Not exact matches
When people told him his
goal of making a wheelchair that could balance
on two wheels was impossible, he reportedly
said in an Esquire interview, «Don't tell me it's impossible... tell me you can't do it....
The
goal, Davis
says, is to focus
on long - term growth and building the lexicon of characters.
His
goal right now is to stabilize the money - losing handset business, and he
said on the call that he would be happy to just break - even
on hardware.
Platforms, however, allow for «multiple shots
on goal,» Bloom
says.
Top BlackRock executives including CEO Larry Fink, sent a memo to staff
on Monday
saying Trump's order presented «challenges» to its
goals of diversity and inclusion.
Brian Clark of Copyblogger
says, «The best «native» advertising helps build an audience into a long - term business asset, and that's a
goal worth spending
on in conjunction with owned content creation.»
Fielding
says building the technology is the chief
goal of Ripcord at this juncture, and the company plans
on ramping up the hiring of engineers to bolster its already 100 - strong headcount.
In his book, Navy Seal Training Guide: Mental Toughness (which by the way goes for $ 790
on Amazon), author Lars Draeger
says there four pillars of mental toughness:
goal - setting, mental visualization, positive self - talk, and arousal control.
In response to a question about whether a rate cut amounted to pouring gasoline
on the overheated housing market, Poloz
said «We admit that these conditions are likely to cause financial imbalances,» in some cases, but that the Bank's primary
goal is to ameliorate the «financial shock» to the economy caused by the drop in oil prices.
Butler
says that employees with incentive - pay packages often concentrate exclusively
on their individual
goals and neglect the work of the group.
Tesla
said Wednesday evening it's
on track to produce 5,000 Model 3s per week by the end of its second quarter, a twice - delayed
goal that the electric car company had originally projected for the end of 2017.
He
says that Tyson's
goal is to focus less
on the startup's cost structure and what margins will look like today — benchmarks that any investor surely must consider — and instead take in consideration the brand's idea, the team behind it, and, perhaps most importantly, the entrepreneur.
«Our
goal with Spaces was to create a better small - group sharing experience, and we'll use what we've learned to improve other Google products and services,» the search giant
said on the support page.
Justin Sonnekalb, a technical designer at Irrational Games who is working
on this project,
says the game play experience will allow users to walk or drive the Mars Rover prototype across several square miles of actual Martian terrain while pursuing research - oriented mission
goals.
When people
say, «I need this money at 65,» they're assuming the market is going to cooperate with that
goal on their 65th birthday.
«Tax reform does not change our capital return
goals as we remain committed to returning at least $ 60 billion of capital in the current and next two CCAR cycles, subject to regulatory approval,» CEO Michael Corbat
said in a press release
on Tuesday.
Dong
says the company is «absolutely
on track» to hit its
goal, particularly invigorated by a 25 % surge year over year in Nike's overall China market in the first three quarters of 2016.
Catalans vote Sunday in regional parliamentary elections that the breakaway camp hopes will give them a mandate to put their region
on a path toward independence — a
goal the Madrid central government
says would be illegal.
To achieve future growth, Starbucks
says it will focus
on a mix of
goals that will boost results both near term and over the longer haul.
For now, he
said in a conference call with analysts, his
goal is to refocus
on RIM's traditional business users.
«Our
goal is to reach every person
on the planet,» Twitter's chief executive Dick Costolo
said during an evening earnings call.
«Lots of people set high
goals, and, if things don't work out, they may be disappointed for a few hours or a day, but they move
on,» Antony
says.
«This system helps people to understand their individual near - term impact
on the company's performance, gives them bumper lanes to experiment which in turn helps them
say no to opportunities that don't align to near - term
goals, all while keeping them connected to our mission,»
said Ringelmann.
CEO Ryan Frankel
says one of VerbalizeIt's
goals is to create brand awareness through video marketing; conveniently, one of the other tenants was able to help Frankel's team zero in
on how to do it.
Jean - Francois Perrault, chief economist for Scotiabank,
said the government's plans to focus new spending in the budget
on important, long - term
goals to address inequality also raise the question of whether it still has room to navigate rough economic waters in the future.
If the entrepreneur can figure out,
say, the first
goal — that is, the start - up's business model — then she continues
on to the second one.
And yet, she
says, women - owned businesses are a better bet, citing research from Indiegogo that women are 61 % more likely than men to achieve their financial
goals on the site.
«Were the FOMC to delay increases in the federal funds rate for too long, it could end up having to tighten policy relatively abruptly to keep the economy from significantly overshooting both of the Committee's longer - run policy
goals»
on inflation and jobs, Yellen
said.
Both South Korea and the United States
say they share the
goal of forcing North Korea to abandon its nuclear arms, and the Trump administration
says there will be no reduction in pressure
on Pyongyang until it has completely denuclearized.
Five full time employees work
on the farm that Score
says is
on track to meet long term financial
goals.
However, for 2010, Becker
says she is committed to monitoring company progress, and her
goal this year will focus
on generating new business beyond her traditional clients.
Even if your final
goal is as lofty as the Olympics, he
says, there are so many smaller
goals along the way and those need to be the things that you focus
on each time.
«You've achieved a set of
goals, and the next day you hand out a new pile of
goals to work
on,» Baren
says.
Even Mark Zuckerburg, Facebook's CEO,
said that he planned to focus this year
on fixing Facebook, a
goal that included exploring «encryption and cryptocurrency.»
The
goal is that when Malala — who is currently in school in England — comes to visit, «that it feels like home and a family and like this is a group working together
on a joint mission,»
says Shahid.
«You need to figure out what your
goals are, how you're going to achieve your
goals, and what you're going to do
on a daily, monthly [and] annual basis,» Pell
said.
During Sessions» speech
on Tuesday at the National Association of Attorneys General Winter Meeting in Washington, D.C., Sessions
said President Trump tasked him with a
goal to reduce crime across America and Sessions
says he believes crime and drugs go hand in hand.
Boneparth
said the key to not giving into social media - driven spending is to focus
on your own
goals and understand what's important to you.
With six employees, the company is
on track to meet its
goal of generating $ 3 million to $ 5 million in its first year, the founders
say.
Earlier this month, Tesla
said it missed its sales targets for the second consecutive quarter, and is
on track to miss its full - year
goal of 80,000 - 90,000 vehicles.
«We are eliminating product sales
goals because we want to make certain our customers have full confidence that our retail bankers are always focused
on the best interests of customers,» CEO John Stumpf
said in a statement about the change.
I would be lying if I
said the
goal of my company wasn't to make money, but focusing
on providing a great service paves the path for the money to follow.
Overwhelmingly, users respond negatively when videos autoplay (especially with sound
on) if they haven't yet opted in to watch
on say, a page they've visited with the
goal of reading an article.
«Our
goal is to be forced out of every state, meaning that we've done as much as we possibly can to get people exposed and hold
on to customers,» he
says.
A year ago, after the company announced it had raised $ 50 million in Series D funding, Wojcicki
said that they were focused
on lowering cost to bring in more users — a million by the end of 2013 was the company's stated
goal.
She
said the
goal was to slow the annual rate of increase in health care spending to 2 % from 6 % -7 % and that «we're
on track to get there.»
Apple Inc.
said it plans to build a new solar farm with NV Energy Inc. for power supply to its new data center in Reno, Nevada, a major step towards its
goal of having its data centers run
on renewable energy.
Her unique ability to connect with anyone and take
on his or her voice led her to co-found The Draw Shop, a whiteboard animation studio whose
goal is to make jaws drop and mouths
say «Whoa!»
Matthews
said her
goal is «to shift the way we think about energy consumption and generation from a hoard - and - save mentality... to continuous and
on - demand.»
With that
said, I still use the occasion to reflect back
on the past year and look forward to the next, and I use this time to examine the reasons behind not achieving my
goals from the past year.