Sentences with phrase «often gone about it»

When teachers seek to have an impact beyond the schoolhouse, however, they've often gone about it in a manner that seems calculated to deliver disappointing results.

«As a trans individual, I'm very cognizant of how identity works and how people often go about portraying and communicating their identity.»

These speakers are performing, whereas Socrates's original conversation partners were more often going about their day, consumed with personal matters, until philosophy butted in.

Not exact matches

I think for women, we often get tangled up in what people think of us, what's going on and we worry about things that are outside of our control.

Small - business owners often spend too much time talking about the story behind their product and the difficulties they went through developing their business rather than homing in on their milestones and achievements.

«Instead of worrying about what can go wrong, talent - spotting specialists often need to think about what could go right,» says Anders.

Constructive criticism is useful and often appreciated by employees, so long as you go about dispensing it in the right way.

Lunchtime is often when people gather and talk about how the day is going.

Turner: One of the things that people in the industry often talk about when it comes to money management is this barbell, where as you said you have low - cost, passive index tracking funds and at the other end you have higher fees, higher active share, things like private debt which you mentioned, and it's those in the middle that are charging higher fees for something that looks quite a lot like beta that are really going to struggle.

Those who have a history of being critical of the company and vocal about their frustrations to management often get let go.

But more often it's how we go about choosing those goals in the first place, their nature, and the timeframes we set for achieving them that lead result in them going astray.

I used to go to sleep worrying about all the things I messed up that day — and trust me that list was often quite long.

But think about it — it's still so rare in everyday life that when we see examples in the news, those stories often go viral.

«They often come in thinking they're just going to talk about retirement goals and planning.»

Carla Harris, Morgan Stanley's vice chairman of wealth management and senior client adviser, says that leaders often fail black women by not being candid about how their direct reports can improve at work, advance in their careers, or course - correct when something goes wrong.

When I was doing «Outliers» I was struck by how often when successful people described their lives, they would talk about the things that went wrong or the things that were hard, as opposed to the things that were easy or went right.

In today's world, consumers are trained to go to an organization's website when news breaks (and news outlets often link to the websites in their online stories); make sure you can quickly update your website to include news and information about the current situation.

«The aha moment was that being open and honest propelled our brand,» explains Ellis, «because when people feel good about a brand, they frequent it more often, their average cheque goes up and they tell two friends, who tell two friends, who bring their kids.

The things you guys are going to learn about at Def Con today — you know, often people are like, «Oh, well, in a year this is going to be a big deal for everybody» — well, it's quite possible what you're learning about at Def Con today was a problem for us six months ago.

They speak to clients pretty much every day, fielding questions on what is going on out there with financial stocks, so I asked them what their clients were asking them about most often.

Productivity guru Tim Ferriss often talks about the concept that «being busy is a form of laziness,» which is essentially the idea that we would prefer to feel like we are getting work done, rather than going through the struggle of actually getting work done.

When I wrote about Lines, Not Dots (probably my most often quote blog post) I made it clear that «lines» go both ways.

I love this feature because I'm often on - the - go when perusing Facebook and so it helps me to save things I may want to share later and tag important news about marketing or social media that I should read.

Companies are going public later, and initial public offerings are now often about cashing out earlier investors rather than raising money for productive enterprises.

When people think about estate planning and what will happen to their assets after they're gone, they often only worry...

They'll agree about whatyoudo with your time and once the «yes» momentum is going, more often than not they'll agree to take a more serious look at your opportunity.

CIA Director Mike Pompeo said during an appearance at the Center for Strategic and International Studies this month that it was «time to call out WikiLeaks for what it really is: a non-state, hostile intelligence service often abetted by state actors, like Russia,» and he criticized prior administrations as having been «squeamish» about going after publishers of state secrets.

Often, the stock has already fallen about as far as it is going and the investor wants to go public to get a little bigger drop.

What happens more often than not is that the stock falls immediately to about as low as it is going to drop, especially as more investors rush in to short it.

I don't often write about global geopolitics because I think, in general, investors spend too much time worrying about things they can't control or aren't going to happen or wouldn't matter much if they did.

But at a high level, I think it's important to focus on those underlying drivers because much of the conversation that you hear is just about price, where is it going, and these underlying drivers are lost very often.

Meb: Well, you know, I mean it's been eight years going on now since we've had the bear market in the U.S. And it's funny because, you know, we'll talk about this in a second but you know, the biggest mistake we see, particularly younger investors make when investing, is they often having not experienced a loss or a devastating loss, in general, they take on way too much risk.

Investment banks that have underwriting relationships with companies are often among the most optimistic about their prospects, especially immediately after a company goes public.

I quite often treat this blog like a diary, so sometimes I'll stray away from talking about my personal finance and share my current thoughts, I'll be excited to go back and read some old post when the years go by, and it will help me reflect on the overall journey that has been experienced, because as great as the end goal of early retirement is, I would imagine the character developed through such a process has more then just monetary value.

Now, a writer in Newsweek goes into some detail about how often medical studies point in the wrong direction.

The court was told after abusing the boys he would often tell them that if they ever found themselves about to mention what had happened, their minds would go blank and they would forget.

While you are going about your day, try to remember as often as possible to shift your attention back to that calm inner center you've touched upon in meditation.

Energy that often goes into fantasizing about how much better the next assignment will be could probably be better used by making the most of life in the present time and place.

RICO statutes are about organized crime, much more relevant in going after religious people who often support criminal organizations operating behind the name of religion.

For starters, China is about to experience a massive crisis in caring for its elderly — a task traditionally undertaken in Chinese culture by one's children, but impossible when there aren't enough children to do the job, Moreover, the pampered survivors of the one - child policy, often referred to as the «little emperor generation,» aren't going to easily forget that it's all about me as they face the challenge of inter-generational responsibility.

The fact is, LGBT Christians often do a better job at living out the way of Jesus than do the Christians who exclude them from their worship services... Really, it would be so much easier to wave a big middle finger at the church and go about our lives.

People who call themselves atheists often say rather strange things about people with faith ¯ things like, «Well, if you need the comfort, go on and believe.»

The reality that Complementarianism way too often leads to a cycle of passive - aggressive behavior by the subordinate, with a frustrated leader wondering what the hell is going wrong, complete with a language that has two meanings... well, this is what bothers me deeply about the Comp.

Too often the church goes to the social scientists who can describe communities and who may be very helpful to Christians as they think about society but who, because of their analytic language, can not create or reinforce community.

When I go through David Kinnaman's research, which reflects just about every concern I express in my «15 Reasons» posts --(young people are leaving the church because they believe it is too exclusive, too combative with science, hyper - political, out - of - touch when it comes to sexuality, and an unsafe place in which to wrestle with doubt)-- I am often met with blank stares.

When Christian leaders blame LGBT people for natural disasters or warn they are going to «come after» Christians, it's hard not to be reminded of what was often said about Jews in Europe to justify centuries of prejudice against them.

Although, what we are going through is different, I am amazed at how often the feelings you write about resemble what I am feeling.

And like all good storytellers, Zevon kept everyone guessing about where his tales would go» often leaving their conclusions to listeners, after sparking their imaginations.

Our morally debilitated professoriat in particular often seems to be a breed apart, going on endlessly about how violence breeds violence and how we must address the root causes of resentment, etc., etc..

They will often make plans for the future and how they are going to go about securing that future.