Sentences with phrase «on getting to the finish line»

«If I was engaging with a firm and all I saw was white men across the table, I would certainly notice it, but in the same breath I have to say, especially in the mining world and throughout my professional life I've been blinded to it — I focus on doing the best job I can and I forget I'm a woman and we're just focused on getting to the finish line and getting that success.»

Not exact matches

Here are some approaches to get back on track when you're well out of the gate, but the finish line is nowhere in sight.

Sales and marketing writer Preston Clark explored this notion in a great piece, «The Rise of the Silent Sales Floor,» in which he discussed how the «soundless» sales floor makes CEOs nervous because: «They aren't hearing the confrontation, the tension, the hard conversations that literally must happen in order to get the biggest, baddest deals across the finish line... The really big, complex, disruptive deals... those aren't closing on the silent floor.»

After a successful preliminary health care vote on Tuesday, Senate GOP leaders may have a new plan to get their health legislation over the finish line: pass what, in effect, could amount to a blank legislative check.

Phyllis Borzi, former Assistant Secretary for the Department of Labor, speaks to WealthManagement's Diana Britton on the story behind the story of the getting the DOL Rule down the mountain and through the finish line to win the gold medal.

Now it's time to get creative with your toppings — we suggest a swirl of guacamole across each sausage using a spoon, then add your grated «cheese» of choice, next crush up the nachos on top and finally finish with a line of 4 jalapeños.

Wenger admitted after beating West Brom on Saturday that our legs had gone at the end, with just determination and the desire to win getting the gunners over the finishing line at the Hawthorns.

+ How Covington acquits himself defensively against an ultra-elite wing threat (and if he can maintain his hot shooting while expending so much energy on the other end) + Our team defense (especially on the perimeter) + Jah making himself a net - positive vs. Zaza + Our mental toughness response to a patented Golden State Run ™ + TJ's offensive QBing vs. GS's team defense + Dario's composure against a professional irritant + Justin Anderson and his steel pipes finishing with a 1 0 - 0 0 - 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 line (that would be one foul and one corresponding turnover when he subs in and immediately knocks Draymond into the second row with a happily illegal screen and gets subsequently ejected.

Don't think anyone on here has any serious allusions to winning the title but I think many want to get a little closer to the finishing line before giving up completely.

We have already had the bonus of seeing Alexis Sanchez overcome the knock to his Arsenal and play for Chile and now the news that our creator in chief Ozil is going to be okay to line up against Pep Guardiola's team is a major boost to our hopes of getting back on track and finishing in the top four spots to ensure another Champions League place.

The script Rosen got instead: go through three offensive coordinators in three years, take a beating in year two when the offensive line loses three starters, finish your career throwing beautiful passes in a losing effort to your crosstown rival, and wake up the next day to find out your head coach has been fired on his birthday.

The team just needs to focus on getting the rhythm back from the back line to the finish.

Yes, thats need to change even when he used to have Dick Law as transfer negotiator still was him doing it remotely send him out to close / push deal to the finish line and wenger has already price it not a selling club and end up loose a lot of new players they need to take power away from and have him concetrate on training / pitch he does not also get along with super agents, Raiola, Pini Zahavi, Mendes those represent big number of good players but now Sanllehi will take care that section

They have guys on this Roster who have hoisted the Crown before (Tommy Sutker and Ziggy Levin won this past Summer's College / Prep League) and they know how hard it is to get to finish line..

Hornish got a great run through the final two corners and managed to slingshot past on the line to win by just six - hundredths of a second; at the time it was the second closest Indy 500 finish ever.

According to ESPN, «it's still unclear if the Sounders will get the deal over the finish line before the close of the summer transfer window on Aug. 9, and that there is still much work to be done.»

Bolton lost 1 - 0 out at Peterborough earlier in the season but they are unbeaten in their last four on home soil against them with a W3 D1 record and that could be enough to get them over the finish line.

Can the Cherries get to the finish line without having to go through stresses on the final day of action?

If your tween is working on a big project with the promise of a nice dinner once it's completed, help him or her map out a plan to get to the finish line.

Vaz interrupts - he hadn't quite finished on the next Met commissioner appointment - and gets Lib Dem MP Julian Huppert to ask a question along those lines.

«I need you to help me get over the finish line, and to keep this party together, to keep this city together, and to keep us all on the same page,» Perez Williams said.

Sounding like the nominee - in - waiting that many party leaders consider him to be, Astorino also broadly attacked Cuomo's announced budget as built on «gimmicks» designed to «get across the finish line in November, and then everything can collapse as far as he's concerned.»

Democratic lawmakers said it's on the closely divided state Senate, led by Republicans, to get the bill over the finish line.

Despite the encouraging poll numbers — Spitzer called them «comforting» — the candidate acknowledged that he and the small army of petitioners (some paid, some volunteers) currently headquartered in his father's real - estate building on Fifth Avenue still had some work to do in the final 24 hours to get over the finish line.

«Congressman Katko is focused on serving our community in Congress, working to address issues that matter most to Central New York families — expanding our economy, enhancing our security, and getting a long awaited transportation bill across the finish line,» O'Connor said.

Before his involvement, Mark - Viverito was counting on support from the 22 - member Progressive bloc, which wasn't enough on its own to get her across the finish line.

NASA's reliance on commercial industry means that the agency can not get to the finish line alone, or even just with the Russians.

(In the past, Ive always just focused on getting my form under control and making it to the finish line).

There are times when I can't wait to get finished with a trial period and move on to the next, but then there are those times when I don't want to stop using a product / line because it's just that amazing.

But we weren't finished yet, we had to get on another line to get near to our hotel.

The only other option I see for the sleeves would require putting a hem on the bottom of a sleeve or leaving the side seams until later in the construction (sewing the neckline and sleeves and then turning the lining in first) and then having to finish those seams, so you've probably got the trick for the completely finished lining.

Figuring out what brush does what can be overwhelming, but the silver lining is that you don't have to splurge on a set just to get high - quality brushes that give makeup a seamless finish.

It also has some really nice finishes — the bodice is fully lined, closes with a concealed back metal zipper, and has hidden hanging ribbons on the inside (cause no one likes their straps to get stretched out).

You can't form alliances, set up vendetta races, and, unless you have PSP - owning friends in the area, you're stuck racing against lame - brained computer controlled drivers that actually take their time getting to the finish line, even on the hardest difficulty.

After all the controversy over Jane Got a Gun — the Natalie Portman western that Ramsay was supposed to direct until she dropped out on the first day of filming — the mere fact of this movie making it to the finish line without any kind of drama would be a victory.

They may not be the perfect partner to get this to the finish line (more on that later), but since it's also a Dreamworks project, there's cause for optimism.

Roger Donaldson, who worked with Brosnan before in the mediocre volcano flick, Dante's Peak, has the talent to shoot and hold this film together visually, but his hold on the narrative gets away from him, resulting in a displeasing mish - mash of ideas that unravel until the blow - out right before the finish line.

However, as with other literary to cinematic conversions the Hunger Games anthology is prey to the unfortunate pitfall of not knowing when to stop and the final 20 minutes languish on, pacing becomes an issue, and the veritable cinematic marathon finishes on fumes, barely enough to get across the finish line.

Howard has a heavier lift for Solo than Gilroy did for Rogue One, but once again, the company is bringing in a steady, veteran hand to get a troubled movie to the finish line; Rogue One has an 85 percent approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes.

Helping those poor students get across the finish line is absolutely a worthy item on the higher education reform to - do list.

But spending on smaller class sizes and academic support like tutoring did more to get students across the finish line and graduate.

Speaking at the car's launch, John Hennessy, CEO said «We expect the Venom F5, named for the most powerful tornado speed winds on the Fujita scale, to be the first road car capable of achieving more than 300mph and have worked closely with Pennzoil to get us across the finish line».

«On the last lap I backed down a little bit, got through the turn quickly, and then it was just hauling through the rest of the corners to the start - finish line.

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And if I'm tired of working on my book but want to get it done, do I have the budget to hire a developmental editor to help me cross the finish line?

I focus my time on what I can do right now to get myself closer to the finish line, knowing I'll get to it all eventually.

I've been scouring review websites to try and set up reviews (lined up 2 so far), I've been promoting it heavily on FB and twitter and my blog (I've got 10 minute samples from the finished book and the in production book as well), and also I'm praising my narrator to the skies (which she totally deserves) and linking to her website at every opportunity.

I prefer that authors are available to discuss their books with me once I start on it instead of disappearing after we've begun and not responding because that causes delays not only in getting your book finished but also for any other authors that are next in line.