Sentences with phrase «people than we gained»

As you all know, as I stuck to my guns with all the courage, strength and integrity that I have, we continued to lose more people than we gained.

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Let that money sit for a while, and you'll most likely pay no more than 15 % in taxes on its growth, as the long - term capital gains tax for most people is far lower than taxes on regular income.

It might be possible that they will have to work harder at gaining the customer's trust than someone who hangs the «open» sign in their window and has people flock to them to satisfy their needs.

Companies seem to be increasingly offering insurance on all manner of things in part because of something known as loss aversion, which is when people feel a more psychological impact from a loss than from a similar - sized dollar gain.

And when Vimpelcom's use of suspect payments to gain market share in Uzbekistan was exposed, it was Telenor man Jo Lunder who took the rap, rather than any of Alfa's people.

Unwrapping presents on a holiday or birthday is undeniably fun, but science suggests the person who bought and wrapped those gifts is gaining more happiness than you are.

Cryptocurrencies» extreme volatility dissuades many people from using them to pay for things, and vendors from allowing payments in Bitcoin — it's too hard to accurately price things in Bitcoin, and when the value is rising there's more to gain from hoarding Bitcoins than from spending them.

Companies seem to be increasingly offering insurance on all manner of things in part because of something known as loss aversion, which is when people feel more psychological impact from a loss than from a similar - sized dollar gain.

After performing the same happiness - inducing activities, the people who signed up for the happiness study — the group Lyubomirsky saw as more «motivated» to become happier — gained more from the study than those who signed up for the other exercise.

Kevin Hogan, author of The Science of Influence, explains that «most people react to the fear of loss and the threat of pain in a much more profound way than they do for gain.»

Five years on, he makes up one - third of WateRoam, the company behind a portable water filtration system that has gained United Nations recognition for providing clean drinking water to more than 30,000 people in remote villages and disaster areas across Southeast Asia.

A 2010 review of research backed this up, adding that people with rapid weight loss early on were not more likely to gain back the pounds than people who lost weight gradually.

In other words, when making decisions, people will typically exhibit greater sensitivity to the feeling of losing something rather than the feeling of gaining something.

Across Canada, the number of people with jobs fell by 20,000 in April as gains in full - time work were more than offset by losses in part time.

The Pittsburgh area also saw a population decrease while the Milwaukee metropolitan area squeaked by with a gain of less than 100 people, Frey said.

People tend to view the possibility of recouping a loss as more important than the possibility of greater gain.

Pass - throughs will counter that in many cases, people who own stock through 401 (k) s and IRAs don't have to pay capital gains or dividend taxes, and so their profits are only taxed at the corporate rate, which is lower than the top individual rate (and would be much lower under this plan), putting pass - throughs at a potential disadvantage.

Prospect theory also explains why investors hold onto losing stocks: people often take more risks to avoid losses than to realize gains.

its sad this person had to die for nothing other than corporate gains.

Since 2000, Alberta's population has grown by more than 40 per cent, a gain of 1.3 million people.

For short - term capital gains — for assets held for less than a year — people pay taxes at the same rate as they do on their ordinary income.

Individuals who earn more than that but less than $ 418,400 a year pay a 15 percent rate long - term capital gains rate and people who earn more than that pay a 20 percent rate.

It's human nature to react to financial losses more strongly than we do to slow, steady gains — which unfortunately leads some people to «buy high and sell low» rather than the other way around.

That means that for people who end up overdrawing their bank accounts or exceed their charge card limits soon realize they have lost money rather than gained when the fees are applied to their expenses.

Best for: People 63 or older who anticipate realizing capital gains or perhaps an installment sale (from the sale of a business for example) who could spread the realization of income out over more than one tax year to stay under the Medicare Part B threshold.

The idea that a negative has a stronger impact than a positive has been established in fields like finance (losses have more of an impact than gains), psychology (people remember bad experiences more than good ones), and linguistics (we pay more attention to negative words than positive or neutral ones).

Osama believed perfectly clearly that he was fighting for goodness in battling an imperial world power that fought and killed thousands of his own people for no other reason than financial gain.

They think they are following God, but in reality, they are under the influence of religious rules, regulations, and requirements that have less to do with God than with some person's attempt to gain cash, credit, or control for themselves.

And in return, the people who serve and help others gain a sense of satisfaction, significance, and joy, because they have done something more with their lives than sign their name on a check.

Researchers in the latter field have known for some time that people don't think like adding machines, tallying up potential positive and negative outcomes («gains» and «losses»), but feel worse about a given unit of loss than about a corresponding unit of gain.

It's no wonder atheism is gaining more popularity than any religion... these people are absolutely nuts!

A «vertical» relationship with God is necessary in order for the person to gain authentic selfhood; this makes possible a different kind of social order, one which is based on truth rather than falsehood.

If it is spent on something that uses up as much or more energy per dollar as the original reduction, nothing has been gained in the energy budget at large (though this person may now own a more desirable mix of goods and services than before).

The persons around them gain from sharing their experiences, and we teach our children to respond to them kindly or lovingly rather than with fear.

How far he can move in these directions, as in exploiting others to one's own gain, driving a shrewd deal or pursuing an advantage, stretching the truth, «having a little affair,» or drinking in moderation, depends for most persons less on the will of God or the revelation of God in Jesus Christ than on what is and what is not done in one's community.

The point is what God thinks of people who lie and deceive people for nothing more than a little gain.

tradition hard to break.the tradition of marriage is older and more meaningful than any other we know it crosses all religions and non religions, and races and cultures.it won't change easy.calling it something else for some people may make it easier to change.but what about those people who want that time tested tradition for themselves for their own self worth.it is a civil right give it to them today.this issues has divided my community as much as any other, but as we have fought to gain right after right, we have lost sight that all deserve the right of freedom of happiness.No gayness here, just can't fight the battle to keep someone down after being held down

It begins with looking at each person's gifts and talents and elevating them, rather than shining the spotlight on their inabilities and exploiting them for comedic gain.

This same rationalistic approach to the gospel was applied to the believer's knowledge of Jesus: «If the person of Jesus Christ stands at the centre of the gospel, how can the basis for a reliable and communal knowledge of this person be gained other than through critical historical study, if one is not to trade a dreamed - up Christ for the real one?

Much like the disadvantaged person who is forced into a workfare program and as a result fails ever to gain any marketable skills, Third World countries suffered rather than benefited from incorporation into the world economy.

The above examples of a few people who have found God real and contemporary, and who have thereby gained a sense of purpose which far transcends this little life, are no more than a brief record of those whom I have personally known.

The Dun Commission of Christian scholars in 1950 in their report on The Christian Conscience and Weapons of Mass Destruction stated that «to accept general war as inevitable is to treat ourselves as helpless objects carried by a fated tide of events rather than as responsible men,» and went on to say, «One reason why fascism and Naziism gained their dread power over great nations was because otherwise decent people bowed before what they regarded as «inevitable» and allowed a «wave of the future» to inundate them.»

«And although he is still having to gain back some weight, he looks great, he looks strong and we are incredibly grateful to him and his family for the service he has rendered to people who are a lot less lucky than all of us.»

Against a background of these events and actions, in which more than fifty congregations are now involved and in which hundreds of people have gained experience in dealing with elected and appointed authorities, the story of the Nehemiah Project can he understood As Saul Alinsky said: «The relevant skill in modern urban life is that of knowing how to hold public officials accountable» — and that, as we shall see, is what EBC and the Nehemiah Project have been all about.

More than that, it is the availability, price and celebrity support that has allowed the People for Plants certified organic skincare range to gain a solid following of customers.

And people must know it is not mandatory to play wingers — they are not some sort of game - winning tactical panacea — you can lose more than you gain in some games by stationing players on the touchlines.

He is virtually ineffective against them, just about manages to pull of a string fairly average performances against «lesser sides», yet the cult following he's gained seem's to have convinced people than he is... Ill turn up at the emirates and sing «Na na Giroud», in appreciation for what he has done for the club so far and the fact he is an Arsenal player.

Its also tricky to regulate because some people gain and cut weight much easier than others, some rehydrate / recover faster.

With more people gaining access to smartphones than ever before, and companies constantly striving to improve their user experience, it seems that the mobile platform is the future of the online world.

Other people tend to be seen as ways to gain an advantage rather than as potential sources of mutual support.