(I wish there were a way to make
all you people do things this way.
But practical
people do things this way — they make a sensible decision on how to prepare for their future as early as today.
Not exact matches
Instead say: «I don't have a strong opinion either
way, but a couple
things to consider are...» When you offer an opinion (even without choosing a side), it shows that you care about the
person asking.
But investing time in getting good at this and getting
people around you who respond to it is the only
way to get time freed up to
do more valuable
things yourself.
Many, many
things can be delegated to
people who will not
do them the
way you would, won't
do them as perfectly as you would, but will wind up with the same result.
That
way I'm not duplicating
things — I don't have
people saying, «I thought you meant this,» which leads to having to redo it or rethink it.
The only
way to get
people to
do things is to make them want to
do it.
One of the easiest
ways to increase your interaction on Twitter is to thank the
people who
do kind
things for you.
«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.
People love to feel like they have the best
thing, no matter what that
thing is, and they'll
do way more than talk about it if they really feel like it's the best.
«What it has to
do with is the fact that the
person is not humble enough to accept responsibility when
things go wrong, accept that there might be better
ways to
do things, and they just have a closed mind,» says Jocko Willink, coauthor of Extreme Ownership: How U.S. Navy SEALs Lead and Win.
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.
One
thing we
did with great success in India when I was running the division was to partner with Rolling Stone to develop music events featuring independent Indian rock bands and expose
people to the Harley lifestyle that
way.
That said, isn't a company that has expanded the
ways and means in which
people access all that information and data on the internet just as valuable as the company that organized it and
did nifty
things with it?
If you're the type who's prone to temper tantrums when
things don't go your
way; losing your cool when
people cross you; storming out of rooms, yelling; or going silent during conflict, you're signaling to your boss that you don't want a promotion.
Research shows that most
people feel a great sense of satisfaction when they are getting
things done, and this is a tangible
way of illustrating that.
I already
do things that make me uncomfortable because I know that is the best
way to grow as a
person.
Either
way, remember that while the only
person who really cares how you look is you, many
people care about the
things you
do.
The other
thing I didn't anticipate was the
way that
people used the product.
Without
people like Steve Jobs and Bill Gates, we wouldn't have iPhones or Windows computers... both
things that have revolutionized the
way we
do things.
The best
thing to
do is identity what you're feeling awkward about and find other
people feeling the same
way.»
Rather than just giving
people money we should develop
ways so that you can earn more money if you
do certain
things that are good for you and maybe good for society.
But one
thing the Terminator franchise has shown is that whatever
people do to fight the future, robots always have a
way of saying, «I'll be back.»
By using this framework you can inspire
people to see
things your
way or get them to
do what you ask.
We firmly believe that the only
thing stopping us growing in the
way we want to is finding more
people good enough to
do what we
do.
Either
way, remember that while the only
person who really cares how you look is you, plenty of
people care about the
things you
do.
When there's a systemic problem within an organization — for example, when the
way you've always
done things no longer makes sense — the quicker you can elevate it to a
person with the power to make a change, the better.
These are what prevent most
people and organizations from undertaking a purpose transformation, especially if we've experienced some success from
doing things a certain
way.
If you can see another
way of
doing things, then suggest a Plan B. You'd be surprised how flexible
people can be if you give them another, better
way forward.
The whole area of computer vision — allowing a computer to look at
things the
way a
person does — is exploding, and Pinterest says it's found a
way for it to work in the context of its site.
The Peeple controversy, in essence, demonstrates everything that is wrong with the internet: Normal
persons — who are typically kind, polite, and relatively good communicators — are moved to voice
things online in a
way they would never
do face - to - face.
I'm the type of
person that seeks creative
ways to
do new
things.
There is, however, a rich, untapped resource that can help small business owners be engaged with their
people as well as ensure the right
things get
done the right
way.
And I said, but I think it's time for the Japanese
people to be aware of
people because it's a pretty heady
thing to be asked to go defend an island and, by the
way, don't plan on coming back.
«When you look at the
way that companies are adopting benefits these days, you see a lot of
people doing things like offering free lunches, beer, and ping pong tables,» says Gradifi CMO Meera Oliva.»
Nothing I
did for the rest of the trip was nearly as difficult — not hooking up or draining the waste tanks, not fixing a bad connection on the water hose, not even pulling into a crowded gas station (the
thing about having a really big car towing a really big, shiny trailer is that
people tend to see you, and maybe take pity, and certainly get out of your
way)-- and nothing left me with such a giddy glow in the aftermath, even after I learned I'd pulled in a little bit catawampus, and our trailer listed slightly to the left.
Nicola's story is just one of hundreds, probably thousands of
people who are seeing the freedoms technology can bring, and questioning the conventional
way of
doing things.
Despite protests from the
people who work for them, many entrepreneurs simply insist on
doing things their own
way, thereby getting in their own
way.
But most
people in the room, French and English alike, soon forgot about politics when Harrison started speaking about improving railway performance, which he has repeatedly proved he can
do like nobody else in the business, so long as he is allowed to
do things his
way.
Jeff Bezos has always
done things his own
way, whether he's ignoring Wall Street's pleas for consistent earnings growth or requiring his top
people to construct artfully written missives or launching seemingly disparate businesses — all at razor - thin margins.
Richard Florida, the urban studies theorist and author of «The Rise of the Creative Class» recently cited three particular Boulder ingredients that could help explain its start - up density: «talented
people and a high quality of life that keeps them around, technological expertise, and an open - mindedness about new
ways of
doing things, which often comes from a strong counterculture.»
He wanted
things done a certain
way, challenging other
people to work harder, work longer, and sometimes to
do more than they thought was possible.
With that knowledge and with that insight, I think you can
do extraordinary
things, because you can go out and target your audiences, in a
way that in the past, it would have just been whoever was passing you on the streets of Dubainow, you can target similar sets of
people anywhere in the world, and I think that's a fantastic opportunity.
Fredrick Petrie, author of «The End of Work: Financial Planning for
People With Better
Things To
Do,» recommends «taxing» yourself in order to get more money out of your wallet and into the bank — this
way you'll make savings a priority from the get - go, rather than budgeting everything else first and then seeing what is left over for savings.
Amy Morin, author of»13
Things Mentally Strong Parents Don't
Do,» tells you the
way to deal with
people who are afraid of confrontation.
«The
way you get around it,» says Wood, who
does acknowledge that app fatigue is a real
thing, «is to make sure you bring interesting
people, make sure the content is really interesting.
«What we like to
do is really develop
things that aren't just going to get shelved at the end of development, but find their
way to benefit the
people in need,» Blair Lock, Director of Operations at The Center for Bionic Medicine of the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago, said.
«The reason that my generation in particular is stuck in this «shallow work» or «distracted work»
way of
doing things is because we are constantly communicating with
people all of the time.
What it means is there is a methodology of training and establishing habits and routines at the beginning of
people's careers that make it «easy» to learn the right
ways of
doing things.
Many
things can be delegated to
people who won't
do them the
way you would, won't
do them as perfectly as you would, but will wind up with the same result.