Sentences with phrase «of taking on»

Some of us are pathological super heroes who thrive on the stress and drama of taking on enormous burdens or challenges.

Though that doesn't mean he's not feeling the weight of taking on the role, «He's probably the most well - regarded and well - known figure in human history,» Legend says.

With more and more of us taking on huge physical challenges, Josh Lees explains the connection between... More

I am wary of taking on the role of Holy Spirit in someone else's life.

To blame chance happenings that are amplified by human contribution towards the climate on God or sinners is to commit a serious sin of taking on the role of God.

Matthew Coan, owner of the personal finance website Casavvy.com, says that banks and credit card issuers require deposits on secured cards because they're wary of taking on potentially risky customers.

For some it is just the thought of taking on debt, while others they would rather pay cash because they are averse to paying interest.

You'll also need to compare APRs (which take both the interest rate and fees into account to give you the yearly cost of taking on a 5/1 ARM) and the total estimated cost of fees, including closing costs.

Even though individual consumers rarely have access to the prime interest rate, it should still mean something to you since it affects the cost of taking on a short - term loan and using a credit card.

This imbalance forces many business - oriented entrepreneurs to hire independent developers instead of taking on a technical co-founder.

Accredited investors are viewed as more sophisticated investors, capable of taking on the risk that some securities present.

Despite the fact that graduate school can earn you more money in the long run, many people are foregoing additional education because of the fear of taking on massive student loan debts.

Unlike your interest rate, your APR will reflect the true cost of taking on a 30 - year fixed mortgage rate.

WASHINGTON — T - Mobile's proposed merger with Sprint would create a new national wireless giant capable of taking on Verizon and AT&T.

There are ways a young person can gain experience across functions that aren't a matter of taking on different assignments within a big company.

Part of this underperformance was due to selling during crashes and buying during booms, part of it had to do with frictional expenses such as brokerage commissions, capital gains taxes, and spreads, and part of it was the result of taking on too much risk by investing in assets that weren't understood.

If your product is popular enough, government officials, wary of taking on beloved services, will wilt.

While bootstrapping can be a longer journey to the finish line it eliminates the added stress of taking on debt.

Besides the absurd valuation (and the existential angst the valuation has apparently unleashed for some) I just never understood something more basic: What's the incentive or value of taking on that much VC at such an early stage?

Now, thanks to its planned merger with H.J. Heinz, led by a 3G Capital and Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway (BRK - B), Kraft stands a better chance of taking on overseas markets, getting the clout it needs to rein in rising commodity costs and attain more efficient operations that will lower its expenses.

To avoid the cost and risk of taking on inventory, he would set up arrangements with suppliers (over the popular Chinese messaging service WeChat) to have his orders shipped directly from their warehouses in China to the customer in the U.S. — a practice known as drop shipping.

Instead of taking on the risk of hiring full - time workers, firms are turning to staffing companies like Manpower to fill their labor needs on a project - by - project basis.

The specter of Google, Apple, Uber, Tesla, Lyft, or even Zoox cornering the future market of How Americans Get Around has created two kinds of paranoia in Detroit: a fear of taking on too much risk and a fear of not taking on enough.

If consumers are tapped out or wary of taking on more debt, then bank credit can be expanded to the moon and households will not borrow more money.

While it seems counter intuitive, McQuay suggests a strategy of taking on more credit with a new credit card — which could help you to pay down the debt you have now.

By building a fresh, new brand in a struggling industry»» complete with individual seat - back TVs and tasty blue corn chips»» he showed start - ups everywhere the value of taking on entrenched players with creativity and style.

You qualify yourself through the process of taking on something bigger than you've ever done before.

In an interview with the Boston Globe, Pelosi made clear she is still the boss and has no intention of taking on a smaller role after the 2018 midterm elections this fall.

The Journal report said that Comcast could pay as much as $ 3 billion for DreamWorks, and would combine that business with its existing Universal movie and TV unit as a way of taking on Disney in the animation market.

In a world of online markets, instant videos and Zillow pricing, why should anyone turn 5 % to 6 % of the take on a home sale over to a real estate agent?

As political theorist Jacob Levy points out in a blog entry, the anti-gay-marriage camp has historically been not just aggressive in defence of its take on religious freedom, but viciously and hatefully so.)

Either you respect ALL parts of her take on Christianity or you are attacking the whole of her beliefs.

Regardless of your take on The Shack, there's no denying its renewed buzz is sure to stir up some interesting conversations.

Science has increasingly and almost in spite of itself taken on the lineaments of a story of the cosmos.

Not exact matches

Here's what Bank of Canada Governor Stephen Poloz wants you to take away from his speech in Whitehorse on June 15: the world is unfolding roughly as the central bank thought it would a month earlier when it published its latest quarterly economic report.

Brian Stelter, the New York Times media correspondent, called out this complexity on Friday, writing, «authorities simultaneously thanked members of the news media for spreading the word that Bostonians should take shelter and remain alert — and cautioned them against repeating secondhand or thinly - sourced information.»

Keep your head down, keep your eyes on the prize, keep moving forward and all the rest of this stuff will take care of itself if and when it matters at all.

Bohn now makes an exclusive line of office accessories for Office Depot, but says it took three years to get her products on the megastore's shelves.

Two graduate students taking on the oligopoly of Yahoo, Excite, Alta Vista, etc??)

Perhaps most remarkable is the collective imagination of students across the United States, who dared to take on a challenge that their parents, aunts, and uncles had all but abandoned: stopping the scourge of gun violence.

She, along with several of her classmates, have held gun control rallies in their Florida community and called on government officials to act now to prevent future mass shootings from taking place.

Take what happened after the 2010 Deepwater Horizon spill in the Gulf of Mexico: «The BP guy who was running the cleanup in Alabama saw a segment about us on Discovery Channel on Monday night, called us on Tuesday, we were there on Wednesday and had a purchase order by Friday,» recalls Dave Kroetsch, Aeryon co-founder and CEO.

So it's perfectly reasonable to ask detailed questions about a resume and to take everything on it with at least a grain of salt.

Companies mostly pass those costs on to households, who effectively devote more of their take - home pay to supporting the 286,000 workers employed in steel and aluminum.

The goal is not for the CEO to take on more of this work themselves as much as it is to give them the opportunity to assess firsthand what could be done better before actually making any changes.

KordaMentha managing partner Cliff Rocke has taken on a new role, joining the Perth office of the advisory firm that is handling the collapse of residential construction group Builton.

To find the wealthiest people in the world, Wealth - X looked at its database of dossiers on more than 110,000 ultra-high net - worth people and used a proprietary valuation model that takes into account each person's assets, then adjusts estimated net worth to account for currency - exchange rates, local taxes, savings rates, investment performance, and other factors.

Since then, the Sûreté du Québec conducted a second raid on another warehouse, this time in Lévis, just across the St. Lawrence River from Quebec City, taking away an undisclosed number of barrels of maple syrup.

I've watched the behavior of 14 - year - old girls spending 10 minutes to take the best selfie, post it on Instagram, and then take it down when it doesn't get enough likes.

Baehr's mentor, Walter Hailey, whose insurance company Lone Star Life Insurance went on to become a Kmart insurance company, used to take an hour - long walk at 5 a.m. every morning with a group of close friends to talk about ideas, successes and failures.