Sentences with phrase «stick at things»

Children who are self - motivated tend to stick at things for longer.

If you're into shaking sticks at things, that is.

Not exact matches

It seems to make sense — everyone has so many things to do (and is so stuck for time) that doing several things at once works.

And, while in some cases, there's nothing wrong with a two - way street, when that's the only way you build your network, it's a sure thing that one day you'll wake up at the short end of the stick.

You hit on a couple things in the last question, talking about throwing things at the wall and seeing what sticks.

You may be pushing yourself to do the best you can, but whether it's negative supervisors, gossipy co-workers, or just feeling stuck doing the same thing over and over again, it can be difficult to stay engaged at work when this feeling strikes.

Having multiple things going on at once helps you to constantly move rather than get stuck, and helps mitigate risks.

We all have an area of expertise and specialties, so at the beginning of building an audience, you want to stick to those things.

«At the time I thought it was kind of pointless, but it ended up really exposing me to leadership opportunities and showing me that I wasn't good at a lot of things, instead of sticking to things that I was comfortable with.&raquAt the time I thought it was kind of pointless, but it ended up really exposing me to leadership opportunities and showing me that I wasn't good at a lot of things, instead of sticking to things that I was comfortable with.&raquat a lot of things, instead of sticking to things that I was comfortable with.»

How she's sticking to this goal: «Like many startup founders, I've spent the first few years at WayUp working on things like user support (aka responding to every user's email), sales strategy, product road mapping and more.

The crying is happening because the crier was ready to cry, and that thing you just said — or that thing Kevin in accounting just said or the fact that the Twix got stuck at the end of the vending - machine coil — triggered it.

Stick with ETFs that have high daily trading (yes, they can fold like underperforming mutual funds), don't buy into gimmicks or sectors unless you really know what you are doing, and as the article mentions watch the spreads and the premiums; these things don't always trade at NAV.

«We have started Aspect to focus at looking at things in a different way and in a more extended way,» said Gouw, about the wide - ranging plan to stick with entrepreneurs over the course of a startup's long - term history.

The only thing more terrifying than being stuck on a roller coaster, is being stuck at the highest part of the ride.

With a very fast network, that's the right thing to do, but on a slow network, if you download many pictures at once, everything gets stuck and nothing works.

At 62, I have already lived most of my life and I don't quite care about heaven or Hell but I do care about the people with whom I share the earth, my fellow pilgrims, so yes, I would still stick with the Jesus thing as it helps me to remember to be humble, charitable and mindful in my daily walk so that I can contribute positively to the existence of others.

There is much that could be said about this, but I will stick with one thing, based on discussion at about the 2 minute mark: When atheists insist that atheism does not drive behavior, and then then campaign on behalf of atheism, ridicule religion and religious believers in the name of atheism, seek to change laws in favor of their atheistic positions, recommend the extermination of religion, and practice falsehoods like Dawkins's in support of atheism, they prove that their atheism drives their behavior and that their premise is false, disingenuous, and (as far as I can tell) useless for anything but giving atheism rhetorical cover from being implicated in atheists» atrocities.

You think I can stick Muammar Gaddafi in there and they won't even notice it, this just proves religion is the most Idiotic thing in the world, I tell Mormons that show up at my door I am Muslim, you should see the look on their faces.

Again, if you disagree with this, prove the only thing that makes gravity stick to a 9.8 constant is god keeping his finger on the button and back it up with evidence, or else you're just making baseless claims and still gettting angry at other people for backing up their claims with hard evidence when you can not.

You have weirdly decided to remain stuck in the past and those who do that are doomed to repeat history... that's a very dangerous thing at times.

So really, to worship and idol a statue that is made to look that is sticking its tongue at you is such an insane thing to do.

It helps me (at least) to keep in mind that what ever we say and however about «these things» we are always inadequately indicating beyond our words and images and myths — but also literalizing them, getting stuck inside our ways of talking.

Dan and I tried the gender - based roles thing at first, and while some of those roles stuck, others didn't.

I do all sorts of things with my opinions — shout them at televangelists and news anchors on TV, collect them from my favorite writers and speakers and pundits, hide behind them when I'm afraid of a new idea or perspective, stick them on Facebook and Twitter through little sound bites and thumbs - up applications.

It is a good thing that God made that binding, irreversible commitment to stick with us no matter what, to refrain from destroying us no matter what we do, because look at us now.

There is such at thing as being a stick - in - the - mud who stubbornly resists change.

«The god thing» was a sticking point for many of them, sure, but isn't it a sticking point for many believers too, at one point or another?

One of the things I have respected most in Aida Rosa, principal of the elementary school P.S. 30, and the teachers that I talk with on her staff is that they look at children here as children, not as «distorted children,» not as «morally disabled children,» not as «quasi-children» who require a peculiar arsenal of reconstructive strategies and stick - and - carrot ideologies that wouldn't be accepted for one hour by the parents or the teachers of the upper middle class.

You used to run into people in the bake shop, the butchers, the candle - stick maker, the church narthex and the women's relief society... So there were plenty of opportunities to discuss all manner of things and to share life, seasons, festivals, deaths... Modern life, suburbia, commuting, everyone working at all hours... has killed much of this face to face life and contact in so many spheres, depending on where you live.

I've been listening to some teaching about God's love, and one thing sticks out at me after reading all these posts.

There is one thing that is worse than religion and that is knowledge without wisdom, People who try to enter the courts of God without entering on faith are stuck at the outer courts never really knowing God.

One thing that has always stuck with me is that during my first re-enlistment, my career counsolier at the time told me that during the Oath of Re-enlistment, that I can Instead of saying «I Solemy swear,» during the Oath that I could Affirm, And instead of So help me God, I could just say, «So Help Me» Looking back on that it Got me thinking, this must be a fellow Atheist sience I haven't been informed about it during my last 3.

The world will not end... I seen a guy yesterday at giant eagle buying, 20 sticks of anti BO, ten things of tooth paste, 20 packs of toilet paper, 20 packs of paper towels.

That looks like something different to make with seitan - I'm a bit stuck on oriental things at the moment.

Yeah, remember all those mad things we used to do: — RRB --RRB- @Conor, she's a darling really... just don't get at the wrong end of her stick: — RRB - Me and bacon sarnies are easier to deal with... I actually managed to find English bacon here in Canada, can't wait for my sarnie tomorrow.

you have inspired me to find more places to stick things at eye level so I don't miss / lose them

Finally having the freedom to spend my time how I wanted and not stuck at a desk or on transit I managed to learn how to do many new and exciting things.

The only thing I keep forgetting is the lemon juice at the end so I am usually stuck adding it later when it's already in the bowl!

From that day on, I stuck to things like Chicken Parmesan at Italian restaurants and skipped the meatball (s) all together.

So yes, it's almost Christmas, and I love all things Christmas and all things Christmas baking, but I have nothing new and Christmassy to share with you today because this year I'm sticking to all the recipes I've already posted because they work, they're nostalgic, and they're amazing:) Instead, the experimenting is happening at breakfast time.

Use a dutch oven with a lid and cook for 4 or more hours at 300 *, checking every so often to make sure things aren't sticking, add a little water or citrus juice if you need.

I have been making this nearly every week since zucchini showed up at the farmer's market (hey, when I find a good thing, I stick with it).

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You'll have three things in the oven at once, so plan well as far as space is concerned, but the great part is that if you work efficiently, each time you stick something in the oven you'll be perfectly timed to get started on the next step, throw that into the oven five minutes later, and so on until, voila, everything comes out at once and you're all set to assemble the pie.

Every time we have a party at a friend's house, I am normally in charge of two things: salad and snacks or appetizers.Hummus is one of my staple party foods — great with some raw carrots, peppers and celery sticks or some focaccia bread.

I'm still stuck at those cauliflower popcorn things you posted a while back....

The one thing that stuck with me was when they said 50 years from now how we will look back at the treatment as barbaric.

I flip flop on the chocolate vs vanilla thing all the dang time, so both together with no tough decisions always makes me happy to Ha yes let's keep dentists and tastebuds happy all at the same time and stick to ice CREAM instead of ice CUBE sandwiches.

If using a high speed blender you'll need to use your blender stick to get keep things moving as it's quite thick at this stage.

One negative thing that really stuck out at me was the appearance of tiny, blotchy white dots on the clear label.