Sentences with phrase «of people the ability»

The convenience and far reach of the internet has given millions of people the ability to make a living by monetizing just about any skill, talent or opportunity.

When we do this well, we give billions of people the ability to share new perspectives while mitigating the unwanted effects that come with any new medium.

Cognitive ability more than anything determines the scope of a persons ability to sense the possible long range outcomes decisons... thats right, IQ.

Not exact matches

At the moment, the ability to watch live sports seems to be one of the few things that keeps large numbers of people subscribing to cable at all, and ESPN — and its owner Disney (DIS)-- have counted on the fact that this relationship is rock solid.

Case in point, a recent study from Abertay University in Scotland found that a woman that's seen as wearing too much makeup can affect people's perception of her ability to lead.

Unfortunately his opinions aren't met with enthusiasm from his superiors and after dishonorably being stripped of his high earning clients and elite status within the agency Jerry steps out into the sports business armed with only one volatile client and the only person with belief in his abilities with the impossible task of rebuilding what he once had.

According to research conducted by University of California Santa Barbara economist Catherine Weinberger, the most successful business people excel in both cognitive ability and social skills, something that hasn't always been true.

In a high - energy speech that drew many laughs, the outspoken 65 - year - old said she's found that the ability to bounce back from hurt, rejection and disappointment is the No. 1 predictor of a person's success in business.

«I'm a big believer that a lot of people have abilities that they don't really tap into because people around them are telling them that it's not good or impossible.»

Pursuing a career as a freelancer also offers many of the same «lifestyle benefits» that people normally associate with entrepreneurs — from the ability to control the type of work you do and time spent working to the potential for higher earnings and improved mental and physical health.

While convincing people to wear a pair of high - end earbuds for hours at a time could sound like a tough sell, Kraft has extreme confidence in Doppler's ability to make waves in the wearable tech market.

Steve Jobs was famous (or infamous, depending on your point of view) for his «reality distortion field,» his ability to make other people believe the seemingly impossible was actually possible.

Emily, a psychic medium based in Brooklyn, New York, directly opposed my unrealistic, misinformed view of psychics from the moment I met her because not only does it turn out that she lives in my neighborhood, but also she embodies an even more mysterious kind of magic: the ability to be an everyday person, a working mom, and the possessor of an impressive gift.

People who had healthier diets as kids, they say, demonstrate higher cognitive ability as well as better social skills — both of which are useful among adults in the workplace.

I honed a lot of soft skills throughout my career, such as the ability to calm people down, communicate technical information in layman's terms, market my business, manage employees and more.

By bringing together people of different backgrounds, you gain the ability to escape a single group's echo chamber and avoid errors caused by groupthink; the power to act as a connector or translator between different circles; and the immense creative potential of combining ideas from different fields.

More than half of working - age adults believe they have the ability to start their own company, according to a new report from the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor, which surveyed people working in 60 countries around the world.

As a trustless network, no person has the ability to make significant changes within the blockchain system, removing possibilities of transactions getting rigged.

One of the most exciting things about studying Musk and other breakthrough innovators is that it reveals that even though these people often have special, difficult - to - imitate abilities or traits, the mechanisms by which these abilities and traits lead to innovation are often something we can tap ourselves.

Many companies make the mistake of holding on to control from headquarters, even though people there may lack the experience or ability to manage a remote operation.

«I have great faith in the ability of the Senator from Tennessee, Lamar Alexander, the Senator from Washington, Patty Murray, and others to work together in a bipartisan fashion to craft a bill that increases competition, lowers costs, and improves care for the American people,» he said.

Companies will hire people with an awareness of local marketing, and the ability to execute on it.

The Fed, for instance, could be given the ability to purchase bags of dirt from people in exchange for cash notes.

A person close to the company told ET that its bet on Educomp was due to its plans in the e-learning space and its ability and past track record of having turned around bankrupt companies in the US.

«The benefits of payroll automation are that you know you're paying people accurately, you know that you're in compliance with the law in paying overtime correctly, and that you can also include in these systems the ability to track issues, such as how often people are late,» Finch says.

To be a great leader you must be a great interviewer, since the quality of your organization depends on your ability to find and hire the right people.

Beyond Facebook's scale and the amount of time people spend with it, those in the industry are intrigued by the ability to target ads to the right audience.

But then the question of how you and your people handle those highs will be just as critical as your ability to handle bumps in the road and hard times that also come with the territory.

But if that's not enough to convince you that soft and fuzzy abilities are as important as concrete competencies, then a new study out of Germany might just change the mind of even the most bottom - line focused business person.

«We think of people in terms of the building blocks of their values, their abilities, and their skills,» he said.

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), which eats away at patients» ability to breathe, is a devastating condition that saps quality of life from even people with milder forms of the disorder.

Critics of the religion also dispute Miscavige's claims of the complex's ability to reach «billions» of people, especially considering that, according to the American Religious Identification Survey, only 25,000 Americans consider themselves Scientologists.

Facebook Live, Instagram and SnapChat stories give you the ability to post all those hilarious videos and still images of people enjoying VR experiences.

This is incredibly difficult, especially in an industry that very few people grow up dreaming of working in (not a lot of web developers that always wanted to build a quilting website), but the value of a leadership team can be judged by their ability to attract and keep the right talent.

This is what it's like to have 12 weeks of leave after having a baby, if you're lucky enough to even have a job that offers it: You begin figuring out child care almost right away; the irony that you barely know how to take care of this little person and now must somehow assess someone else's ability to do so does not escape you.

There are plenty of reasons to strive to be a good person, but Pfeffer points out boosting your leadership ability isn't necessarily one of them.

Much of emotional intelligence comes down to social awareness; the ability to read other people, know what they're about, and understand what they're going through.

«Master communicators have solid listening skills, the ability to tune into a person with focus and the ability to articulate clearly,» says Cheryl Cran, a management coach and author of «The Art of Change Leadership.»

So he has the ability to say what he likes to say to a group of people and excite them or stimulate them or get them wild up, which he does very frequently,» Luckett said.

In the business world, we place a lot of emphasis on outgoing, confident people who thrive in the spotlight and possess an innate ability to communicate and lead.

The modern knowledge economy depends on the fast flow of talented people and open competition, but more and more employees are being asked to sign non-compete agreements that can later hinder their ability to work for a competitor or start their own business.

I've done my fair share of listening to managers (many of whom are former clients) complain about their employees and losing good people, which adversely affects their ability to perform well.

The finding suggests that the brains of gifted people may, in fact, be different — although which came first, the rare ability or the unusual brain structure, remains a chicken - or - egg inquiry.

He added that isn't something Android competitors can easily replicate because of its ability to analyze a person's facial features in 3D.

As he explains, the pace of Suitsupply's expansion has thus far been dictated by its ability to find the right people.

«One of the strengths of the U.K. is its ability to attract very highly talented people from all over the places.»

Millian told ABC last July that he is «one of those very few people who have insider knowledge of Kremlin politics who has the ability to understand the Russian mentality and who has been able to successfully integrate in American society.»

A new panel of judges evaluates the applicants in four areas: strategy (a vision and how that vision is communicated and managed); capability (does the company have the ability — the people, processes and systems — to execute); commitment (the engagement and alignment, the culture to execute); and financials, the numbers that prove the first three are driving results.

BM: There is more clarity of focus, and there are a lot of people around who have a very deep domain of knowledge, and that gives us the ability to skip over things we might have tried a few years ago.

Emotionally intelligent people know that success lies in their ability to rise in the face of failure, and they can't do this when they're living in the past.