Sentences with phrase «people than most of»

Despite the confusion, I could communicate both verbally and culturally with a much wider variety of people than most of my friends could from a very young age.

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Sitting in a chair for most of their waking hours often translates into carrying around more weight than is good for a person, physiologically or esthetically speaking.

In my professional life, the people I work with typically know better than I do how I can be of the most value to them, so I just ask.

Namely, in most people, Zika symptoms will be nonexistant or much milder than a run - of - the - mill flu.

We see how we've changed the lives, careers, and families of the more than 5,000 people who work for us; and two is we're able to work with and create solutions for the world's most innovative companies,» Weir says.

A core tenet of employee engagement is that there are few things more motivating to most workers than being heard; it's hard to imagine even the most jaded desk jockey wouldn't feel a little bit chuffed when the person at the top of the org chart looks her in the eyes and asks her what she thinks.

All that said, this MacBook comes equipped with 512 GB of storage, which is twice as much as a baseline model and more than enough space for most people.

Most of what people consider to be long - distance trips would be completed in less than half an hour.

Given a choice between shortage and rationing that comes with it, and shelling out less than the cost of a cup of Starbucks every week, most people are unlikely to object.

The reality of business funding for startups and young businesses turns out to be entirely different than most people imagine.

Sure, some people lose weight faster than others, and you can slim down in your sleep, but for the most part, losing weight requires some smart choices and usually lots of patience.

Most experts say this sort of behavior will hurt more people than it will help.

There are, of course, limits to this truism, otherwise there'd be even more celebrity gossip «stories» out there than there already are, but for the most part news outlets like to give people what they want.

Most people know hundreds of people and often have more than 500 contacts in their online address book.

Bear in mind also that most people don't have an entrepreneurial mindset, and you may be more comfortable with higher levels of risk than the salaried employees you may know.

Most people associate creation of the iPod — and more than 300 million sales of the device — with Steve Jobs.

The most frequent buyers of dollar store meat were households earning less than $ 35,000, households with four or more people, and — maybe surprisingly — Millennials.

Any app that shows what people are and how they spend most of their day is less superficial than a game of hot or not.»

That's OK: Every successful person has failed, numerous times — most of them have failed a lot more often than you.

Because these organizations are specialists at providing the type of hands - on assistance that entrepreneurs need at the pre-seed stage, and because entrepreneurs are co-located with the accelerator directors, the people running accelerators can provide more intense help to startup companies than most angels and venture capitalists, speeding up the development of the companies.

Of course, it might be easier for him than most people.

An oddity outside China's borders less than a decade ago, the renminbi (which translates as «the People's currency») is quickly becoming one of the world's most commonly used forms of payment.

And more than 100 million people see Groups as the most important part of their experience on Facebook.

As much as I respect a lot of the happiness work out there, most of it is either anchored in psychology practice or spirituality, or matters that are a little softer than what today's typical person who prioritizes logic needs to understand.

Six feet tall with the proportions of an action figure, Dave Dahl has arms thicker than most people's legs, a snowplow of a jaw, long hair and a chest that looks overstuffed with pride.

Small businesses with fewer than 500 employees employ about half of the private workforce in the U.S., or roughly 56.8 million people, most of these in firms with under 100 employees.

That's how the U.S. mounted a sprawling corruption probe of FIFA, the organizing body for the world's most popular sport, eventually ensnaring more than 40 people, including soccer officials and sports - marketing businessmen.

The question is if people buy into the idea that (1) smartphones really do harm their ability to take in the world (or, at least, are more «harmful» than «entertaining»), and (2) that they don't have the willpower to keep their noses out of their notifications, and thus need a phone that is designed to preempt most apps altogether.

In my NYT bestselling book, Killing Sacred Cows, I warn people of the 15 major problems of the 401 (k), including: you're not the owner but only the beneficiary of your 401 (k), the government can change the rules at any time, you can't get to the money until 59 1/2, and the fees are typically much higher than most investments out there because you've added complexity and layers of administration and legal fees.

Having a child with long - term special needs involves a much different set of planning strategies than most people encounter.

But there have been ample studies that show that the people with the most stuff aren't any happier than the rest of us.

Most people laugh nostalgically at the sound of a modem dialing up, but it might be easy to forget that more than half the world still isn't connected to the internet at all.

More than 50 million people are expected to watch in the U.S. alone (with groups of people likely watching on most pay - per - view TVs) and millions more could see the match across the world.

Most Twitter users don't look at tweets that are more than a couple of hours old, so if you want people to actually read your posts, you should time them for when you have the largest live audience.

ut the company — whose machines are designed to supplement rather than supplant human security guards, and take care of monotonous tasks like scanning license plates in a parking lot — also has a closer view than most of the emerging and unpredictable world of robot - people interactions.

An international celebrity, highly sought - after hospitality industry guru, and creator, executive producer and star of Spike TV's number - one show, Bar Rescue, most people know Jon Taffer as a larger - than - life television personality who takes a no - holds - barred approach to helping hotels, restaurants and bars reach their full potential.

«There are lots of people who were as liberal as I was in the military, and like in the rest of America most folks in the military are probably less ideological than talking heads would ike to think they are.»

Shenzhen has one of the most transient populations in China, so many people do not have their information registered in the database of the traffic police, even though anyone staying in the city for more than 30 days is required to do so.

But while most of the more than 100 million TV viewers (and advertisers that spent millions) were scratching their heads, the people behind Oreo went and tweeted out the above ad mid-blackout.

A couple of weeks ago I read about the pillow online, which claimed to be so cool thanks to a knit fabric that has a higher heat transfer than most materials (ultra-cool knit polyethylene), and asked Helix if they could send us a pillow to try out in person.

When most people think of Go Daddy, they're more likely to think of its racy Super Bowl ads (which actually won't happen this year) than its commitment to U.S. military veterans.

When the presidential campaign results confirmed a tighter race than most expected, an influx of people decided to look up Canada's immigration site, causing the website to momentarily crash.

«They had a skull that is more elongated than most of us, but I'm not sure these people would stand out from a crowd today.»

If you're like most people, there's a good chance your job is more about the paycheck rather than giving you a sense of purpose.

According to the most thorough study on goal setting to date, by psychologists Edwin Locke and Gary Latham, very specific and challenging goals such as «Create three logo variations by the end of the day» push people to work harder than nonspecific goals like «Work on logo variations.»

Also, most of what economists call «soft indicators» — which give a gauge of the state of the economy based on people's impressions and intentions rather than hard data — are revealing.

Many of these areas consist of fewer than 200 households or populations with less than 500 people to give us the most precise glimpse possible of what life is like in each of these communities.

The deal values Kind at more than $ 4 billion, according to people briefed on the transaction, marking a significant valuation for one of the most prominent new food brands to hit store shelves in recent years.

«If you already have an already prosperous economy, and we have one of the most prosperous in the world, and you keep compounding it over time, people will be living far better 20 years from now than they are now,» Buffett said.

However, retirement is more complicated than most people think, and Gen Xers» confidence in their ability to manage their own finances may be impeding their chances of reaching a fully secure retirement.