Sentences with phrase «out of doing things»

Mr. Colman made sure I did not forget this and quite rightly talked me out of doing some things I wanted to do at the time but would have surely regretted later.

I can't understand what people get out of doing things the same way all the time.

I used to spend a lot of time talking myself out of doing things because I was so worried about what others would think.

That's the standard for PC manufacturers, but Apple's made a hefty business out of doing things the other way around.

You can get out of doing things you don't want to do by saying you have to study.

Sometimes kids enjoy pushing their parent's buttons in an attempt to get out of doing things.

Not exact matches

Rosenthal has made a career out of seeing things that others don't.

Don't be afraid to experiment; you won't figure out your audience right away, but if you try different things and then monitor your data and evaluate the comments, likes, etc., that will help you determine what your audience appreciates — and wants to see more of.

This sweet, rich oil was shown to do some pretty nifty things for abdominally obese women in a 2009 study out of Brazil, including decreasing their waist circumference, increasing beneficial HDL (high - density lipoprotein) cholesterol and improving the ratio of «bad» LDL (low - density lipoprotein) to «good» HDL cholesterol.

Traditionally, «brokers are working out of basements and trying to do things helter - skelter,» said Crabbe.

Penalizing individuals for opting out of a UBI program «just wouldn't be a customer - centric thing to do.»

For one thing, the interesting things that happen to all of us on a daily basis don't tend to occur when we're sitting on our butts but rather when we're out and about in the world.

Whereas I imagine most of my peers clicked through their six - question survey like a fire - and - forget missile, I kicked things up a notch, making a simple spreadsheet to log my results, and committing to doing the same simple exercise, year in and year out, for the rest of my career.

«The No. 1 thing is to be aware of the competition and what they're doing, and what new types of technologies are out there,» says Enriquez.

File this one under simple but powerful ideas most people never think of: «Draw all the things you need to do on a big piece of paper, and find out which things depend on other things.

«He said, «Do you want to see what we can build with this thing I'm running out of your bedroom?»»

The decline reflects some things that are out of the government's control (international demand, the exchange rate) and some things that arguably the prime minister could do something about, namely Canada's chronic lack of competitiveness.

Just the sheer scale of it is also challenging, because you've got ta lay out the carbon fiber in exactly the right way on a huge mold, and you've got ta cure that mold at temperature, and then it's... just really hard to make large carbon - fiber structures that can do all of those things and carry incredible loads.

Everyone knows that Travis is not coming back; still, Benchmark said a lot of nasty things about TK and is now sitting back and watching other people try to convince them that the best thing to do «for all concerned» would be to sell out.

And some of the players to watch out for are the same big guys from 10 or 20 years ago (Microsoft, Oracle, AT&T, etc.) who are the long - entrenched stakeholders and «powers - who - be» in your space — not because they're great innovators or disruptors, but because: (a) they're increasingly well - informed about who's doing what very well (damn those demo days); (b) they're fairly fast followers with great gobs of money; and (c) they have the people, resources, and patience to hang around and keep buying and trying until they eventually get things right in the long run.

By definition, one of the things traditional publishing weeds out is people doing books only for themselves.

You guys came out with your 2018 outlook and one of the things that stuck out, I'm sure, to a lot of people is that you don't think valuations are particularly too high.

«Lights go out, the first thing those employees do is get out of those clothes as fast as they can.

The former PM says the best thing they can do is get out of the way

«The best way to make some progress on this... wasn't to go out and hire a consultant, as we often would have done, but rather get some of these people in who are spending their lives developing these things that will hopefully be a big score for them one day,» says Toronto Mayor John Tory.

If you mess things up at the start, you'll soon enough get to that awful and uncomfortable conversation where someone will ask you about one of the new hires and you'll say «I don't know» or «the jury's still out.»

Although CI couldn't figure out what has happening, it did a few things to cope, none of which were ideal.

Made by a company called Bossa Nova, the bots wander the shelves, doing inventory scanning, noting when things are out of stock, and alerting staff to mislabeled or mispriced items.

I also recommend finding out if there are people with whom you can partner who have a certain level of expertise to do the things that you're not necessarily the best at or don't particularly enjoy.

Among other things, Democratic members of the House have proven that — much like Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump — they don't really need the traditional media to get their message out when they have Twitter and its live - streaming service at their disposal.

Most of us are preventing from doing nasty and harmful things out of concern for how these actions will impact others.

I know that he must think he's doing the right thing by taking himself out of the equation, and that means he thinks the best thing for the galaxy is that he's not a part of this and, by extension, that the Jedi are not a part of this.

Working out at the end of the day doesn't work for me because I get rejuvenated and can't sleep — that's why first thing in the morning is best.

I remember one pitch where Katia and I did the whole thing, it was all men around the table, and then we'd leave and look at each other and realized that we honestly could've been saying anything and the only thing they heard come out of our mouths was «lip gloss, lip gloss, lip gloss.»

Raaja Nemani, CEO and co-founder of Bucketfeet, knows that when you are starting out that you can't focus on too many things at once but rather do one thing really well.

«The first thing I do once out of bed is read 15 to 30 minutes religiously.

«The bravest thing I've seen Hugh do was stare down eight to 10 weeks out of the very first Global Citizen festival (with) a sponsor who had just fallen over (and) an artist bill that wasn't complete and have him say: «We can still do this.»

One of the things the VCs told me that I could do that I've been exploring already is to form a «Tech 20,» which would consist of 20 companies that would actually embed various apps developed in this city in their operations and try them out.

Steve Buckley figured that out and thought the best way to make some progress on this, and I think he's right, wasn't to go out and hire a consultant as we often would have done, but rather get some of these people in from the DMZ and so on who are spending their lives developing these things that will hopefully be a big score for them one day.

«After I came out, I felt like in a kind of dream, like I didn't feel things were real,» he says, over a slice of cake with cream and cherries.

One of the tough things about not properly cleaning your humidifier is that you're potentially doing more harm than good by shooting bacteria out into the air.

Rather than relying solely on user - generated content, it's betting that slickly produced videos of pros using its cameras to do amazing things will inspire regular people to get out there even more.

Stick to the good things you've done to deserve more money — and leave any personal reasons or negativity out of it.

I often had to say — whether I was talking to one of the 10 % or to a nonbeliever — «Well, I understand this isn't going to help out your bonus, but this is something we need to do, so you do it and I'll take care of the bonus thing.»

«It's a way to approach major corporations and do things for them that are out of their bounds of risk tolerance,» Smith explains.

«Setting out to raise a genius is the last thing we'd advise any parent to do,» says Camilla Benbow of Vanderbilt University, summing up current research on the subject.

As an entrepreneur who dropped out of college to pursue my passions, I can confidently say that there is no right or wrong way to do things.

Instead, you want to find a way to say things like, «You did a great job figuring out that problem,» or, «You sound so great — all those hours of practice paid off!»

Patricia G. Greene, a professor of entrepreneurship at Babson College, points out that «retirement» may not mean the same thing to small business owners as it does to people who have spent their lives working for other people.

You may believe you're already doing this, but in the day - to - day crunch of getting things done, your RAS is most likely filtering out more dream - related information than it's letting in.