Sentences with phrase «rather than opportunities»

Both homeowners and buyers, says real estate agent Mark Alan Bua, are treating purchases as longterm investments, rather than opportunities for a relatively quick profit.»

Working With A Team Once positions are filled and the business is ready to move forward, agents should focus on being a leader that welcomes risks, instead of a manager who needs balance and sees problems rather than opportunities.

Tight deadlines and increasing pressures mean that regulatory requirements can become barriers, rather than opportunities to reflect on practice.

Equity partners, more so than corporate shareholders, often think in terms of risks rather than opportunities.

At a time when the future is represented substantially in terms of fears rather than opportunities, Duncan's work manifests the hope of real affirmative social and material change through conditions of possibility which exist now, but which are beyond our view from the current state of affairs

Many investors compare mutual fund performance with the Russell 2000 index because it reflects the return opportunity presented by the entire market rather than opportunities offered by narrower indices, which may contain bias or more stock - specific risk that distort a fund manager's performance.

Overall, Lee found that the guidelines focus primarily on the risks and challenges presented by the use of social media rather than the opportunities and advantages for media.

They often see new challenges as obstacles in the path of their success rather than opportunities for growth.

I would say it is important to look at problems and failures as opportunities to improve rather than opportunities to lay someone out for doing a bad job.

So rather than an opportunity for cheap travel, is this season an opportunity to pay another's mortgage?

As education to ever higher levels became a general obligation, it assumed more and more the aspect of a burden rather than an opportunity.

Efforts that work contrary to realizing genuine social pluralism make the future a threat, rather than an opportunity.

He finds the attention the media gives him an affront rather than an opportunity, he ignores collective responsibility, at the time when his leadership was under maximum pressure from his own MPs, he attended a Cuba Solidarity Campaign event in preference to meeting the PLP.

He ended the relationship with Labour after suspecting it was turning into a trap rather than an opportunity - largely because Tony Blair failed to live up to his part of the bargain by offering a change in the electoral system.

[And] rather than an opportunity to truly help people make difficult decisions, it mostly operates on institutional efforts to comply with federal regulations.»

It is consideration to the class rather than an opportunity for each individual to renegotiate their contract.

In reality, discussions often take the opposite form: many students view the discussion questions as an item to be dispensed with rather than an opportunity for knowledge enhancement by understanding and critically responding to the perspectives of others.

In the past, being environmentally responsible in business was always perceived as a cost, rather than an opportunity to actually increase profits.

Our forthcoming e-book, «Adapting to Climate Change: 2.0 Enterprise Risk Management,» focuses on climate - change adaptation as a risk - management response, rather than an opportunity - management response.

Instead, most questions (and, frankly, accompanying interviews and news reports) on Schiavo read like what they are: vehicles designed to leverage one family's tragedy for advertising ratings and eyeballs, rather than an opportunity to initiate a thoughtful and important conversation — national and individual.

Or is it a problem, rather than an opportunity?

Still, more often than not, professional publishing businesses appear to be driven by constraints rather than opportunity and creativity.

If family meals are an opportunity for family members to share the happenings of their day rather than an opportunity for mom and dad to fuss at the kids, your family will develop close - knit bonds that will be difficult to break.

is a warning of what the consequence will be if the child does not obey you, rather than an opportunity for the child to make a decision.

Commonly, we view this as a personal failure, rather than an opportunity.

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That was just such a compelling opportunity rather than just producing our own production.»

She encouraged firms to interrogate, rather than accept, that statistic by seeking feedback from female hires on office culture, opportunities for advancement and conscious and unconscious bias within the workplace.

(See Why You Never Saw it Coming) At the same time, in the good news category, once we're free of the drudgery of dragging all the usual stuff home, our actual shopping at the market may once again be an awesome experience rather than an unavoidable chore as well as an opportunity to discover and try new things.

Typically, open opportunities at the acquired company are filled by individuals from the acquiring parent company who need to be «protected» for some odd reason rather than laid off.

Rather than chasing opportunities that seem «lucky,» lucky people are critical about the opportunities that come their way and have criteria that lets them filter through and find what's most fitting for them.

«That's the biggest mistake most inventors make — is they look at an idea from a passion perspective rather than analyzing it as a business opportunity.»

Rather than drop the deal, Volk - Weiss saw an opportunity.

Rather than dwelling on your emotions, look at Donald Trump's victory as an opportunity to come together and unite, they say.

Rather than making an example of a failure, make it an opportunity for the team to learn.

Toymakers also will have less of an opportunity to promote their wares all year long, rather than just during the holiday rush.

To become a destination for innovative professionals, take a cue from some of the tech industry greats: Google, Apple and Facebook know the key to attracting the best people is creating a space where creativity is rewarded, collaboration is encouraged and mistakes are seen as learning opportunities rather than failures.

I make sure I am available to anyone in our organization to provide them the opportunity to tap into my experience in order to help guide them when making decisions rather than spelling out the solution for them.

What was once an apparently invincible business is swept under by changing times and market conditions — and the dogged determination to keep doing what's worked in the past rather than find new opportunities for a different future.

I would rather attempt 10 things and screw up five of them than attempt four and miss one really great opportunity.

Connecting people through technology, rather than employment contracts or local proximity, is an inevitable step that will create plenty of opportunities for modern careers.»

Whether you're a boss, an entrepreneur, a scientist, or a mentor, you have to look at your weakest moments as opportunities rather than limitations.

B.C.'s relative fiscal stability affords Clark and her government the opportunity to spend their time pursuing their chosen agenda rather than satisfying the needs of the bond market.

So many companies create email lists that are nothing more than avenues for promotion — rather than seeing email as an opportunity to engage and build true loyalty over time.

Most Americans recognize that protectionism is a losing hand, as evidenced by a recent Gallup poll showing that 58 % of the nation sees foreign trade as an opportunity rather than a threat.

A Signature Story gives you the opportunity to highlight specific aspects of your brand through example, rather than declaration.

Comcast and Independence view the tech companies» healthcare ambitions as opportunities, rather than threats to their initiative.

Rather than say yes to every business opportunity and deliver zero results, make no the default answer until an opportunity makes you say yes.

Matthews believes it was «an opportunity that came along» rather than a hedge against a possible downturn in the market.

He saw the business opportunity in offering analytics software that would help clients design products based on user behavior rather than on hunches.

Rather than avoiding, why not use these situations as opportunities to shine?