Sentences with phrase «people their books when»

Imagine handing hundreds of people your book when they ask for a business card.

Like many academic libraries all over the world, Harvard's law library was «good at getting people their books when they came through our door,» he said, «but not as good when they came through our virtual door.»

Not exact matches

Also, take a page from my upcoming book on my convict period: When leading teams and people, recognize that it's critical that you understand how you show up.

«When people want it now and we happen to be on the chat box just hanging out — watching TV maybe, or working — and a chat comes up to book a client meeting next week, then great, we'll jump on that opportunity.»

Adam Braun, founder of Pencils of Promise, described in his book, The Promise of a Pencil, what it feels like when business people appear to lose interest in him after he says he has a non-profit.

And while some older people may discount Mulcahy's strategy of using a chat box on her website as impersonal, she sees it as a way to communicate with customers on their time table — maybe at 11 p.m. when they happen to need a tutor or want to book an appointment.

And as author David Rock observes in his book Quiet Leadership, advice can be challenged and debated; that's far harder when people reach a conclusion based on their own answers to open - ended questions.

When I met Jack Canfield (Chicken Soup for the Soul) at a book signing, I shared a story with him about a signing I did at which the only person who showed up was my mother.

«You can see it in the number of deals being struck but also in the number of conferences, books, and articles on the subject and in the cocktail - party interest I get when I tell people what I do.»

Yes, many of us have heard about it, we've read books on it, but for the lay person just getting started on their immersion into emotional intelligence, what is it exactly and how do you know when you're being emotionally intelligent?

TripAdvisor makes its money when people book hotels through its site.

Out of 2,000 negotiations videotaped by Gerard I. Nierenberg and Henry H. Calero, the authors of «How to Read a Person Like a Book,» there wasn't a single settlement when one of the negotiators had their legs crossed.

To encourage Fundable's 22 - person staff to do the same, Schroter has implemented a 3 p.m. companywide «recess,» when employees are encouraged to take a walk, play sports, read a book or otherwise disengage for 30 to 45 minutes.

His book, «Let My People Go Surfing,» is a kind of living will and testament to his wishes for the running of his company when he is no longer at full capacity.

When I came up with the idea for my first book, 101 Ways to Market Your Business, I spoke to a number of people in marketing about it.

Now, I'm not saying you become self - absorbed and narcissistic when you write a book, but people are going to ask you about it.

In her book The Highly Sensitive Person: How to Thrive When the World Overwhelms You, Elaine N. Aron cites a study where researchers compared 480 schoolchildren in Shanghai with 296 schoolchildren in Canada to see what traits made kids most popular.

When you know other people are going to read what you write, you are under pressure to produce a quality book.

The other issue that faces all companies is, as you get to a large enough size, there are people whose job it is to protect business lines — they're just doing their job — but this is the classic case of «The Innovator's Dilemma,» the famous business book, which says that when companies ultimately fail, whether it's Polaroid or whoever, it's not because they were big and dumb; it's because they were actually really smart.

When he hits the mark, Bezos, who started selling books from his garage 22 years ago, becomes the first man to bump Gates from his perch in seven years and is only the sixth man to hold the «richest person» title in the past 30 years, according to Forbes.

As Peter Thiel said in his book Zero to One, «It's hard to blame people for dancing when the music [is] playing.»

When you have a book people don't bother asking pesky questions, they don't test you; it's assumed you know what you're talking about.

If copies of the book start to appear in the Justice Department and on law school syllabi, Eisinger could spark important debate about why — at a time when so many people struggle to obtain basic procedural rights in the criminal justice system — white - collar defendants manage to consistently evade its grasp.

While not all gossip is bad — one can share secrets about wonderful things like a suspected pregnancy or job promotion — Epstein points out that «useful gossip is, in the minds of most people, not what gossip is really about,» and so the majority of the book focuses on the more naughty kind of tattling, the kind that makes your heart beat faster when the subject of ridicule comes around the corner.

When I told people my story, I frequently heard, «you need to write a book.»

When I first read Tuesdays With Morrie, the simplicity of this book and the gorgeous relationship between Mitch and Morrie became one of those zingers, and got me thinking about the people in my life who have had a lasting impact, whether or not they were aware of their role in altering the course of my life.

Speaking at schools and community centers across America, I was inspired to write this book when I saw an underserved need for a guide that would show aspiring and current entrepreneurs how to leverage their personal habits and goals to make themselves into the type of person a successful entrepreneur is.»

When 15 people join, the trip is booked completely by the Skedaddle.

Employing 43,000 people around the world, including 20,000 in Britain, Carillion has been fighting for survival since July, when it revealed it was losing cash on projects and had written down the value of its contract book by 845 million pounds.

I've read over 550 personal development books and knew I was a natural adviser to the people in my life - especially when it came to connecting to your purpose, becoming more confident, negotiating, and networking.

When I called people to ask if our new Ocean Magic books were doing well or not, I got reasons that made sense to me.

As Harvard Business School lecturers John Neffinger and Matthew Kohutobserve observe in their book, «Compelling People: The Hidden Qualities That Make Us Influential,» when a discussion becomes an argument, it's no longer an exercise in logic and reasoning.

The experiment, which Westen wrote about in his book «The Political Brain,» showed that, when people begin to feel their worldview is under attack, the parts of their brains that handle reason and logic go to sleep, while the parts of their brain responsible for our fight - or - flight response light up.

For an organised person and someone who likes their books when they are kept in order, The Literature Network is their favourite.

Since so much communication occurs through text messaging, we asked Klinenberg — who interviewed hundreds of people in focus groups for the book — what he found to be some of the biggest mistakes people make when texting someone they're interested in dating.

«It's amazing how books are constantly being flagged as obsolete in the post iPad / Kindle world, but in reality people have real emotion and attachment to tangible physical books,» McLeod told me, describing those emotions as «both the memories of where [the owners] were when they experienced them, as well as the knowledge contained within.»

That means when people book meetings, you can trigger events such as automatically sending them a spec sheet via MailChimp or an email asking for feedback after the meeting.

That's an hour of reading each day at the normal speed but accelerated, it's three hours — or a book every one - two days — all during a time when a person couldn't typically read.

Audible is the fantastic tool that allows you to consume books faster than actually reading, and during those times when a person couldn't typically read: walking the dog, driving to work, etc..

The book, part of a series of primers from the publisher on complex issues deemed impactful to society, is what it sounds like from its title: An overview of what people are talking about when they talk about artificial intelligence and concerns stemming from proliferation of technology that falls into the category.

But what I liked best about the book is how it engages with what I see as one of the most important and difficult social - policy questions of our time: How do we unstack the deck and, at the same time, get people to take ownership over improving their own lives and communities even when they reasonably believe that the deck is stacked against them?

If you're old enough to remember a time before mobile devices existed, you may wistfully yearn for the days when people were head - up, paid better attention to conversations and read books or the newspaper instead of scrolling through a Facebook feed on their phones.

When you hire us as your coach, you're not simply getting financial coaching from people who just read about the journey to debt freedom in a book, but instead you will be coached by individuals who have actually gone through the struggle and can share with you exactly what you can do to gain your own financial independence.

[42:14] Tony explains the questions to ask an advisor, to ensure they're truly on your side [42:28] 60 % of people surveyed today say they believe their financial advisor is putting the company interests above their own — it's actually worse than they believe [42:45] Why Tony has chosen to support Peter and his firm, Creative Planning [43:33] How you can get a second opinion from Peter's firm, Creative Planning, through their website (www.GetASecondOpinion.com)-- it doesn't matter how much or little you have, they'll give you feedback [44:00] Tony's biggest challenge when writing his first book, and how it brought him to Peter Mallouk [44:30] Peter explains the process Creative Planning went through to open their services to people at the $ 100,000 level, and how offering this extensive range of services to people at this level is unprecedented

Those stocks would get crushed, we're buying stocks that are have huge cash flows, people have low expectations for them that's why we're getting them so cheap and so we know pay for high expectations in the long book, so when the low — bad news comes in, we didn't pay for high expectations so our longs tend to hold up better, our shorts are getting killed, great spreads and bad markets.

People now approach reading books like they do using an app... When he started the book, the average attention span for reading was six minutes.

When writing my book Product Idea to Product Success, I was scared stiff that people would hate it.

This book uses a ratio of about one part storytelling to three parts reason, argument and logic, which is roughly the amount of storytelling you should be aiming for when communicating with your people.

I was instantly taken away to the slums of India when I first opened the book and read about a volunteer who felt powerless to do anything to help the people he was serving and how he managed to create something of lasting value for people who need medical care.

That is no time to be reading a book on the theory of diversification... When you find something where you know the business is within your circle of competence, you understand it, the price is right, the people are right — then you take your thumb out of your mouth and you barrel in» Warren Buffett