Sentences with phrase «than about something»

You're acknowledging that you think they know more than you about something.

I never like those kinds of conversations since the question is usually about a distinctive rather than about something central.

Humanitarian works are fine, but beware of the preachers who come into your community claiming to know more than you about something they call GOD.

Not exact matches

I sat standing 1 foot away from somebody who's been in prison for 15 years of his life and I had 60 seconds to open up to him about something that causes me pain in my life while he stares into my eyes I found myself going deeper than I would with even friends or family.

The reason my second Facebook post got so much more attention than the first was that I spent a lot of time cultivating an audience whose members care about the specific message, then I simply shared something that I knew they would like.

There's something about owing money that has the ability to overwhelm more so than any other financial topic.

I realize that they're a necessary evil, but you need to be very careful that you're not saying things or doing things (even worse) to «prove» something to these people because (a) it's never enough to satisfy them in any case and they won't believe you anyway; and (b) it's a fool's errand to waste your time trying to impress people whose livelihood is much more about finding the warts and shortcomings in your story than in celebrating your successes.

When talking about doing favors, Natalie Zfat set a great example for parameters in her article «How To Master Networking» by saying that if something takes less than five minutes and doesn't jeopardize any of your client relationships, do it.

«It seems like you are no longer interested in talking about business and it seems like getting to know each other better may mean something different to me than it does to you.

It was always more comfortable to go back to complaining about what wasn't right or was missing in my life than actually doing something about it.

More often than not, those who work at a company are the first to know about a decision the company makes, whether the decision is a new feature, product line, or something else.

Think first, say game players, about whether you're prepared to reveal the numbers that make games into something more than trivial exercises in employee manipulation.

We'd rather make it about someone or something else than make it about ourselves.

It's way more intensive than choosing a star to say something about somebody.

If you do something you are passionate about, you will work harder than ever before and shine against anyone else.

Asked about the growing DC - SV connection, Mabus said, «the energy, the intellectual capital that is there, the intensity of these founders and companies that GV is invested in, it's very appealing to me, much more appealing than maintaining something that's already gotten there.»

That way, the recipient can understand that you're feeling negative about something other than him.

If you walk by our office, there's a good chance you'll see a group of us laughing about something other than work.

There's something about learning to make your Google campaign profitable using your own money that makes you get smart faster than anything else.

Bluffing is not about saying something that isn't true; it is more about showing that you are more than confident and capable than you actually feel on inside.

This is something companies should fret about because customers today have a greater wealth of choices than at any time in history.

He said it's better to pay five game designers to sit around for a year and think about and discuss, over lattes, the game they are going to design than to ramp up 200 designers and have them create a bad game because you can't stand not shipping something.

It taught me about self - confidence, about tolerance, about diversity, and I always felt like there was something more there than people were seeing.

That soldiers of all the armies kept fighting in the horrible trenches, often with a vigor that post-moderns find incomprehensible and more than a little distressing, says something about the human animal that needs discussion.

«It's not about me and my ego — it's about the company building something that's bigger than us, that is going to be here for hundreds of years.»

If there's something insane about a CEO who thinks his company's mission is more important than any accomplishment in all of human history — indeed, in all of fish history — there's also something irresistible.

This is about something more than Hollywood gossip.

«When I'm meeting people for the first time, I ask about something they're excited about right now, or what they do in their time off, rather than asking «What do you do?»»

I'd rather spend 20 minutes talking to one of my kids about a bike trip or a dating relationship than accomplish something great in the workplace these days.

«Do you think it's fair to work for the company and issue something like that, rather than come and talk about these things?»

It may be difficult for a locksmith to post about something more than locks and keys but if you can't find a way to connect in an interesting discussion with your community, social media might not be the best tool for your marketing.

Because to live in denial is a much greater danger than to have your eyes open and have the ability to do something about it,» says Schlosser.

But there's also something very Canadian about doing things slightly different than the Americans.

So I kind of wanted to create something that was more about a lifestyle than an actual fitness brand.

Complex systems are characterized chiefly by these elements: many interacting components, non-linearities, discontinuities (i.e. the occurrence of something unexpected), and emergent properties, which come about when systems take on a «life of their own» and develop into something that often looks quite different than the original inputs.

«I realized that I would have to grow up someday and learn about something other than the SEAL Teams,» says UCLA's Dunbar.

More importantly, your brain needs time to shut down and think about something other than work.

Long hours, in other, words are often more about proving something to ourselves than actually getting stuff done.

Finally, here is a Marvel movie about something other than the destruction of worlds.

If you care more about your net worth going from $ 500,000 in the red to $ 5 million in the black than about jumping from $ 5 million to $ 50 million, an early acquisition is something you won't regret.

Whether you call it «amnesty» or a «path to citizenship,» doing something about the 11.7 million undocumented migrants who have settled in the U.S., two - thirds of them more than a decade ago, must be part of any serious immigration reform program.

Rather than mindlessly doing that until you're told to do something else, think critically about the work, and collect your own feedback on how it could be done more effectively.

In putting together a sidebar for that story about the most important FPS games in the history of the medium, I noticed a fascinating trend that seems to say something poignant about the times we're living in: brand has become a stronger selling feature than the artist, at least in games.

For difference makers, it's about more than money — it's about meaningful work and being a part of something bigger than the task at hand.

For them to hear from me about this project and that I believe it's something they would like, rather than a commercial, was key.

However, they should assume that anything they tell me (other than instances of fraud) will be something I will be comfortable talking to the CEO about.

Story is about working with a group of people to achieve something bigger than yourself.

Taking the extra few minutes to know a little something about the person you are reaching out to will serve you better than being the person who requests their connection the fastest.

If augmented reality games continue to grow in popularity as a category, there may be more pressure than ever for governments to step in and do something about the dumbest behavior this side of drinking and driving.

It's about feeling part of something bigger than themselves, with guidance and direction to help move them along the path toward their ultimate goals.