Couldn't it be that the people who said they were more bored were actually more negative people who looked for the bad side of their job, rather
than positive people who always see the good?
Seems that motoring websites are getting more whingers commenting
than positive people who appreciate the technology and products on offer.
Dogs and humans are more resilient to things
than the all positive people would have you believe.
Not exact matches
The study's authors say that getting
people to think favourably of your accomplishments might be better achieved «by modest self - representation, or even self - denigration,
than by outright bragging about one's
positive qualities.»
It's a
positive thing if you understand the obligations involved in responding to an invitation to be a speaker: the obligation to share your thoughts if you know more
than the other
people in the room, and the obligation to not share your thoughts if you don't know more
than the other
people in the room.
People are much more likely to comply with a
positive request
than a negative complaint on their behavior.
Combine this insatiable demand for talent with a sub-cultural shift of regarding labels such as «nerd» and «dweeb» as
positive indicators of nuanced passion rather
than pariah - like brands, and you end up with many more
people interested in coding.
Despite the fact
people chose freely and presumably wanted to maximize their happiness, those who opted to think of a negative memory for more chocolate were significantly less happy
than those who chose a
positive memory for less chocolate.
«The companies
people fund look more like Facebook and LinkedIn
than the kinds of companies that may take a longer time to build, but would have disproportionately
positive benefits for the world,» he says.
It's marketed as being an easy way to become a business owner — it takes relatively little startup capital, etc. — but Rose knows more
people who have been burned by this investment strategy
than people who have had a
positive outcome.
Gallup surveys show that when
people have
positive interactions and close friends on the job, they will be significantly more engaged in their work (not to mention more productive and effective)
than those who do not.
«Sometimes even the initial discussion is enough to shake
people up and say, «this is a lot bigger
than I thought if it is presenting itself in the workplace,»» Dr Boyd says, but he also warns business owners that a
positive response is far from universal: «Denial is something that is endemic in drug use, so it's the norm not the exception.»
There are plenty of
people out there who have pretty
positive self - assessments: Ninety percent of drivers think they have above average skills behind the wheel, an even higher percentage of college professors think they're better
than average teachers, and, as we all know, every single child in Lake Wobegon is above average.
A tour conducted by someone other
than you gives those
people the chance to relax and show their true (and often
positive) colors.
Like has become much more
than just a
positive reaction toward a post or update — it has evolved into feedback toward
people.
A recent report from the Office for National Statistics in the U.K., which surveyed 2,200
people on age discrimination and prejudice, found that respondents had a more
positive view of senior workers
than they did of career - hungry 20 - somethings.
Older adults, who are more likely to be morning
people, reported greater
positive emotion
than their younger counterparts.
Well here's one big reason:
Positive people are more attractive
than Debbie Downers.
About how to cultivate the
positive influences in your life (Listen to
people who are more successful
than you; negative
people are usually those who are fearful and who haven't done much).
Over the past year, the number of
people with jobs has increased by more
than 2 1/2 per cent, a
positive outcome given that the working - age population is increasing at around 1 1/2 per cent a year.
... When
people in their status updates use more
positive words — or fewer negative words — then that day as a whole is counted as happier
than usual.»
«The passion Holland is showing with their commitment to the campaign is further evidence that Holland is part of the strong trucking community and wants to bring
positive recognition to the more
than 7 million
people who work in it.»
Rather
than try to be all things to all
people, this study suggests that salespeople should focus on those industries and departments with a
positive perception of vendors — and prepare to work harder in industries that don't.
But most
people tend to focus on the negative rather
than the
positive, and businesses are no different: they spend the majority of their time addressing customer complaints and negative feedback.
The idea that a negative has a stronger impact
than a
positive has been established in fields like finance (losses have more of an impact
than gains), psychology (
people remember bad experiences more
than good ones), and linguistics (we pay more attention to negative words
than positive or neutral ones).
More
than half of British women admit to flirting with men to get their own way, with a fifth saying they do so at work (according to a survey investigating gender bias and
positive discrimination commissioned by comparison website confused.com, which polled 2,000
people).
Third, a sales pitch under these conditions is more likely
than not to make the experience for the «buyer» rather negative, and any
person with common sense will tell you that a negative experience takes multiple
positive experiences just to make up for the one negative.
Again, its
positive accomplishments deserve more attention
than they have received in the West, but few
people in Russia want to return to the Bolshevik state from which they have been liberated.
Inspired by Obama and undeterred by parliamentary scandals, as yet uncommitted to any particular party, but increasingly aware that few arenas have the opportunity to create greater
positive change for large numbers of
people than the righteous use of political power, he wants to study politics, philosophy and economics.
Researchers in the latter field have known for some time that
people don't think like adding machines, tallying up potential
positive and negative outcomes («gains» and «losses»), but feel worse about a given unit of loss
than about a corresponding unit of gain.
They call them peddlers of religion, and they do not mean that in a
positive way, but rather are referring to
people they believe are trying to push their own agenda of a psuedo - religious toxic mix of some sort of religious something, politics, power, control, personal profit (think $ $ $) and efforts to feel good about ones self while at the same time looking down on neighbors (condescension) rather
than loving neighbors.
I honestly hope he has experienced a
positive catharsis that has made him a happier and stronger
person, regardless if that means he has a different belief
than he did before.
My god, on the other hand, encourages my behavior and behavior of ones who are expressing themselves in a
positive way, because my god doesn't hate
people because of how they were made... I guess my god is better
than your God
If the overal outcome is not
positive,
than atheism (which doesn't push particular values) might come out neutral and thereby be better for
people / the world / the poor or whomever.
I know a great many Mormons
than just two and I can say that they are honest, decent, hard working
people who have many
positive attributes.
On the other hand, we have seen that a
person with whom we can interact and whose concrete presence we enjoy is able to be genuinely other, and in a
positive way, rather
than just as a victim or as suffering.
That way we're much more likely to find a
positive response from very, very many
people on the ground
than we are to find a negative one.
Rather
than the
positive - sum notion of biblical chosenness» «through you all the nations of the world will be blessed...»» the Nazis articulated a vision in which the very existence of the rival chosen
people, the Jews, meant the certain death of the German
people.
Last month, more
than 500 Muslim students from around the country took an oath to call Christians Masihi (
People of the Messiah), which Pakistani Christians say has a more
positive connotation.
When
people we love or respect shift in their theological beliefs, rather
than jumping to judgment or to finger pointing, seek to listen and to understand, and to assign
positive intent.
While both parties may be influenced by religion, one party moreso
than another relies more heavily on that; because of that reliance that party essentially CA N'T do anything
positive for gay
people because it would go against their religious beliefs.
I like organizations and institutions, their power to unite
people and create
positive change by making it possible for
people to do more together
than they could apart.
It found prayer was not effective, and even less effective
than the hokey quack medicine «techniques» which at least helped
people by giving them
positive human attention.
There is no evidence that prayer has any
positive effect upon other
people or events, anymore
than there is that placing a curse upon someone or something has any effect.
Our research found that the
person who attributes negative meaning is likely to struggle more
than the
person who attributes
positive meaning to their loss.
I tend to look at this in a
positive light in that he is trying to show
people, through a popular tv production style, how a group of
people other
than the Kardasians are actually in this world to make it a better place.
There is nothing more worthwhile
than hearing that you are making a
positive difference to
people.
I then focus on how good I feel compare to where I was a few years ago, and try to focus on the
positives around that rather
than getting frustrated and envious of other
people.
It's another vegetable that doesn't get much
positive attention but I'm sure that's because
people have been fed it either boiled until it's grey and lifeless, or in a coleslaw drowned in mayonnaise, rather
than crunchy and vibrant as it is in a slaw.
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