Sentences with phrase «often self interest»

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It is important to note, however, that their goals are often driven by self - interest and self - promotion.

Our executives are too often silent on political issues, even when it's in their self - interest to speak up.

Self - employed people can often use it to save huge amounts for retirement while avoiding taxes on the capital gains, dividends, interest, rents, and other profits.

This is in part because people often self - select into undergraduate and graduate programs that have social groups with interests closely aligned to their own, which generates both a higher level of interaction and longer - lived relationships.

Understanding that ourselves and the rest of nature can not be sharply separated, we recognize that the interests of our selves and those of the biotic communities of which we are a part are often inseparable.

A respectful agnosticism is called for when often there is offered in its place a self - interested certainty.

It requires a consistent, often painful, examination of conscience with the welfare of others as well as ourselves in mind and the self - discipline not to pursue our own self - interest or pursue pleasure at the expense of others even though our survival instincts predispose us to do just that.

Moreover, as Eric Chevlen notes, self - interest often interferes with moral reasoning, and if one is already interested in the contraceptive way of life, one may not be open to Humanae Vitae for reasons that have little to do with the strength of its arguments.

Powerful interest groups in many places, especially large cities, are often antagonistic to the traditional religious values of family, sexual self - control, objective morality, and individual responsibility.

One important dimension of the problem — and here those in churches and the academy should take self - interested notice — is that managers of mutual funds, largely comprised of 401 (k) accounts, often have little voice in corporate governance.

After all, these standards are inculcated in us on a daily basis in innumerable ways and are often reinforced by the heavy weight of self - interest.

And this control is often not in the individuals self - interest.

Furthermore, Hartshorne affirms his faith that human beings are often motivated by genuinely altruistic desires which are not merely forms of disguised self - interest.

The problem with this is that they are all too often just as self - interested as the hoi polloi, and with less justification.

Immediately after attaining liberty, the revolutionaries invoked «public virtue» more often than any other term, a virtue which they defined as the readiness to sacrifice self - interest to the common good.

Often we, as religious groups, have put our institutional self interest above the public interest.

Communities of interest, on the other hand, are the kind suggested by terms like «the intelligence community» or «the social - service community» These communities tend to form» around limited interests, often self - interests.

It is interesting to look at some more sweeping generalisations often made by psychologists: that men are more oriented towards rights and justice, women more towards responsibility and caring (and, yes, self - giving); or, to put it another way, male identity is forged in relation to the world, and female identity awakened in a relationship of intimacy with other persons; or, further, that «development», in the male mode, implies establishing the independence of «self» from others, while in the female mode self is developed by relating to others.

I started googling way back in may who could we be buying gonzalo higuian, julio cesar and wayne rooney but realize going by history wenger just as no interest in buying world class players, he wants 2 buy d grade players and turn them up to koscienly nd nasri that will take years while da arsenal faithful pay handsome figures for dismal performances, fans allowed wenger 2 get away when he gets away with these lucky matches of fenerbache been strong on paper but a waste of tym on the pitch, also it happen at bayern but they put a slighty weak team but wenger runt his mouth around of how good da team was after that 2 - 0 win, not forgetting it was bould that got the team defense looking solid while wenger moan about referee decisions and no blame on team, I just feel we (arsenal) have allowed wenger and co to misuse us, so now our main target aim is benzema yet giroud plays more often than him for france, can any1 see how wenger is lowing our standards and expectations at arsenal, I wil be over da moon if wenger does not sign an extension wit us, after the gilberto days and disaterous results and teams we play, his approach to the game defensely which is pathetic and his annoying behaviour.So what if manu and chelski haven't really bought they are already strong it was seen last week now we should be worried about our selves since that villa defeat, jst imagine what the man's and london money maniac's are goin 2 do to us, I can see it already coming from wenger, if we find the right player we will buy him, after sept2, we didn't find da right player but the squad can challenge for the title, its so sick having 2 hear that crap, just take him psg, I just wish the fans would say we had enough of this bullshit transfer policies its time we stood up against these pigs of directors by protesting!

Researchers concerned with academic - achievement gaps have begun to study, with increasing interest and enthusiasm, a set of personal qualities — often referred to as noncognitive skills, or character strengths — that include resilience, conscientiousness, optimism, self - control, and grit.

Problems persist into adulthood, and the grown children often repeat their parent's reliance on self - interests, extended family, or work to bring them happiness.»

What the «common people» want is often not wise or doable, and driven by self - interest, not wisdom.

Unfortunately self - interest - often in the form of oil seems to have too big an influence.

Often such choices involve tradeoffs between our own - self interest and the interests of others; on other occasions, these choices can be between our own present well - being and our future (certain or anticipated) interests.

«Tt is unusual for people who are targeted for people to testify because it often works against their self - interest.

This often causes mayhem as the political parties with the most votes jockey for control by trying to convince minor and often extreme parties to join their coalition and agreeing to some very extreme and very self interest centered goals of the minor parties.

For example, many great ideas are initially ridiculed and disparaged, often at the expense of our own self - interest.

explains that, though generosity may often be self - interested, true selflessness and compassion can also be taught.

«One reason we can rule out that the marking behavior is partially about self - protection is that while signalers are marking the snake, apparently waiting for the receiver to approach and see the snake, the signalers often lose interest in the snake and look elsewhere,» Crockford said.

When it's turned down or off completely we often lose not only our desire and interest in getting busy, but also access to our full capacities of critical thought, problem solving, personal expression, and understanding of self as well.

She often offers the use of chanting, Yoga postures, breath work, visualization, self - reflection, and meditation in many of her classes based on the interests and needs of the students along with some other practices that can support one along the journey of life.

In a group sex situation, often a non-erect cock has more to do with self - pressure to perform, nervousness or unfamiliarity with the situation or partner (s) than it does with attraction or interest in the situation or people involved.

This will often provide an effective way to identify who might be interested for you if a person's somewhat self - conscious, and also to make the initial move.

For Greg, it means learning the true definition of empathy after his mother (Connie Britton) forces him to befriend the neighbourhood sympathy case, and how doing the right thing often means putting your own self - interests to one side.

Yes, despite all his unspeakable and often times baffling behavior, the audience is supposed to have some sort of rooting interest in Gord, who is by far more repellent than his hardass father (at least his constant badgering of layabout Gord is justified, as opposed to Gord's self - centered contempt for just about everyone).

As the mixed polling currently shows, appeals to self - interest can often win out against appeals to social justice.

Join the groups that interest you (rather than those you think will help you promote your book); avoid the writer groups (they're often too self - promotional to offer any benefit to anyone).

I'm also completely unaware of any pentup demand in the consumer market for self - pubbed books - even in my tiny niche subgenre of m / m, people just aren't interested in self - pubs even though the books certainly exist, * unless * the author already has an audience (which they often do through things like fanfiction.)

In addition, learning activities are made available that are meaningful and relevant to learners, driven by their interests and often self - initiated» (U.S. Dept. of Ed., Office of Ed.

Thank you for the info Vinny, now I think I see, You'd like a blog about marketing from lil» ol' me, Promote only when you are in a happy mood, And never promote your books by being far too rude, Try to make your posts interesting, clever and funny, And try not to part with a large amount of money, Now I feel there is one thing I should stress, Never go and give your cash to a vanity press, Blog, tweet and update your Facebook status as often as you can, Make contact with other authors and befriend your only fan, Be courteous, considerate and always be kind, And you will slowly find, You'll get people interested and make them all see, Especially when you give your book away for free, Sit back, relax and be rather nice, And always think about the price, People will not part with their cash unless the price is low, Particularly for an author they do not even know, Always remember to write purely for fun, Never think that your profit will be a huge great sum, And pray for exposure to the lord above, Because self - publishing is a labour of love,

Throughout his career, Poynter was very interested in helping other aspiring writers succeed and often gave advice to help other writers in their self - publishing endeavors.

Nevertheless, authors are often left with the question of where to go to investigate self - publishing options from impartial, unbiased sources (rather than relying on the comments of competitors or overzealous individuals / consultants who have both a vested interest and a suprising amount of time on their hands to devote to nay - saying).

A philosophy of ubuntu is pretty much the opposite of the individualism and self - interest often embraced in many of the more developed countries.

One of the major surprises, though, was that many publishers are still not tapping into the wealth of their back list titles; this could be one of the reason more and more authors are attempting to regain control of the rights to their older — and often out of print — works in an effort to revitalize interest in the author and in the works by self - publishing them to electronic platforms.

Writers are often interested in learning more about the craft and book marketing techniques, so contact writing groups and associations and offer to present your self - publishing story and expertise.

As a children's book editorial and publishing consultant (after having been a children's book publishing at one of the large houses), I often discuss with clients the role that agents can and, in my opinion, should play if their clients are interested in self or indie publishing.

This is an interesting move, given that most POD publishers are small operators, often self - publishing authors, and is sure to generate a lot of vocal anger in author circles and beyond.

It may be in the financial interest of traditional publishers to advertise the slush pile as often as possible, hoping to create a perception that self - published books aren't worth reading so that more customers will, hopefully, buy traditionally published books.

Self publishing books is an often - considered option for writers who have not yet garnered agent or publisher interest in their publishable manuscripts.

Such pronouncements are often motivated by self - interest when made by freelancers selling editing, graphic design, or marketing services.