a big screen that replays our life if it is it, it will be about what we have done for God as our sins are covered under the blood of Jesus.The judgement for christians is that we must give an account of what we did for Jesus while we were here did we make the most of opportunities given to tell others to reach out others with his love.Mat 25:14 - 30 the Parable of the talents talks about judgement and for me it is all about what we do for Jesus the ones who are faithfull in the small things are set over much.The one who did nt use his talent that God gave him was punished for his lack of faith.So for those who are struggling with sin and life Jesus loves you and has a plan for your life just trust him to help you and he will.To be fair its wont be easy you will have to make some hard choices but he promises to help you through its all about choosing him over choosing what we think best because he knows whats best for us.Its important the choice you make as it will impact your life for eternity.brentnz

Neville i mentioned those people only because the discussion was talking about dominionism the combination of the church and state as a governing rule all those people were government leaders all of them suffered in there own way.Its was the suffering that prepared them for the roles that they were to play and there faith in God was what helped them get through.We are made stronger in our weakness no matter how important or unimportant we may appear to others.I guess it is easy to fall into the lie about political involvement that its hard to make change but some people have had a huge impact.Really it is God who deserves the praise he is the one that creats the opportunitys to make impact on the world as in our strength we can do nothing.In hebrews the great men and woman of faith there are those that seemed unimportant to the world and many suffered for there faith Our Lord knows everyone by name and every small act of faith we do he remembers because we do it out of our love for him that is what the christian walk is about living for Jesus and sharing that love with others.brentnz.

One of the girls in my small group was just talking about how Proverbs 31 makes her feel so inadequate... I can't wait for her to read what you have to say about reclaiming it!

I've talked about my love for lavender on this blog quite a lot, and it's hard not to sound like a bit of a broken record, but this small flower really does hold a special place in my heart (I can not wait to make this milkshake and tart sometime this summer).

Asuka did as good as possible to make it look like she kicked Sasha in the air; if she had not done the «kick maneuver» Sasha would have actually landed on Asuka (but angle of camera was such, that we saw an «obviously missed kick» and we talking now about a «botch») plus Sasha right away put her arms out in a way to land safely than make it look like a «harsh hit on the floor» with the small roll BUT at same time she did hit the top rope with her feet so either it was a not intentional slow down (most likely) or she was so good that she intentionally used top rope to slow herself down (unlikely but still possible)

you, re right we should be happy with the win, we were losing those kind of games last year, great team effort especially coquelin and ospina the guy might be a bit smaller than most GKS but he makes it up with very quick reflexes like you said a bit more rotating one player here one player there would be welcome im not talking about rotating 7 players at the time but hey 3points can, t complain!!!

Glenn gives us Jordan Baker, the woman golfer in F. Scott Fitzgerald's 1920s novel The Great Gatsby, «who gave up cocktails when training for a tournament but seemed to spend a great deal of time reclining languidly on divans and making delicious small talk with the glorious Daisy.»

I feel for Souleymane, and I'd want to lend him my support, but when he says, «I don't want to sit in that stadium next to those people who pushed me», he's not talking about the small group of individuals from the original incident (FYI, those who have since been identified from the video have been barred from entering Stamford Bridge in the first place); he's making a misguided blanket statement about ALL Chelsea fans.

We talk shop with furniture maker Tom Provost, whose business comprises larger projects made to commission supported by a range of smaller stock pieces which he sells through his Folksy shop...

who freaks out at the idea of just making small talk with strangers, the thought of mom groups might fill you with sheer agoraphobic terror.

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The kind of place, that is, where you don't hover next to the employees as they cut your kids» hair, making idle small talk about soccer practice.

Talk about a model that incorporates all features of a perfect stroller in to a small stroller, without making it lesser.

On BBC's «Hard talk» show in 2012, President Yoweri Museveni made similar reckless statement about the homosexual issue when he said «Homosexuals in small numbers have always existed on our part of Black Africa.

The governor arrived only five minutes late but was forced by Schumer's tardiness to make small talk with a 3 - year - old boy, who was sucking a lollipop in the front yard of his family's five - bedroom colonial in a quiet subdivision between Routes 9W and 32.

Kim Jong - un and President Moon mixed small talk with grand statements about working together to make the world a better place in their introductory remarks, according to Yoon Young - chan, senior secretary of communication in the South's presidential office.

With 53 per cent of small business owners saying that they spend between one and six hours per week chasing late payments, firms can take control by: Making sure there is a contract in place which confirms payment times and then penalties if payment is late — such as interest charges Offering a discount for prompt payment, dependent on the relationship with the purchaser Asking for payment up - front, or a deposit before work begins Talking to the purchaser before shipment to make sure that all sides know payment terms John Walker, National Chairman, Federation of Small Businesses, said: «There are always going to be companies that pay late, but there are steps that businesses can put in place to make sure that they don't fall foul of the ismall business owners saying that they spend between one and six hours per week chasing late payments, firms can take control by: Making sure there is a contract in place which confirms payment times and then penalties if payment is late — such as interest charges Offering a discount for prompt payment, dependent on the relationship with the purchaser Asking for payment up - front, or a deposit before work begins Talking to the purchaser before shipment to make sure that all sides know payment terms John Walker, National Chairman, Federation of Small Businesses, said: «There are always going to be companies that pay late, but there are steps that businesses can put in place to make sure that they don't fall foul of the iSmall Businesses, said: «There are always going to be companies that pay late, but there are steps that businesses can put in place to make sure that they don't fall foul of the issue.

Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders made the second stop in his «Where Do We Go From Here» tour in Albany Friday afternoon, where he told a small but loyal group of supporters that he'll fight to get key items into the national Democratic Party platform, including a nationwide $ 15 minimum wage, and has been in talks with Hillary Clinton's campaign over a greater focus on progressive issues.

WAMC's David Guistina talks with Mike Spain of the Times Union about a federal investigation into payments made to Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver by a small law firm and Albany County legislature rejecting a proposed settlement in a federal civil rights lawsuit about the county under representing minorities in the redistricting plan.

One of the small - molecule iron catalysts, iron PDP, is available commercially from Sigma - Aldrich and Strem, and the researchers are in talks to make the second catalyst available as well.

And being a small company with a high level of outside interactions — having a high surface area to volume — makes us learn from other groups and keeps us from talking only to ourselves.»

In smaller research groups, students also talked about negative psychological consequences of injury, such as guilt, frustration and anger, and how injuries made them consider quitting elite sport altogether.

The sparseness of speech makes this kind of approach practical: even when two or three people are talking at once, in many small regions of a spectrogram the sound is dominated by just one of the talkers.

In addition to the defective potentialities here, we're also talking about only a very small fraction of the nuclear transfer units, the cloned embryos, actually will make it to term, so that we'll have a very high level of spontaneous abortion.

The zebrafish's transparency, small size, and rapid reproduction make it one of the best models for studying how animals and bacteria «talk» to each other, she adds.

That makes the holiday season, from cheery office festivities to New Year's blowout celebrations, a tricky time for people who by nature get the life sucked out of them by large crowds and small talk.

Eating a small piece satisfies any sugar craving I might be having and the caloric content of the size piece I'm talking about is too small to make any detrimental impact.

The type I'm talking about are moderately small and so perfect looking that they seem to made of plastic.

Printed by a small publishing company known for other scientific masterpieces such as The Psychology of the Simpsons and You Do Not Talk About Fight Club» makes the rest of her article questionable at least and suspect at most.

I just want to make sure i understand:) when you talk about «meal post and pre workout» are you saying an extra meal like whatever the time of the day like a small snack we eat really close to the workout, or is it like what lunch and dinner should include if i workout in the afternoon