Sentences with phrase «successful at self»

Hi James... and all, After 14 books (2 just released), I'll have to admit that I'm still in the Konrathian era — i.e., I haven't been very successful at self - marketing (as opposed to self - publishing), but I follow Konrath's advice to write the next book, hoping to build name recognition.

In April 2013, graphic designer Jason Gurley, who'd written and self - published three novels in the space of a year, met Hugh Howey, Amazon's most successful author — so successful at self - publishing that he then got a huge deal from Simon & Schuster.

But is a stellar book cover really necessary to be successful at self - publishing?

Poynter also traveled the world conducting seminars and speeches to help teach other authors how to follow in his footsteps and become successful at self - publishing.

Not exact matches

A successful leader must self - educate in customer service at all stages of the company's growth.

Laloux said that he finds the situation at Zappos to be especially interesting, because while he's studied some very successful self - managed companies around the world and across varied industries, there's never been an attempt by a company as large as Zappos at making a transition to becoming one.

Lynda Weinman, a self - taught web and motion graphics designer, originally started the site at the age of 40 with her husband Bruce as a way to communicate to the students in her very successful web design class.

Successful thought leaders — also known as Influencers — shared original posts, along with pictures of their younger selves, filled with pearls of wisdom for new grads based on what they wish they had known at 22.

When researchers look at who actually ends up successful, what they find is folks who are extremely careful in their self presentation, people who cultivate particular demeanors for particular settings.

While a 2005 study found 96 % of managers at U.S. companies self - identify as extroverts, there's a long list of successful CEOs — individuals like Bill Gates and Jeff Bezos — who value quiet reflection over social stimulation.

We are proud to collaborate with FreshBooks to support bright minds that are focused on helping self - employed people be productive at work and successful in life.»

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Translated into program, what Washington wanted to see was blacks concentrating in the main on developing their capacities to exploit such opportunity as already lay at hand, relying on the expectation that as such self - development proceeded, blacks would be in a stronger position to make a successful claim for the full rights of citizenship.

Successful people have mastered self - control in the small — the skill of saying no and yes at the right time to the right or wrong things.

But if one accepts the analogia as useful for theology, one may arrive at a «being» which may not be God.11 Being is still self - projection, and thus is not successful.

But in very substantial degree, the dismantling of the social - welfare system undertaken by the Reagan administration with the blessing of fundamentalist preachers and their followers reflects the atrophy of the ethical conscience and the growth of self - centeredness, the hubris of the successful and their scorn for those less adept at «making it.»

• the fortitude of not going with the crowd; 7 • the fortitude of knowing that caring for the world is a nobler task than that of mastering it; • the fortitude of knowing that a successful woman is not the same as a successful man; • the fortitude of realising that money is less important than character; that you are worth more than your salary is worth; • the fortitude of preparing yourself for a worthwhile commitment and sticking by it (self - worth is empty without self - commitment); • the fortitude of being proud to aim at being a woman of character, and to resist the pathetic envy we are all capable of towards a man or woman with more power but with a weak character.

The members of the self - help group Van Suraksha evam Prabandh Samiti, Udaipur (Rajasthan), after successful training at PHT (Post Harvest Technology) centre of Central Institute of Post-Harvest Engineering and Technology (CIPHET), established the Gwarpatha Prasanskaran Kendra (aloe vera processing unit) in Ogna village of Rajasthan.

Balotelli is a self - confessed Rossoneri fan and the troubled marksman enjoyed a successful spell at the club prior to his move to Liverpool, netting 30 goals in 54 appearances for the club.

there is no doubting that Arsene has helped to provide us with some incredible footballing moments in the formative years of his managerial career at Arsenal, but that certainly doesn't and shouldn't mean that he has earned the right to decide when and how he should leave this club... there have been numerous managers at each of the biggest clubs in Europe throughout the last decade who have waged far more successful campaigns than ours yet somehow and someway each were given their walking papers because they failed to meet the standards laid out by the hierarchy of their respective clubs... of course that doesn't mean that clubs should simply follow the lead of others, especially if clubs of note have become too reactionary when it comes to issues of termination, for whatever reasons, but there should be some logical discourse when it comes to the setting of parameters for a changing of the guard... in the case of Arsenal, this sort of discourse was largely stifled when the higher - ups devised their sinister plan on the eve of our move to the Emirates... by giving Wenger a free pass due to supposed financial constraints he, unwittingly or not, set the bar too low... it reminds me of a landlord who says he will only rent to «professional people» to maintain a certain standard then does a complete about face when the market is lean and vacancies are up... for those who rented under the original mandate they of course feel cheated but there is little they can do, except move on, especially if the landlord clearly cares more about profitability than keeping their word... unfortunately for the lifelong fans of a football club it's not so easy to switch allegiances and frankly why should they, in most cases we have been around far longer than them... so how does one deal with such an untenable situation... do you simply shut - up and hope for the best, do you place the best interests of those with only self - serving agendas above the collective and pray that karma eventually catches up with them, do you run away with your tail between your legs and only return when things have ultimately changed, do you keep trying to find silver linings to justify your very existence, do you lower your expectations by convincing yourself it could be worse or do you stand up for what you believe in by holding people accountable for their actions, especially when every fiber of your being tells you that something is rotten in the state of Denmark

He simply wanted to set the foundation for a self - sustaining, successful basketball program «'' at a school that didn't even have it's own gymnasium.

I believe the carry on of some supporters last season and season before are to blame some here were looking for loses just so they can prove a point to me they are not Arsenal at all some have been even worse they embarrassed Arsenal in away grounds what a bunch of red necks I am frustrated at Mr Wenger but I will always respect him he is a legend I would love to see the academy win their tier We don't seem to pick the right players as most of them do nt make it luckily this issue has been addressed Once again I need to emphasize the importance of being united behind the club and very vocal sometimes it so quite I am surprised that players have not fallen asleep and now with the new trend of empty seats I start to believe we are going into a self destruct we need to wake up and shake down the bad dust and stand up to be counted before it becomes to late Wishing Arsenal a Prosperous successful New Year Happy new year folks

Arsenal are a successful club and will always be seriously last season was not that bad for the past 21 years we remind a the top four no club in England had achieved that 21 years on the trot I believe we needed a new look at ourselves and the reason why we have not won it we have not won the premier league in the past 12 years while clubs such Leicester have won it having said that we were the only team to have won them home and away we seem to be a little short at every term in one stage opponents literally broke our players and some were very viciously broken every one ganged against us and we crumbled to the pressure we need to assert our self by winning lower tear competitions and grow to be strong and fight it hard and give other teams what we were giving Firstly we need to unite and create a fortress at the emirate stadium become the twelfth team player once we get the fundamentals right I know and guarantee we will win it all we need to plant our feet in the ground we need unite become one strong unit

Outwordly, all my efforts at self improvement were successful.

He put our children ahead of his career and I could go on yada yada yada about how my children are happier, more self - confident and more successful than children whose fathers only see them at dinnertime and on weekends, but what is the point of that?

The kids who were successful at delaying gratification were able to distract themselves and use self - talk to coach themselves as they waited.

Everything from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) to long - lasting emotional stress to an impaired sense of self to interpersonal difficulties can be experienced by a sexual assault survivor, and all of those long - term effects can alter how successful a mother is at breastfeeding.

The latter can be found in more successful teaching programs — like the one at Waldorf School of Baltimore — that are based on inquiry - based learning, and on students» self - evaluation of their understanding of mathematical formulas and theories.

They particularly looked at the role of social support on the mother's feelings of self - efficacy — the mom's beliefs about her ability to be successful in the parenting role — which is known to be important in postpartum depression.

The political class Adam [Afriyie] has got a very compelling story in many ways, he's self - made, was brought up on a council estate in Peckham, a guy of colour, very successful businessman and in many ways... If you look at David Cameron, Nick Clegg, Ed Miliband, George Osborne, Ed Balls, they're all people who have essentially spent their entire working life in politics, almost all of them have been PPE or equivalent graduates from Oxford or Cambridge.

Some of the most successful modern - day cartographers are at least partially self - taught.

«If you put humans as the target, even though you are not going to make a human baby, it will be provocative, it will be misinterpreted, but people will engage,» says Andrew Hessel, a self - described futurist and biotechnology catalyst at Autodesk in San Francisco, California, a successful software company that specializes in 3D design programs for architecture and other fields that has been exploring synthetic biology applications in recent years.

At other times, the children were successful in retrieving the reward despite using a non-functional tool; for example, when using a water container that self - fills through an inlet pipe, it doesn't matter whether the tool is functional as the water is rising anyway.

After a successful postdoctoral stint at Yale, where he unraveled molecular aspects of the process by which the immune system distinguishes self from nonself, Rudensky accepted an assistant professorship at the University of Washington in Seattle in 1992.

In one study: Individuals who were successful at reaching their 5 % weight loss goal during the intervention self - monitored more than twice as often (81 days of self - monitoring) as individuals who were not successful at meeting the 5 % goal (35 days of self - monitoring).

Self Quest contains all the information you need to understand and be successful at Inner Bonding.

Wachob, a college basketball player at Columbia, and self - described «happy - go - lucky, heavy - drinking frat boy and successful trader,» found himself on the wall of The Palm Restaurant — an honor designated only to the most faithful of patrons — and then found himself broke, injured, and depressed.

The most prominent characters include Haven Hamilton (Henry Gibson), a socially conservative, arrogant country music star; Linnea Reese (Lily Tomlin), a gospel singer and mother of two deaf children; Del Reese (Ned Beatty), her lawyer husband and Hamilton's legal representative, who works as the local political organizer for the Tea Party - like Hal Philip Walker Presidential campaign; Opal (Geraldine Chaplin), an insufferably garrulous and pretentious BBC Radio reporter on assignment in Nashville, or so she claims; talented but self - involved sex - addict Tom Frank (Keith Carradine), one - third of a moderately successful folk trio who's anxious to launch a solo career; John Triplette (Michael Murphy), the duplicitous campaign consultant who condescendingly tries to secure top Nashville stars to perform at a nationally - syndicated campaign rally; Barbara Jean (Ronee Blakley), the emotionally - fragile, beloved Loretta Lynn - like country star recovering from a burn accident; Barnett (Allen Garfield), Barbara Jean's overwhelmed manager - husband; Mr. Green (Keenan Wynn), whose never - seen ailing wife is on the same hospital ward as Barbara Jean; groupie Martha (Shelley Duvall), Green's niece, ostensibly there to visit her ailing aunt but so personally irresponsible that she instead spends all her time picking up men; Pfc. Glenn Kelly (Scott Glenn), who claims his mother saved Barbara Jean's life but who mostly seems obsessed with the country music star; Sueleen Gay (Gwen Welles), a waitress longing for country music fame, despite her vacuous talent; Bill and Mary (Allan F. Nicholls and Cristina Raines), the other two - thirds of Tom's folk act, whose ambition overrides constant personal rancor; Winifred (Barbara Harris), another would - be singer - songwriter, fleeing to Nashville from her working - class husband, Star (Bert Remsen); Kenny Frasier (David Hayward), a loner who rents a room from Mr. Green and carries around a violin case; Bud Hamilton (Dave Peel), the gentle, loyal son of the abrasive Hamilton; Connie White (Karen Black), a glamorous country star who is a last - minute substitute for Barbara Jean at the Grand Old Opry; Wade Cooley (Robert DoQui), a cook at the airport restaurant where Sueleen works as a waitress and who tries unsuccessfully to convince her that she has no talent; and the eccentric Tricycle Man (Jeff Goldblum), who rides around in a three - wheel motorcycle, occasionally interacting with the other characters, showing off his amateur magic tricks, but who has no dialogue.

Add to that several college friends, all of them wildly successful financially and socially (in corporate - capitalist America, nothing else really matters) and the result looks a lot like the blandly named Brad Sloan (Ben Stiller), a navel - gazing, 47 - turning -55-year-old facing the obligatory mid-life crisis with bitterness, resentment, and self - loathing in writer - director Mike White's (Beatriz at Dinner, Enlightened, Year of the Dog, School of Rock) uneven comedy - drama, Brad's Status.

Matt Damon is a constant churn of gee - whiz earnestness, righteous indignation, nervous exasperation and self - aggrandizing swagger as Whitacre, a wannabe hero with a lovingly loyal wife, Ginger (Melanie Lynskey as the epitome of sixties sitcom housewife and mother), a magnificent house and a blazingly successful career that could all be put at risk by his cooperation with the Feds.

After some nominal attempt to suggest that Caine's fame and subsequent privilege might have come at a cost, the tenor soon returns to one of celebration, the ultimate message presumably being that rich, successful white people really do deserve to enjoy a bit of luxury and self - celebration in their old age.

The problem is his father Lee (Shannon), a respected English professor and successful author who is as egotistical as he is self - destructive, the man's mounting gambling debts putting him increasingly at odds with local mafia enforcers.

Learners who bring positive affective attitudes (interest in the topic and academic self - perception) tend to be more successful at learning (Çalişkan, 2014).

The primary requirement for teaching at a KIPP school is a simple one: that you share a belief to do whatever it takes to help each and every student develop the character and academic skills necessary for them to lead self - sufficient, successful, and happy lives.

You must be organized, self - motivated, and adept at multi-tasking to use this as a successful way to improve yourself as a teacher.

Upon successful completion of a TASL academy, a leader will understand how to use multiple data sources to develop an integrated, self - reflective culture of learning and growth, supported by a clear mission / vision, that integrates shared instructional leadership at all levels.

With the only successful self - driving autonomous vehicle out there being, at its roots, a modified Chrysler Pacifica Hybrid, well, no one's really paying attention.

Every successful self - published author I've heard from on this topic says to not even think about analyzing sales for a series until at least three books are released.

There are a number of successful writers who've self - published at some point in their career.

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