Sentences with phrase «own pursuit»

«Microsoft and Apple are similar in that they're global companies with the same ruthless pursuit of monetary goals, but the perception of Apple is still very different,» says Marcus Giesler, a marketing professor at the Schulich School of Business.

«I will say that both pursuits appeal to a sense of aesthetics and elegance, and that the self - officiated nature of Ultimate conforms to philosophies of truth and honesty which I hold as a mathematician,» writes Peter Behr, a designer who studied math, on Quora.

«You should enjoy the pursuit of success,» Brown says.

Research published in the Journal of Consumer Research revealed that «consumers want to be happy, and marketers are increasingly trying to appeal to consumers» pursuit of happiness,» a position that continues to be reinforced both in marketing and academic research.

The financial crisis of 2008 taught them that blind pursuit of profit can have catastrophic consequences for society.

We then feed these improvements back to production in a pursuit of perfection.

I've heard it said that the thing that separates humans from the other great apes (beyond opposable thumbs and better haircuts) is our capacity to delay near - term gratification in pursuit of a superior downstream payoff.

«[Couture's] vision is to democratize this space,» says Anne - Marie Sicard, a partner with Deloitte's audit and advisory services who coached Artika in its pursuit of the Best Managed designation.

These days, he's driven by the pursuit of balance — a pursuit that has actually led him to scale back the development of his culinary empire.

He said he was tired of handling all that the business entailed and wanted to find someone else to do the heavy lifting so he could focus on other pursuits.

Both groups are typically willing to work for very little near - term money in pursuit of a big, fat future payday.

Lato works hard for startups in pursuit of that friendly yet sophisticated aura.

Tough questions — like whether to leave you comfortable job or start your own business, move across the country in pursuit of opportunity or stick close to home, study economics or art, get down on one knee and propose or give it another year — cause many of us to break out in a cold sweat.

Use these apps to schedule your meal in advance, and spend the time you've saved in pursuit of other things that need your attention:

Why we should give up the problematic and mythical pursuit of work - life balance and strive instead for peace and gratitude.

Network, learn and be inspired: CEO.org is hosting their annual National Conference where more than 1,500 students from around the nation will come to «network, learn and be inspired to pursue their entrepreneurial pursuits.»

Carbon Business Group has announced the purchase of Pursuit Group, adding to a number of acquisitions in the past year worth more than $ 2 million combined.

The government's wave of legal actions against JPMorgan Chase is designed to make the bank look bad and is a relentless approach similar to Feds» pursuit of Jimmy Hoffa, CNBC's Jim Cramer said Wednesday.

Equal pursuit of actual corruption?

It's also possible that people find meaning regardless of the outward utility of their pursuits.

Famed early Apple engineer Andy Hertzfeld consulted on the user interface, Fielding says, in pursuit of a simple interface that even non-technical people (or non-lawyers) can sift.

21 years of record - breaking, system growth can only be accomplished by continuous pursuit of innovation.

That's the question posed by a handful of thoughtful posts urging ambitious professionals to think carefully about whether their pursuit of success is actually making them unhappy.

We're all so busy nowadays so this is our time to enjoy a few minutes to ourselves in quiet pursuits.»

«In opening to the outside world, China's pursuit is not to only make our lives better, but to make the lives of others better,» the narrator says.

Novelty seeking — getting bored easily and throwing yourself into new pursuits or activities — is often linked to gambling, drug abuse, attention deficit disorder, and leaping out of perfectly good airplanes without a parachute.

If you're a motivated self - starter — and you can focus your attention and energy towards the pursuit of your goals — you likely have a high EQ.

After all, you never know what will turn out to be a worthwhile marketing pursuit in the end.

102 Hours In Pursuit Of Marathon Suspects, by the Boston Globe staff.

Catch interviews with today's leaders on her show, The Pursuit.

Milton Friedman, may he rest in peace, used to argue that the pursuit of discretionary policy actions by the Fed actually increases the amplitude of a business cycle.

In 1997, Hsieh persuaded Lin to abandon the pursuit of a statistics Ph.D. from Stanford and join him in San Francisco to become the VP of finance of his first company, internet ad co-op LinkExchange.

While that's not one of the more exciting aspects of your entrepreneurial pursuit, it's one of the most important.

Within this free market ideology, pursuing short - term value is simultaneously a pursuit of long - term value.

Networking in pursuit of professional goals can make some people feel literally dirty, according to new research from the University of Toronto, Harvard Business School and Northwestern University's Kellogg School of Management.

Big drama queens can become stable in pursuit of their passions, and those inclined to meekness can become lions in the right circumstances.

Even though most successful people achieve success in a variety of pursuits, professional and personal.

They looked into an eclectic mix of purchasing opportunities, including a popular birdwatching website («It's a 42 - million - person market,» Boyko says) and the board game Trivial Pursuit.

Another one of Elon Musk's rockets may have recently blown up, depriving astronauts of much needed supplies, but at least he can be happy about one of his other transportation - related pursuits.

«We expect to leverage their revolutionary technology to support Boeing's pursuit of hypersonic flight,» Nordlund said in a statement.

Lukas is known for his extracurricular pursuits as much as his business endeavours, having suffered through the 10,000 kilometer Dakar rally four times.

My pursuits have taken me from Switzerland to Singapore and everywhere in between.

Ellen R. Wald, author of «Saudi, Inc.: The Arabian Kingdom's Pursuit of Profit and Power» explains the crown prince's motivations for these meetings.

He accused the company of «outrageous behavior in putting its pursuits of profits ahead of its duty to prevent the endangerment of the people,» and «bidding lower and lower for contracts in order to compete.»

Spending your time in a relentless pursuit of self - improvement is the best way I know of to miss out on all life's big make - or - break moments.

Officer's Killing Spurred Pursuit In Boston Attack, by Wendy Ruderman, Serge Kovaleski, and Michael Cooper, New York Times.

They stay focused, determined and 100 percent resolute in the pursuit of their goals.

Good communication is a lifetime pursuit.

A machine in Japan almost won a literary prize for a full length novel it wrote — which it chose to end with the sentence, «The computer, placing priority on the pursuit of its own joy, stopped working for humans.»

Earlier this year, Harris told Congress that Beijing's impressive military buildup, including its pursuit of hypersonic weapons, could challenge the United States «across almost every domain.»