Sentences with phrase «own upbringing»

Manny Lopez, a philanthropist and the co-founder of MADD Coffee Company, has a close affinity to this program, given his personal upbringing.

We can't imagine it'll be cheap, what with pretty much a good chunk of your child's upbringing in its metal - jointed robot hands and all.

It didn't take long to discover that my upbringing wasn't in alignment.

I am so thankful for my upbringing and feel incredibly lucky when I speak to other young women like myself for having such an incredible support system in my parents.

As a female leader, to be recognized I feel I have to show up with swagger and assertiveness, yet always try to maintain my Southern upbringing, which underscores kindness and generosity.

It forms and breaks off from the id through our upbringing, parental guidance and our sense of community and beliefs.

As research shows, it's likely because elements such as personal preference, experiences, upbringing, cultural differences, context, etc., often muddy the effect individual colors have on us.

Maybe it's genetic, maybe it's upbringing or education, or maybe it's just their personalities.

They found that upbringing has a huge impact on the path of would - be inventors.

We discuss his marriage, his difficult upbringing, and how he is still learning to balance success with family life.

It shows that our upbringing does not play as much of a roll in these influencing traits as our DNA does.

It was a typical Midwest upbringing, and I wasn't really into college preparatory stuff.

«I'm so grateful for those years and to have had a disciplined upbringing.»

Her incredible success is all the more impressive considering her rough upbringing.

Emphasizes that most of what you think is a product of your upbringing, almost all of which was out of your control.

Born in the» Peg, Waugh had a working - class upbringing; his father, a firefighter, supported their extended family by taking extra jobs as a house painter and stonemason, while his mother raised the family.

But the «younger» Cho is 40 years old, an age where we can safely own our immaturity, not pawn it off as a consequence of our mishandled upbringing.

Apple co-founder, Steve Wozniak shares a few details about his upbringing and says why you should let children explore.

I had a terrific upbringing.

I had loving parents, a stable home and a middle - class upbringing.

But again, her tough upbringing gave her the skill to deflect decades of gender bias in the industry.

«I make silly videos for YouTube,» says Brad, with a warm, self - deprecating humility that speaks to his small - town Tennessee upbringing.

While it was once women who struggled with their upbringing and cultural norms in order to be more assertive, a growing number of men are similarly wrestling with their soft - spoken natures in order to succeed, says Sowden.

Watching that experience and growing up in and around the rock - and - roll industry and watching him leave a pretty conservative industry of accounting for the music industry — and the innovation that he brought to that industry — was a big part of my upbringing.

After an accounting scandal in the late 1990s, Hammergren, a then 40 - year - old of modest upbringing from small - town Minnesota, was named co-CEO.

That might be news to some overprotective parents, but it's probably blindingly obvious to lots of 20 - somethings who have recently smacked into the reality that, thanks to their loving but sheltered upbringings, they're woefully underprepared for adulthood.

Before finding his way, he has openly talked about his humble upbringings growing up poor in Los Angeles.

To investment bankers from Goldman Sachs and BlackRock, Clinton admits that she's «kind of far removed» from the middle - class upbringing that she frequently touts on the campaign trail.

We share the same upbringing — small companies that are trying to make it.»

McGowan's memoir will also focus on the actress» upbringing in the Children of God cult, how she escaped it at the age of 13, and how she eventually ended up getting «discovered» in Los Angeles.

«Everything you think is influenced by years of experience and cultural upbringing,» says Art Markman, a cognitive psychologist at University of Texas at Austin and author of Smart Thinking (Perigee Trade, 2012).

Bush Lauren also talks about her upbringing in Houston, Texas and what it was like to visit the White House as a child.

He's smart enough to get out of the way and let his guests take over, like when Seal unexpectedly described his horrific upbringing in heartbreaking yet oddly heartwarming detail.

According to my upbringing, it's always bad form to brag.

Angela says that the thing that predicts success far more than intelligence or a privileged upbringing is GRIT, which she defines as sustaining interest, passion and persistence for a goal over the long term.

Jeff Bezos was candid on stage, and he was happy to talk about his upbringing, the decisions he makes as a father, and his perspectives on becoming an entrepreneur (both in space and here on earth).

«Parents who combine a strict upbringing with positive attention tend to produce children who are less happy.

She recently published You're Never Weird on the Internet (Almost), a hilarious, insightful memoir that takes readers on a tour of her unconventional upbringing and career path.

In addition to the «subtle influences» of our genes on our behavior, our environment (or surrounding cultural norms and conditions) as well as our nurturing (i.e. upbringing, whom we choose to surround ourselves with and what we think about) is what really makes us who we are.

Is it her parents and a particular type of upbringing?

His rough upbringing — which includes a revolving door of stepfathers, an alcoholic mother who chased him around with a knife, and a period of homelessness — makes a compelling origin story, a tale he still emotionally unspools at his seminars decades later.

He settled into a group of friends who shared his modest upbringing (To this day, many of Blankfein's closest friends come from his youth.)

Did your agricultural upbringing come in handy?

According to Gladwell, Freireich wasn't able to succeed despite his awful upbringing: his childhood suffering was essential to his achievements.

«It was a good life, we didn't know we was poor until some smart Alec got up and told us so,» says singer Dolly Parton on her upbringing.

«Whether the result of religious upbringing or poor sex ed in our school systems, there are a lot of people with a negative view of sex.

In terms of achieving success, personal and external factors such as upbringing, education and geographic location certainly come into play, but it's also what's inside that counts.

«From the modest upbringing, Arnold embodied the hard - working strength of America.»

But despite the sisters» affluent upbringing in one of the best - known Norwegian families, they aren't just any rich kids.

Rogers weaves a tale of Harding's rise in figure skating, her abusive upbringing by her mother (Alison Janney, who received a best supporting actress Oscar nomination), and her abusive relationship and eventual marriage to Gillooly.