Sentences with phrase «stories of people taking»

I have heard stories of people taking out second mortgages and buying Bitcoin.

Not exact matches

Here's the story of ordinary people who fell into big ideas and took them all the way to the bank.

This CNBC original documentary takes viewers inside the story of Warren Buffett's extraordinary success and profiles some of the many people whose lives have been influenced, and even changed, by Buffett's investment advice and life lessons.

Timothy Hockey says most of the people who have worked alongside Clark have an «Ed story,» a moment when the chief executive took a personal interest in their lives.

As I made my way up to the second - story balcony — all orchestra seating had been taken by the time I arrived — I was overwhelmed by the number of people climbing up the stairs alongside me.

«This whole story is causing people to kind of take a step back because at the least it looks like you have an increasingly protectionist administration that is increasing tariffs and scuttling M&A,» Kessler told CNBC.

Take my word for it, if you're not out there and in control of your story, to the extent that it's even possible any more, the vacuum will readily be filled by any number of other people — employees, ex-employees, competitors, advocates for a million causes, etc. — with their own good and bad axes to grind.

But there's been this story told of founders who are just not nice to people and that's what it takes to get ahead.

«There's way more data than there has ever been,» he says, «and it's the job of people in market research to try to find a way of taking all of this data, reducing it to a story and explaining to our clients how they should change their business as a result of what we learned through this.»

I know immigration stories probably do not impact or matter to some of the people reading this column, but I thought it was important to share my story since it shows what many Americans might take for granted.

«I also took advantage of the fact that I was widely admired in my and their community, which disabled them from sharing their story and brought hardship to them when they tried because people who look up to me didn't want to hear it.

While those kinds of stories are the ones many people will think of when they hear the name, however, Gawker also used its take - no - prisoners attitude to break some truly significant news stories, stories that in many cases were ultimately picked up by the mainstream media.

They might want to... If they feel like they've locked in their future earnings to take care of their kids, or families, sisters, brothers, whatever, then I think people should really look into their story and see how football is affecting their life.»

[01:10] Introduction [02:45] James welcomes Tony to the podcast [03:35] Tony's leap year birthday [04:15] Unshakeable delivers the specific facts you need to know [04:45] What James learned from Unshakeable [05:25] Most people panic when the stock market drops [05:45] Getting rid of your fear of investing [06:15] Last January was the worst opening, but it was a correction [06:45] You are losing money when you sell on corrections [06:55] Bear markets come every 5 years on average [07:10] The greatest opportunity for a millennial [07:40] Waiting for corrections to invest [08:05] Warren Buffet's advice for investors [08:55] If you miss the top 10 trading days a year... [09:25] Three different investor scenarios over a 20 year period [10:40] The best trading days come after the worst [11:45] Investing in the current world [12:05] What Clinton and Bush think of the current situation [12:45] The office is far bigger than the occupant [13:35] Information helps reduce fear [14:25] James's story of the billionaire upset over another's wealth [14:45] What money really is [15:05] The story of Adolphe Merkle [16:05] The story of Chuck Feeney [16:55] The importance of the right mindset [17:15] What fuels Tony [19:15] Find something you care about more than yourself [20:25] Make your mission to surround yourself with the right people [21:25] Suffering made Tony hungry for more [23:25] By feeding his mind, Tony found strength [24:15] Great ideas don't interrupt you, you have to pursue them [25:05] Never - ending hunger is what matters [25:25] Richard Branson is the epitome of hunger and drive [25:40] Hunger is the common denominator [26:30] What you can do starting right now [26:55] Success leaves clues [28:10] What it means to take massive action [28:30] Taking action commits you to following through [29:40] If you do nothing you'll learn nothing [30:20] There must be an emotional purpose behind what you're doing [30:40] How does Tony ignite creativity in his own life [32:00] «How is not as important as «why» [32:40] What and why unleash the psyche [33:25] Breaking the habit of focusing on «how» [35:50] Deep Practice [35:10] Your desired outcome will determine your action [36:00] The difference between «what» and «why» [37:00] Learning how to chunk and group [37:40] Don't mistake movement for achievement [38:30] Tony doesn't negotiate with his mind [39:30] Change your thoughts and change your biochemistry [40:00] The bad habit of being stressed [40:40] Beautiful and suffering states [41:50] The most important decision is to live in a beautiful state no matter what [42:40] Consciously decide to take yourself out of suffering [43:40] Focus on appreciation, joy and love [44:30] Step out of suffering and find the solution [45:00] Dealing with mercury poisoning [45:40] Tony's process for stepping out of suffering [46:10] Stop identifying with thoughts — they aren't yours [47:40] Trade your expectations for appreciation [50:00] The key to life — gratitude [51:40] What is freedom for you?

This story fits in so well, what you said Stalin did, was exactly what Blockstream people did, they all kicked out the real people that supported and promoted the actual original idea and system (in this case Bitcoin system) and then using censorship, propaganda and army of USEFUL IDIOTS to fight their dirty wars, try to take out the original idea, and replace the system with some other shit that will benefit them.

But a lot of it does take the form of anecdotes — stories of other people and how they managed their own money.

So seeing stories like this and others where people report that they aren't getting promoted because they aren't christian make me worry about the state of the military that I take pride in having served

There are numerous stories of people chronically ill, doomed to death who suddenly find themselves free of whatever affliction had tried to take them.

HOWEVER, if this person was running for public office, instead of the «feel - good» story here, the media would vilianize this church for some inane belief that they would take wildly out of context and present it to the American public as the most fundamentalist extreme church ever to lay it's foundation on our shores.

@Maani: «I do take issue with your comment that «Religion gets people to be good in the same way stories about Santa Claus gets kids to be good, with baseless promises of rewards and punishments.»

I do take issue with your comment that «Religion gets people to be good in the same way stories about Santa Claus gets kids to be good, with baseless promises of rewards and punishments.»

Here, people share their stories of when they took a risk...

They have tapped into that childlike adventure and wonder and along with fun characters take young people on a journey to discover the story of redemption through Jesus.

Mark Greene, executive director of the London Institute of Contemporary Christianity (LICC) tells a story about an office worker who took the time to find out what kind of tea people liked to drink, and when she next made the tea she produced bags of each kind of tea.

But making wild claims like these (which seems completely unfounded or based on one or two bizarre stories that really have no relevance to the discussion) and generalizing it to an entire group of people shows an ignorance and bias which makes it hard to take you seriously.

While artistic license has been taken, we believe that this film is true to the essence, values, and integrity of a story that is a cornerstone of faith for millions of people worldwide.

When a person takes the stories of the Bible as simply metaphorical with underlying lessons, then it becomes a bit more relevant in our human process.

Of course, some people will cling to this old paradigm for as long as possible, just like we have people who belong to the Flat Earth Society, who believe the creation story in Genesis is to be taken literally, and who believe the lunar landing is a hoax.

It could be because the church no longer offers social progress, so love of money and power take people elsewhere (which is politics in this town, and there's another story!).

You understand why I'm taking the time away from the unending needs of what one person told me is «the garbage of humanity» (the homeless, and this includes homes youth) to write these kids» stories.

Jeremy thanks for your comments alot of this i never really thought about before until you provoked me to seek the truth in the word it is what we all should be doing finding the truth for ourselves God wants to reveal mysterys if we are open to hear.If we have been christians awhile we just take the word of whoevers preaching or whichever clip we see on god tube its knowledge but not revelation.Because the story sounds plausible we tag that on to our belief for example for many years i believed that the rich young rulers problem was money so the way to deal with that problem is to give it away and be a follower of Jesus sounds plausible.Till you realise every believers situation is different so the message has to be universal.So the reason its not about money because it excludes those that do nt have it and does nt make room for those that do have it but do nt worship it.The rich young ruler was not a bad person he lived by a good moral code but he made money his idol he put that before God.The word says we shall not have any idols thats a sin and a wicked one.In fact there wasnt any room in his heart for Jesus that is a tragedy.So when we see the message is about Idolatry we all have areas that we chose not to submit to God thats universal everyone of us whether we are rich or poor.I believe we are unaware that we have these idols what are some of them that was revealed to me our partners our children our work our church our family i can sense some of you are getting fidgetty.

To front - load the story by saying people were being treated in animal stalls, and only later point out it was a free clinic held in a county fairground (rural area, large crowd... likely the only suitable place that passed health and safety requirements for such an event), and to not mention that many if not most of those taking advantage of the free medical care were likely farm workers and not here legally... is beyond poor reporting.

He responded by relating the parable of the Good Samaritan, one of my personal favorites... bear traps are hidden, and often unseen till bear or human are caught in them... the traps are deliberately placed, they don't just suddenly appear... the answer to the question was the man who had compassion on the man taken by robbers... he was a social and spiritual outcast who had compassion on someone who in normal circumstances would have hated his guts... because his doctrine and «lifestyle» were not acceptable to the religious establishment... I have had life experiences that bear this out, experiencing love and compassion from people whom today's religious establishment demonizes and looks down upon... any reading of the Good Samaritan story should be followed up by a reading of 1 Corinthians 13....

One is the reality system of face - to - face encounter with other people, working at the office or store or home, taking care of the children or visiting with neighbors, playing with the kids and tending the yard, reading books and telling stories and remembering the past and planning for the future.

Please don't listen to these people on here they have so many different views and ideas of their own but don't listen to them they have closed their heart to God and are doing Satans work of misleading people away from the Almighty they look for men who like to have their ears tickled so don't take mine our anyone else's word for it look it up for your self history attests to the bible as true and The writings of Moses is far older than anything they have ever found thats right Moses wrote the first parts in the bible 3,500 years ago The scriptures weren't inspired by Pagan stories Pagan stories was inspired by actual events just like those in the bible because if you notice that a lot of the stories found in the bible have a lot to do about people worshipping false Gods.

The story opened in a swank Protestant church where at the conclusion of the service a poor, unemployed, shabby young man got up and told his story of unemployment to the startled parishioners and ended by saying: «You can't all go out hunting up jobs for people like me, but what I am puzzled about when I see so many Christians living in luxury and singing, «Jesus, I my cross have taken, all to leave, and follow Thee,» is what is meant by following Jesus?

Samaritans star in at least two of Jesus» own stories, and he almost gets killed in Capernaum for reminding his own people that God sometimes skips right over them to go take care of people who don't share their Faith.

The most baffling thing is how religious people could be completely rational about every other thing in their everyday lives; and then take leave of their faculties when it comes to these silly stories.

But taken together, these stories, told from many different points of view, converge to give a distinct impression of a real person in action upon a recognizable scene.

When asked what he hopes people will take away from the story, he says, «It's people's capacity to change and people's capacity to connect with one another — the capacity to have empathy and engage with other people with other points of views.»

The atheists should read about the hundreds of Eucharistic miracles that have taken place throughout the centuries, go to Lourdes where hundreds of people have been cured and read about the story of Our Lady of Fatima.

It is believed that during the early years of the reign of Solomon in Jerusalem (960 - 920 B.C.E.) an unknown person took pen in hand and began to write the story of how a Jewish nation came into being.

There are Christians and missionaries and ministries all over the world feeding the poor, caring for Aids patients, taking in orphans and the only story we see repeated over and over again are the most barbaric, backwards people of faith you can find...?

Also, people have often taken natural phenomena and made it a supernatural occurrence (in their minds anyway), and others have stretched or simply made up stories to make a point, try to be more impressive to others, and for a host of other reasons.

What spoke to me through this story, is how much this pastor knew the people in his church (you and I have the same definition of church, however I'm using the word here as it applies to this group of people I feel the problem in many churches today (and why dialogue during sermons wouldn't go over well) is that the pastors do not take the time to invest in the people they are trying to teach.

«Not just in one country but in numerous Muslim countries, I have been able to walk in, head held high, no covert cover story and not only identify passively as a Christian but identify openly, work openly and hold serious talks about faith between Muslims and Christians, and not just at the grassroots level of poverty — people who needed my help — but also with the powerful and influential people who could have, in that moment, had me arrested and had me taken out back.»

To Ken Margo: I am totally agree with you about this evil thing going around the earth... this evil minded people is there everywhere regardless of faith... that was not what i was trying to say... my point was to be able to recognize the One True God who is Unseen and who has no partners as He is not in need of any partners but we the creation is in need of Him... thats all... I wish I could do something to stop all these taking place around the earth... I think we human fear the fed laws more than we fear the laws of our Creator, for example not to associate any partner with Him, taking the life of others, drug dealing, human trafficking, believing in hereafter and so on... I remember a story that I was talking with one of my friends... I was telling him look we all obey the law of the land so much like for example when we drive and no one moves even an inch when there is a school bus stop to pick / drop kids as it is a fed laws but when it comes to the laws of our Creator, we don't care... like having physical relationship outside of marriage and many more... then he said something nice... he said that its because we see the consequence of breaking the law of the land but we do not see the punishment of hereafter even though it is mentioned very details in Quran, it even gives pictures of hereafter....

I think the only selfish person is one who takes the light out of a story for a man doing something for others and tries to focus it in a negative light with an insensitive comment such as yours.

Reading all the comments, frankly why people should take some mythological figures and ancient history made out in mordern times to hate a section of people, frankly who knows how Jesus was and what exactly the «Jews» did to him 2000 years back, these are just stories made up in the minds of people.

In the familiar story of the twelve spies sent out to survey the Promised Land, the people of Israel believed the ten fearful spies and refused to go up and take the land, and Yahweh condemned them to forty years of wilderness wandering.