Sentences with phrase «of wisdom about»

There's lots of wisdom about this, often suggesting that friends «just can't have sex.»

These conversations tap into the power of lives shared together — a great resource of wisdom about marriage.

The combination of his wisdom about pitfalls to avoid, tips to try out, signposting, and boosting my confidence was invaluable.

If you take the time to speak with any executive level job - seeker, you are likely going to hear a few words of wisdom about how to find the perfect executive position.

That story easily predates the written word by millennia, and yet in a format that only takes a few minutes to transmit orally, it converts A LOT Of wisdom about the human condition.

Dumb Little Man: Not just for freelancers, this blog by Jay White contains pearls of wisdom about how to be happier and create a better lifestyle overall.

He is the font of wisdom about Florida, in particular about Rotonda West and its surrounding area.

I took my teacup to your Q & A session, just wanting to ask you about Kindle, and you gave me an ocean of wisdom about book marketing.

* sigh * Thanks for adding to the tips and for the words of wisdom about readers!

It needs thoughtful plans of action and evaluation, and a great deal of wisdom about pacing the change.

Film Review by Kam Williams Headline: Groundbreaking Documentary Features Words of Wisdom about Black Manhood A sobering statistic quoted at the outset sets the tone for this groundbreaking documentary: «69.7 % of black kids are born out of wedlock.»

Elisabeth Holm and Robespierre's screenplay is both quirky and grounded, gleaning pearls of wisdom about the toxicity of secrets in the face of truth without getting preachy.

We love her bits of wisdom about living life to the fullest, in style.

A classic semi-rimless vintage hexagon with an air of wisdom about it, Franklin looks equally smart in gold or silver tone.

Any pearls of wisdom about how to keep warm in skirts?

Thank you for sharing your words of wisdom about the first year of marriage... I'm going to be married in May and am so excited!

In fact, the problem lies with those people who go around sharing words of wisdom about exercise, diet habits which have been discredited long ago.

What they found was an office beset by problems and violating much of the wisdom about how to effectively run an applied energy research program.

I have distilled eons of wisdom about cover letters into a list of 10 commandments (well, commandments is a little strong; how about recommendations?)

It's a wonderful story for a start, with some of the most perceptive characters ever created, but it's also full of wisdom about the nature of human relationships.

Here's a wealth of wisdom about children's behavior, coupled with ingenious yet practical solutions to almost every imaginable problem.

Griggs called a group of friends of his son - in - law, inviting them to a Seattle restaurant, asking them to bring just one thing to the event for Steve: a two - minute presentation of their wisdom about fatherhood.

And Klopp stated some words of wisdom about that.

Intense awareness of one's own eventual death can be the teacher of wisdom about how to live.

Thus it has been the bearer of wisdom about what is good in human life, about sexuality, about being young and growing old, about work and money, children and family, duty and sacrifice, about friendship and love, art, literature, and music.

From Plato's Republic to the several visions of H. G. Wells, the Utopias have served as the vehicles for the expression of wisdom about life, social preachment, and sheer imaginative delight.

Not exact matches

So, there's a tremendous amount of standard business wisdom about how you need to have an elevator pitch, a small nugget that will encapsulate what it is you do with the amount of time it takes to pitch your business to a theoretical once - in - a-lifetime investor in a chance elevator encounter.

But while male billionaires» reading choices get plenty of press coverage, we hear relatively less about the books that have been most inspirational for super successful, but slightly less high - profile women — the kinds of books that are most likely to provide similar wisdom and mental nourishment for the generation of leaders coming up behind them.

It's a life that has a lot to teach us about the prevailing wisdom of productivity, and why we just may have it all wrong.

Contrary to the received wisdom that self - interest is in our DNA (a belief that's led to no end of faulty assumptions about how homo economicus will respond in any given situation), Benkler adopts the research suggesting that altruism is passed down both culturally and genetically.

As you mature, and gain a semblance of wisdom and a sense of what life is all about... this is by no means true of everyone, but a lot of actors like to escape themselves.

Nowadays, the average 65 - year old can look forward to about 21 more years of a healthy life, and members of this demographic segment are taking full advantage of this time in their lives, applying their wisdom and experience toward new ventures and ideas.

Schwerin went on to say that adviser Minyon Moore had raised tough questions about the wisdom of making the speech because it could «unintentionally end up elevating questions that aren't yet being widely asked and introduce new damaging information, especially super predator, to a lot more voters.»

It's a sad scene and while in life he never told Thor and Loki about their sister Hela, the Goddess of Death, after death Odin gives Thor wisdom and strength that helps him defeat Hela.

That's a pretty fair reversal of accepted wisdom about the rise of the Middle Kingdom.

She expects earnings per share of $ 3.52 in 2006, the year in which its retail strategy will be unveiled, and a majority of analysts have a Buy on the company — which is something you might not expect, considering the accepted wisdom about the China Threat.

Stand up eight»), Lakota Warrior wisdom (his teams gathered in a circle because «everything the Power of the World does is done in a circle») and creates his own aphorisms («Leadership is not about forcing your will on others.

By then McManus was harboring serious doubts about the wisdom of simply handing over certain functions to an operations chief, despite the «early tip - off» he had gotten from reading Corporate Lifecycles.

Clients ask me about the wisdom of telling jokes.

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For example, there's a scene in the book's fifth chapter in which Lyons discusses an article Shah has written on LinkedIn about the wisdom of bringing a teddy bear named Molly to meetings as a stand - in for the customer, so that staff will always remember to keep the customer top - of - mind.

A recent study by two Canadian business schools into what causes inflated executive pay upends some of the conventional wisdom about what causes executive salaries to increase over time.

We don't care about the wisdom of the crowd; we only care about the wisdom of the people we care about.

Jeffrey Pfeffer proclaims in this new book that «much of the oft - repeated conventional wisdom about leadership is based more on hope than reality, on wishes rather than data, on beliefs instead of science.»

By following the conventional wisdom about the importance of personal connections (guangxi) in doing business in China, these American CEOs may believe that their principal obstacle to entering the Chinese market or becoming successful there is the lack of direct exchange with the right Chinese officials.

In his much recommended recent book The Hard Thing About Hard Things, Horowitz explicates «the Law of Crappy People,» a gem of business wisdom unearthed by the consistently interesting blog Farnam Street recently.

In honor of Bush's passing on Tuesday at age 92, here are some of her most enduring pieces of wisdom — and a few trademark zingers — about literacy, love and life.

Bruce Mehlman, executive director of the council, told Fortune on a call that he rejects conventional wisdom about a tax tradeoff when it comes to upgrading federal infrastructure.

This begs important questions about the wisdom of state and local economic development strategies and their ability to remain focused on addressing the real challenges American communities face today.

Without getting into a debate about the wisdom of protectionist tariffs (not that it would be a particularly long one), the reality is that these initial measures don't really affect China all that much.