Sentences with phrase «see opportunity instead»

-- Stuart Taylor is founder and CEO of The Resilience Institute (Australia) which guides organizations, leaders and individuals to see opportunity instead of adversity.

While there are challenges in being remote and small, Walker chooses to see the opportunities instead.

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A mind that is easily rooted in the past or future, instead of the present, can not see the opportunities with clarity and urgency.

Instead of seeing interactions as opportunities to prove themselves to others, they focus on the interaction itself, because they know that this is a far more enjoyable and productive approach to people.

Instead, even when a venture has failed, we try to look for opportunities, to see whether we can capitalize on another gap in the market.

Dear friends and colleagues, This summer we saw an opportunity to provide greater clarity to entrepreneurs and our partners about the mission and focus of our work, which at times was obscured by references to «needles in haystacks» instead of our true inspiration, which is the gritty teamwork required to harvest hay from a field and stack it in a barn.

«For Facebook, we don't see a massive user growth opportunity driving the company's financial results,» says Rick Summer, an analyst at Morningstar, so the company will continue pushing new features instead.

Then, instead of being daunted by problems that may seem insurmountable, we can see opportunities that inspire us to tap our skills, creativity and a problem - solving mindset.

You get physically ill seeing stock prices fall as other investors panic instead of seeing it as an opportunity to be seized.

Instead, when faced with these difficult people - problems, flip the narrative and see this as a great opportunity to learn how to respond and solve the problem.

Instead of emptiness, the future can be seen in terms of opportunities to do the things they have wanted to do but could not because of work obligations — travel, reading, hobbies, involvement in community and church projects.

At times it's made me feel uncomfortably vulnerable too, but I'm learning to see that as a passing feeling and instead just be grateful for the opportunities we have — I definitely believe that if you don't put yourself out there and challenge yourself to move out of your comfort zone everyday, you'll never get to where you want to be.

So instead of being all nostalgic about it, I saw this as an opportunity to create a really great (and different) gluten free quiche.

o.t does anybody on here honestly think we might try and make a move for klopp this summer are the board that aggressive enough to make the decision also wenger has not come out straight away to denied that klopp is coming to arsenal he just batted the question away in the press conference yesterday this makes me wonder if wenger is going to sit down with the board and have a chat to see what is the best way forward for the club (maybe moving upstairs to the boardroom so he doesn't have to break his contract) i am sure if certain members of the board saw this as a prime opportunity to move the club forward post wenger we will see what will happen this might be the only chance to get him as we might not be any decent manager around when wenger does retire we would probably end up with martinez instead realistically who do you think we would end up with in 2 yrs time options will be more limited me thinks and we wil have missed the boat better make it count this time coyg

New signings such as Angel Di Maria, Ander Herrera and Radamel Falcao have seen Januzaj's opportunities more limited this season, with van Gaal putting an emphasis on big - name signings instead of promoting the club's youth.

i saw about 5 opportunities where our players could've taken a shot at goal, But instead PASSED it ONCE again.

Lastly, rather see players like iwobi and Reiss be given opportunities to play instead of running out guys like walcott, who is bench player at best after 11 years!

Seeing the game live, it seemed to me that the Devils passed up too many opportunities to carry the puck in, went for the dump and chase approach instead, and allowed Washington far too many easy exits from their own end.

We scratch our heads wondering what is wrong, with a pretty good team, and why in the important games we fail, well i.e our right and left back are frequently caught out of position, because they are to far in the front and at times forget that they are defenders, on the other hand our attackers are too busy defending, it's been a while since Welbeck scored for us, but you will see him every game standing right by Ospina or supporting the defense instead of being forward as he should be, to use his speed in effective counter attacks, same with GIROUD for an attacker he is a great defender, how many missed opportunities because he is 1 yard behind running back from his defensive position in our half.

It has been a matter of great concern among public health activists who work on child health and nutrition that the issue of malnutrition was being converted into a marketing opportunity to be addressed through products that big corporations could sell as the answer, instead of being seen as a basic lack of access to food caused by structural inequities in food distribution.

Instead the expectant fathers are simply given the opportunity to discuss their thoughts and concerns with other fathers, and have the chance to see practical babycare by fathers in action — changing nappies, cuddling, massaging, etc..

«Local authorities have created groups to share best practice, and we're seeing what I hope is an increasing trend to stop treating home education as a problem to be regulated, and instead see it as an opportunity to be facilitated and supported,» said the Conservative MP and former chairman of the education select committee.

Instead, see them as great opportunities for teaching your child an essential life skill.

«When you see someone who's homeless, keep in mind it's not necessarily like the movies, that there's mental illness or cause of drugs, there could be a lot of reasons, and instead of looking as we sometimes do, we look away from them, we look down at them, instead look at them like anyone else and just say «hope you have a good day» and «hope you're alright» and give them that encouragement that they're going to be okay because that little thing may be the thing that gets them to the next step, that helps them get to that next interview, that next opportunity, or even to come in to an organization and say I need help,» said Vasquez.

Although Horner acknowledged that Wright's new employment opportunity is «perfectly allowed» under state law and is «a well - tried path» for many lawmakers, he said his organization would instead like to see a more comprehensive ban on lobbying across the state Legislature and the Executive.

In the week when Labour's Liam Byrne launched his «Welfare Reform», barely distinguishable from the Tories; when Twigg set about education in a similar vein, and when Diane Abbott's loose but innocuous tweet was met by Labour with cringing apologies instead of forthright anti-racist defence, Leanne could have made more of the opportunity to put Plaid firmly at the forefront of the growing numbers that want to see politicians stand up to all this Tory tosh, lead the fight for jobs and against the cuts.

Prudence and common sense therefore requires the Commissioner on the strength of the decision of Ex Parte Papa Kwesi Nduom to see her way clearly to give each of the aspiring presidential candidates the opportunity to alter or amend his nomination forms in accordance with regulation 9 (2) of C.I. 94 to enable the processes to the election to proceed without any further delay instead of waiting for each aspiring candidate to secure a separate ruling from the Court.

Fowler, 42, of 302 Scottholm Terrace, is telling party committee members he doesn't see his bid as a race against Maroun, but instead an opportunity to serve.

Instead, see the review comments as an opportunity to improve the publication.

If you're lucky enough to have your interview take place right at the company (instead of at your school or some other location), this gives you yet another opportunity to see people that work there.

This will be the first time that a rover has examined such dunes on Mars, instead of just smaller ripples or drifts, the kind which Opportunity and Spirit have seen, as well as the Viking landers.

Instead, see this as an opportunity to recognize your own accomplishments and identify what financial compensation would sufficiently recognize your contributions.

The new research also saw big differences in how people felt after they turned down opportunities for casual sex: Very few women regretted saying no, while nearly a third of men wished they had said yes instead.

Train yourself to see changes as opportunities instead of as threats.

Instead, they love opportunities to see the world from new perspectives.

Instead of seeing this cycle as a sign that it's time to leave, the conscious coupling approach would view it as an opportunity to turn inward, take full responsibility for your pain, and embrace the chance to heal wounds that are sometimes only re-opened in the context of intimate relationships.

If you aren't confident and instead of seeing it as an opportunity to succeed, see it as an opportunity to blow, then it becomes very easy to get too focused on what you are saying and miss the point of the question you are actually answering.

Instead, see it as an opportunity to get something heavy off your chest, come up with a solution that works best for everyone involved, and, ultimately, bring you closer together.

Once I realized I was guilty of living my life on the foundation of what others said was correct instead of deciding for myself, I was able to cross that line in the sand and see what would happen if I gave swinging an opportunity.

Because it wasn't a true depiction, instead of changing the script, Langston saw an opportunity to create an eHarmony that was more like the one in the movie, that provided members real human counseling.

Depp rarely makes appearances in indie movies these days, instead continuing to star in blockbusters like «Pirates of the Caribbean» and «Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them,» which makes «City of Lies» a rare opportunity to see Depp in an adult - oriented drama.

But I also see a tendency to regard STEM as «just another thing we do,» instead of seizing the opportunity to further develop 21st century learning principles.

So now, here we are, barely ten years into this huge reform, with our little platoon of teachers and administrators and parents fighting feverishly on the front, beginning to make some progress on test scores and feel some confidence about improving our kids» academic opportunities — and I look up from my trench and, instead of seeing the school house door thrown open with garlands of WELCOME signs, I see teachers back to cheering from the windows as the reform generals scurry away, white flags in hand.

Instead, we see failure as an opportunity for students to receive feedback on their strengths as well as their areas of improvement — all for the purpose of getting better.

Instead of seeing opportunity, they see only failure.

By giving our teachers the keys to their own curriculum though extended professional learning opportunities and defining core values of PBL instead of a particular method (see my earlier post), we have given teachers their own authentic learning challenge.

But instead of only seeing destruction, Laurent also saw opportunity.

They were selected because their parents had volunteered for the Moving to Opportunity (MTO) program, an initiative to enable low - income families to use housing vouchers to escape high - poverty neighborhoods and move to mixed - income ones instead (see «New Kids on the Block» and «All Over the Map,» Fall 2007).

«Local authorities have created groups to share best practice, and we're seeing what I hope is an increasing trend to stop treating home education as a problem to be regulated, and instead see it as an opportunity to be facilitated and supported,» said the Conservative MP and former chairman of the education select committee.

But the most important thing was pushing myself to constantly deconstruct the stereotypes and prejudices I was socialized to have, and instead seek out opportunities to learn about my students as individuals and build personal connections with them in ways they felt authentically seen and heard by me.