Sentences with phrase «term goal rather»

Yet it helps to focus on a long term goal rather than just your overwhelming list of tasks to be done.

It's a relationship that only gets worse with time, remains linked to a short - term goal rather than long - term lifestyle and emotionally cripples us.

I knew I could do even something difficult for a week, so thinking of it in terms of short - term goals rather than long - term really helped me.

We make good decisions based on long - term goals rather than short - term gains.

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Rather than focusing on an early retirement, determine your long - term goals and exactly what you want your future to look like.

I wrote about goal - setting recently, that it's much better to focus on daily goals you can manage now rather than long - term goals that give you an excuse to slip.

His method is about consciousness, learning, focusing, and engagement, he says, rather than short - term goals, such as weight - loss or fitness.

The goal, he says, is not to sell to all 300 million Americans; rather, the goal is to expand his company's reach in the U.S. Northeast, which, he adds, is about the same size as Canada in terms of population.

Rather, you should consider the appropriate risk level for your portfolio when you are looking at your long - term goals, and think clearly about your financial situation and emotional reaction to risk.

It focuses your investment portfolio on your most important life goals rather than short - term market trends.

It becomes a way of life rather than something you do in the short term to get you to your weight loss goals.

To properly accomplish the goal of having the best disclosure possible you should also not think in terms of a single patent drawing or illustration, but rather...

Rather than pursue their goals with a strategic long - term approach, many investors try to time the market and chase investment returns.

Read the story of Esau and Jacob, for example, and you will see that Esau was weak in character, while Jacob was strong and determined to achieve long - term goals — even if he was rather shifty in how he went about it.

Such carelessness becomes positively destructive when the term «social» no longer describes the product of the virtuous actions of many individuals, but rather the utopian goal toward which all institutions and all individuals are «made in the utmost degree to converge» by coercion.

It is my belief that both long - term and short - term goals are best viewed as the development of a relationship rather than as a process of problem - solving.

But he offers little in terms of goals and to be fair, I expect a lot of the chances he creates would be be described as half chances, rather than clear cut.

After months of meetings and a lot of brainstorming in between, Naperville Park District board members determined this week that their programming needs and long - term goals would be best served by building a permanent site on a 95th Street recreation campus rather than leasing space inside a proposed $ 18.6 million library scheduled to be built nearby.

The concept is simple: rather than looking at my wardrobe in terms of «outfits» (this shirt goes with these pants), the goal is to develop a carefully curated, scaled - back wardrobe of interchangeable items that I love.

This strategy looks to be focused on the general election because its goal is long - term support - building rather than short - term persuasion or fundraising — the move of a candidate who's willing to invest at least some online money in expanding the pool of supporters, volunteers and (ultimately) donors for the Fall rather than in trying to win Ohio and Texas in a couple of weeks.

In a recent column (17 December) I reported the view of New Zealand science minister Simon Upton that a broad approach to research is desirable, rather than being fixated on short - term goals.

Much of the focus of these side events has been on ways to ratchet up ambition, either through more private - sector engagement or through an emphasis on gaining more traction for a long - term goal of containing warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius below preindustrial levels, rather than the «well below 2» threshold enshrined in Paris.

Proactive employees are valuable because they do not wait for change to come to them, but rather make long - term plans, strive to achieve goals and make things happen, Li said.

«The gap between the scale of global ambitions and the scale of national offerings has been clear to the research community for a long time, but the Kyoto Protocol's focus on near - term emissions reductions... coupled with the scientific focus on long - term stabilization of climate at some unspecified point in the future has long given negotiators an out: they have been able to compare near - term actions without having to square them with long - term goals, rather like guys in a pub arguing about whose round it is while never actually having to settle up the bill,» Frame said in an email.

Looking forward to a new pair of pants in a smaller size, an evening out with your spouse, or a relaxing day of some kind might help you focus on the long term benefits of your goal rather than the short term struggle.

Hi Friends, I've shared with you before a few reasons why diets don't work, so hopefully you understand by now why it's so important to view health and nutrition as a long - term way of life, rather than a short - term solution to your health and weight loss goals.

I've shared with you before a few reasons why diets don't work, so hopefully you understand by now why it's so important to view health and nutrition as a long - term way of life, rather than a short - term solution to your health and weight loss goals.

It's because alcohol causes us to focus on immediate gratification (yummy, fatty food) rather than long term goals (yummy, flat tummy).

Chinese women prefer long - term relationships with marriage as the end goal rather than dating casually.

The focus is on the looks, rather than on personality, long term goals, and family life.

This is a broad, long - term goal that is focused on students, rather than instruction or specific content.

Help them make the connection that they can build their executive function of long - term goal - directed behavior when they choose to review and revise their work, even when it has been completed, rather than to be satisfied with «getting it done.»

Educator David Hochheiser wisely reminds us that developing growth mindsets is a paradigm for children's life success rather than a pedagogical tool to improve grades or short - term goals.

Teaching is a collaborative exercise and performance pay tends to induce competition between employees for limited resources, rather than promote collaboration toward long - term organisational goals.

This will ensure the board considers the long - term strategic goals of the school, and makes appropriate decisions to achieve them, rather than being distracted by very detailed issues that may not need their time.

The cities logging serious progress are addressing chronic challenges and common goals for improving quality and equity, rather than getting mired in a litany of short - term tasks.

Initially, the educators» focus was more on «what - to - do - on - Monday» tactics, rather than long - term goals.

The college has also developed a more cohesive approach to course offerings, in which students follow a prescribed pathway based on their long - term goals, rather than having to take courses that seem irrelevant to them.

STUDENT - CENTERED LEARNING Another term for personalized learning, but tending to emphasize the needs of individual students rather than the goals of the teacher, school or district.

Specifically, laws in 1976 and 1998 that increased the term of a copyright to beyond the life of the author were an instance of Congress acting on behalf of their corporate overlords (Disney and others) rather than focusing on their proper goal of «promoting the Progress of Science and useful Arts.»

I would rather divide that I invest some part in short term goals (see some return in 2 years) and long term (see results in 5 - 6 years).

Rather, you should consider the appropriate risk level for your portfolio when you are looking at your long - term goals, and think clearly about your financial situation and emotional reaction to risk.

Rather our goal is to minimize investment, but not market, risk while earning, on average, and over the long term, a compound annual rate of return of 20 % regardless of what other funds, or the general market, have as rates of return.

We focus on long - term results, rather than on trying to manage short - term volatility, and can add the most value when investors» goals are aligned with that long - term time horizon.

Nick said he's glad Pyramid focuses so much on long - term goals, rather than quick fixes to larger, overarching credit problems.

Use a rational and disciplined investment strategy rather than falling for the 10 investing myths below and you'll find that meeting your long - term goals is actually pretty easy.

For short - term goals, focus on safety and liquidity rather than growth.

Dividend growth investing is far from a get rich quick investment strategy, rather you need to remain focused on the long term goal to be successful.

People who get into the best shape they can learn to enjoy the process of exercising and how it makes them feel, rather than becoming fixated on the longer - term goals of «losing 50 pounds / kilos», or whatever your idea of physical fitness might be.

When your portfolio includes a different fund for each asset class, it is easy to dwell on the individual parts rather than the whole and lose sight of your long - term goal.