Sentences with phrase «reading time does»

That's not to say reading time doesn't matter.

Would Fifty Shades been nearly as popular if readers had to enter bookstores to buy the books and display that they were reading them every time they did?

Not exact matches

The widely read Global Times is run by the ruling Communist Party's official People's Daily, although its stance does not necessarily reflect Chinese government policy.

By no means do I know it all, but I do know one thing: If you read this book and truly adopt the methodology when growing your business, it WILL save you time and money (and possibly fights with your co-founders).

I don't have a lot of time in between my business and school to pick up and read physical books.

If you read every time management book ever written or go to every time management seminar offered, you'll be able to boil all the technique «stuff» down to just a few things worth doing.

This is useful for two reasons: First, you explain the purpose of the meeting to anyone who didn't take the time to read your preparatory messages, and second, you open the floor to any questions or concerns about the meeting's topic.

I always read the deck before the meeting but if I get it 12 hours in advance I certainly don't have time to do analysis, formulate views, check on facts and so forth and therefore I'm less prepared to add value when I arrive.

In most cases, you will have to fulfill specific criteria in order to qualify for the grant, so you should do your research and read the application information thoroughly to ensure you are not wasting your valuable time filling in a lengthy application for a grant your business is not eligible for.

He figured he might pull in an extra $ 40 or $ 50 a month, charging $ 5 at a time for services like reading scripts for commercials or doing narration for audio books.

We found that teens who spent more time seeing their friends in person, exercising, playing sports, attending religious services, reading, or even doing homework were happier.

When we do something more than six times, our brains start to take the most efficient (read: lazy) path.

They don't take extracurricular courses, attend optional lectures, read the literature on their own time, etc..

Dig Deeper: How to Boost Traffic at Your Trade Show Booth How to Get the Most Out of a Conference: Networking Strategy When you're killing time between sessions and making connections, don't join another conversation unless you've read the body language of the people already talking.

Read ahead to see some of the celebrities who just didn't get that return in on time.

I left out the part about finding not just what you like to do, but what you do that creates the most value (read revenue), and how to streamline your workday and tasks so you spend the maximum time possible doing what benefits you the most.

I did not have the time to read every one, especially long emails from unknown senders or email chains to which I was added at some later point in the exchange.

By 8:30 a.m. (the time I usually ended up rolling out of bed), I had read several chapters of a good business book, listened to part of a podcast, spent time in prayer, done some P90X Yoga, and worked on a side - project that I'd been «too busy» to work on for years.

Blog Farnam Street quotes Munger as saying: «In my whole life, I have known no wise people (over a broad subject - matter area) who didn't read all the time — none.

It makes sense because when someone is on the move they don't have time to read through a thousand words of content.

Good morning one last time from Davos, where the U.S. president just finished reading a speech wholly from the teleprompter, declared America open for business, and asserted that «America first does not mean America alone.»

They use that time to do things like meet new people, exercise, and read.

Every time, after only one or two weeks, the «book club» was disbanded because there were always those individuals who did not read, no matter how much time we gave them.

Columns such as this one are published every day, but reading them is a waste of time if you don't take action.

Sure, spend time reading up on the best ways to get more done.

There was a copy there of «Autobiography of a Yogi» in English that a previous traveler had left, and I read it several times, because there was not a lot to do, and I walked around from village to village and recovered from my dysentery.

When you take the time to read the latest article or, even better, spend some time casually catching up with a team member over a cup of coffee or lunch, you may not be scratching something off the to - do list, but you're building relationships, learning something interesting, discovering something you likely would not have found out otherwise... and, most important, helping to build the foundation for long - term success.»

If you add up all the time you spend reading books, blogs, and articles; watching videos, podcasts, webinars, and seminars, and posting, tweeting, messaging, and connecting, how many hours a day on average do you think it comes to?

(The defense portrayed the victims as «as rich and out of touch,» and «sophisticates who didn't carefully read the documents Mr. Shkreli gave them,» The New York Times reported.)

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.

Perhaps newspaper readership among young people would grow if every time we opened a paper, we didn't have to read old men's fusty opinions about uteri.»

«In this actionable and enthralling read, Dan tackles the ideal times to do creative vs. analytical work, take a nappuccino, quit your job, and go first vs. last in a job interview.»

Take time to read books for pleasure, not just for work, and while you're at it, do some writing, too.

«She told me that while she does take the time to make dinner for herself on occasion, most often when dinner is done and she sits down to eat she takes out her iPad and reads the news or watches something on TV,» Davidson said.

Like customers, most suppliers don't take the time to read lengthy business plans, so again, focus on the shorter version for such purposes.

Personally, I'd rather be sent a demo URL or a prototype than a 50 - page business plan I don't have time to read.

Neither is geologist Liz Hajek, but she makes an exception for this book: «I don't generally gravitate toward fiction, but this collection of short stories, set in a variety of compelling places and time periods, is so creative and rich, it's been really fun to read.»

Worse, when I actually did have time to indulge in something entertaining — reading a book, watching a movie or attending a college football game — it was almost impossible for me to fully enjoy the experience due to the gnawing guilt that I was not at trade show or making a sales call or reconciling the financials.

This doesn't necessarily mean crushing an entire novel in a few hours, but put aside a little time to read, preferably 20 to 30 minutes.

It doesn't attempt to hold the reader's attention for an extended period of time, and this is important if you're presenting to a potential investor who will have other plans he or she will need to read as well.

«In my whole life, I have known no wise people who didn't read all the time — none, zero,» says Munger, according to David Clark, author of «The Tao of Charlie Munger.»

Here's an experience I've had over time that I'm guessing you can relate to: many of the books I've read that have taught me the most or had the greatest impact on me do not appear on the recommended lists of business luminaries, famous authors, or Hollywood stars.

One of the best ways to get followers is to post things others want to read; don't let the first time followers hear from you be, «Hi, please back my crowdfunding campaign.»

Unsubscribe from receiving messages from specific senders if you no longer want to receive their missives or don't have the time to read them.

Entrepreneurs who do not have a background in accounting or finance often have a hard time reading and interpreting their income statement.

My reading of that is that if they were sticking to their original policy of paying for bathroom breaks that don't go over four minutes, that would be legal, because they're clearly warning you of the time limit.

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Maybe they were tight on money at that time, maybe they hadn't had a chance to try your first product yet, or maybe they were just busy and didn't get around to reading your letter.

I did read Heart of Darkness when I was young and so I kind of knew where it was going but then I said no, I don't think I can go off for that long a time.

Because next time you need a good read, you don't want to spend hours browsing Goodreads when you could be deep into Chapter 3.