Sentences with phrase «small decisions people»

Fountain's tracking of the myriad small decisions people made that fateful day — that either put them in harm's way or kept them safe — is meticulous.

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If it is a small business, generally it will go to the business owner, the decision maker and the person you want to influence the most.

If a lot of people need to prep, consider dividing the meeting into a smaller prep session followed by a decision or action session, so that key people aren't tapping their feet waiting for everyone else to catch up.

At a recent speaking event he said people can glean a wealth of knowledge by making several small decisions every day over the course of years, while watching how coworkers conduct themselves.

It was also long before a small business owner in California named Kristen Christian, frustrated by Bank of America's now - abandoned decision to charge customers a fee to use their debit cards, launched a grass roots effort to convince people to move their money out of large banks and dubbed November 5 Bank Transfer Day.

«As a small - business person, I do not make many of my economic decisions based upon tax policy.

I love learning about how people make decisions and how seemingly small cues can have outsized impacts.

But that small decision was a tipping point in the culture; people realized, «This isn't the place I joined.»

But running a one - person show and being deeply entrenched in everyday operations and every decision no matter how small doesn't leave any time or energy for you to think and reflect strategically and test new ways to grow key partnerships to expand your business.

The founder no longer needs to espouse his or her beliefs and values to the 10,000 th employee; every single person already in the company will do just that, in every decision they make, big or small.

Superior analysts are rare, and funds seem to do well only so long as the decisions are made by a small group of talented people» Ralph Wanger

With persons not able to make the decision for themselves — e.g., very small children and mentally ill persons who are out of touch with reality — it may be necessary for others to choose the directions of change without their consent.

The person acquires strength, not by achieving depth insight, but by the exercise of making decisions, taking responsibilities (often small, at the beginning), and handling the stresses of his life - situation while in a supportive relationship.

The church was very small (only about 35 people), and I had made some pastoral decisions which had angered the main financial backers of the church, and so they stopped tithing.

We all need to be making decisions that help us step toward people who don't share our viewpoints, and Star Trek Discovery may be a small part of that journey.

But it's also possible to understand the concern of popes and rabbis and just ordinary folk that, for some people, the decision to have no children or a small family represents a decision to indulge yourself without a thought for anyone else, a decision to take sandalwood - scented candlelit baths without the danger that there might be stray Legos left in the tub to poke you in the backside.

But in order to give ordinary people greater participation in the decisions that govern their lives, my ideal would be self - sufficiency in essentials in much smaller communities.

«This is a small, small group of people who made a terrible decision,» Kitchens told the Jackson newspaper, The Clarion - Ledger.

And before the small minded people react with their blood pressure going through the ceiling... it doesn't mean religion isn't a part of the US, the decisions we make... that is why Billy Graham took his knowledge and love of God to all President's.

«I think this decision is a great reflection of people's changing attitudes, and even though this is a small change it will collectively make a big difference.»

«People simply don't support the lifelong confinement of animals in cages so small they can't even turn around, and it's both an ethical decision and good business move for Carnival to recognize that.»

So many of those that join sports clubs in their first term at Oxford come to view it as the best decision they made at university — you'll make friends from outside of the small college world, you'll meet a valuable cross-section of people — your captain might even be able to help with your tute sheets!

@strontium Since I always try to default to F1 and FIA people being pretty smart and pretty professional, once you remove all the negative armchair fan rhetoric that is, I would suggest that the reason the fins are just reduced and the t bars are gone but for a much smaller lower gearbox wing according to Lowe, is that going by what Brawn has talked about they don't want to make knee - jerk decisions that will only continue to help the bigger teams who have the resources to adapt more quickly, and harm the lesser teams that can not.

Many people in Britain were willing to accept a smaller Gross Domestic Product if the payoff entailed greater control over their own national decisions.

a lack of «deliberation» in decision - making, in other words decisions usually made in haste by a single person or small group (all 12 cases)-- this is also often linked to the development of «group - think» in the decision - making coterie (8 cases).

Multiple White House aides said Hicks's decision to leave was unrelated to her appearance before the House committee, insisting she told a small group of people in the days before the session that she had planned to resign, partly because she never liked Washington and chose not to try to pretend to.

Because committee members» ballots are weighted according to how many people in their area voted for the Democratic candidate in the most recent gubernatorial election, Upper West Siders wielded outsize influence in the decision process because of vastly higher turnout rates in their neighborhood — even though it makes up a relatively small portion of the district.

Interesting perspective from a political party head — that Allen giving people a chance to vote their opinion at the polls as opposed to a small group of political hacks making the decision on the nomination, represents a «back door.»

Olson says Dogtooth Bend farmers and landowners, members and staff of the Len Small Levee and Drainage District, community and state - level leaders, and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers have some difficult decisions ahead in repairing the current landscape and preparing for future flood events — decisions that affect future land uses, resource allocations, and the livelihoods of the people of southern Illinois.

This system works best for journals that receive a lot of manuscripts and maintains its efficiency and quality by having a small number of people making the final decisions on the manuscripts.

The increased risks were relatively small, and many people on the review committee of 33 criticized the quality of the conflicting and murky data on which they had to base their decision.

«The fact that people who can not reduce dissonance usually suffer mightily (whether over a small but dumb decision or because of serious harm inflicted on others) is itself evidence of how important the ability to reduce it is.»

However at the smaller events, people felt less overwhelm, and made decisions about who to date based on non-physical characteristics, such as sense of humor, education, and career.

In both «types» of movies, Assayas displays the same gaze: the camera always glides over people, never letting you believe that you can get «inside» them, what they think, what they feel; and, whether big (the kidnapping of the OPEC delegates in Carlos) or small (the decision of which heirloom to give to a deceased mother's old retainer in Summer Hours), «events» are shot in the same way, as an accretion of minute, yet complex decisions; of out - of - sync bodies competing for leg room in a claustrophobic space.

«With shared leadership, you are not the only person making decisions that affect small children,» she added.

During the study - circle process, people meet in small groups with a facilitator to discuss an issue, formulate an action plan, and then present their ideas to a decision - making body.

Or maybe people were waiting to see what Apple would do with the iPad Mini before they made their decision on buying a smaller tablet (with a lot choosing the cheaper option).

As America recognizes Small Business Week between April 29 and May 5, the National Foundation for Credit Counseling ® (NFCC ®) is placing the spotlight on the financial decisions people consider when deciding to start their own business.

We want to help guide people when it comes to credit decisions — from applying for a new cell phone to getting their first mortgage — and be there for each step big and small,» said Rod Griffin, director of public education at Experian.

Studies of decision making have proven that people are more likely to accept ethical lapses when they occur in several small steps than when they occur in one large leap.

In 2005, we took the decision (having made a big fuss about it), that, ultimately it was more important to encourage people to save big money by getting the best tariff easily and switching at the right moment, than to berate comparison sites for small differences.

And so our new app, the First Business app, is designed to help address those challenges and provide young people with help with the financial decisions they will need to make as a small business owner.

On a positive note, let's hope this unfortunate trend helps people realize that bringing home a companion animal (no matter how small or cute) is not a decision that should be taken lightly.

While there will always be people who make bad decisions, Young - Williams Animal Center is consciously shifting our focus from fear - based policy addressing the small percentage of «bad pet owners,» to proactive, service - based assistance that helps the 80 % of caring pet owners who need support.

«Dreamfall Chapters is a game about choice and consequence, about how the actions you take and the decisions you make — no matter how small or seemingly insignificant — touch the people around us, and how our lives in turn are shaped by the choices made by others.»

Seeing that they are paired with pie charts displaying government censuses on the happiness of the Taiwanese people (a startlingly small slice of the pie represents «happy» people), the decision to include the more nebulous and conceptual words in the exhibition title, such as «Dissatisfaction,» «Agitation,» «Survival» and «Unequal,» becomes clear.

This jury will select a small number of finalists who will then be interviewed in person or via Skype for a final decision.

Smaller communities better resolve poor behavior for several reasons: Connections to the people around you, aka caring about them; everyone being part of every decision, so all decisions are best for everyone; there would be no «company» to make selfish decisions as it would be a Commons.

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I read comments from people like David Small above, and am disheartened that the gatekeepers of the consensus may make it impossible to make truly informed policy decisions.