Sentences with phrase «than their achievements on»

Many NFL players don't have much more on their off - season agendas than tee times, and some have become more famous, or infamous, for brushes with the law than their achievements on the field.

Not exact matches

Small - business owners often spend too much time talking about the story behind their product and the difficulties they went through developing their business rather than homing in on their milestones and achievements.

CEOs tend to score higher than the general population on personality attributes such achievement - orientation, ambition, assertiveness, and risk - preference.

On tax reform, the most significant legislative achievement of Trump's first year, it's probably not fair to point just at Trump for a policy that tends to pose more harm to Democratic constituencies than Republican.

A number of years back, I started a success board, which is nothing more than a whiteboard in the corner of my office on which I capture my achievements throughout the year.

This means that when they step into management jobs, they already focused on managing by performance and achievement rather than face time, because they've never lived in a world where butt - in - seat time was the way lots of people managed.

The scientists behind these studies all seem to agree on the answer: rather than view narcissism as an evil to be always avoided, organizations should strive to understand that small doses of the characteristic are often inseparable from high achievement and make rational cost - benefit analyses.

He has authored more than 60 books and has produced more than 500 audio and video learning programs on sales, management, business success and personal development, including worldwide bestseller The Psychology of Achievement.

Other than periodic incentive plans that were historically provided to Mr. McNeill based on the achievement of specific customer - related metrics, including as set forth under the «Non-Equity Incentive Plan Compensation» column in «Executive Compensation — Summary Compensation Table» below, we do not currently have or have planned any specific arrangements with our named executive officers providing for cash - based bonus awards.

[09:10] The science of achievement [09:25] Effective execution [09:45] The element of grace [10:00] The art of fulfillment [10:45] The key to happiness is progress [10:55] When you grow you have something to give [11:30] What's more rare than a billionaire [11:45] Taking 100 % responsibility for yourself [12:10] Add more value [12:55] Dreams + Embracing reality + Determination [13:15] The quality of life is the quality of your decisions [13:55] The meeting of a lifetime or a critical business obligation [16:15] Decision - making must be done on paper [16:25] What makes decision - making hard?

[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?

She is also guiding the shift in North America to a new Performance Achievement approach that focuses on real - time conversations and feedback for Accenture's more than 50,000 employees in the geography.

As of the moment, the company's popularity rests largely on hype fueled by celebrities such as Katy Perry and Ashton Kutcher shelling out the money for tickets on its first flight, rather than on actual achievement.

Fast forward more than 30 years later, we continue to build on this heritage with new benefits for our part - time partners, such as Starbucks College Achievement Plan (SCAP).

A more recent study is even more striking: «The achievement of students in Catholic high schools was less dependent on family background and personal circumstances than was true in the public schools.»

On my view, it is possible to hold that unified selfhood is an achievement rather than a given, and that experience fluctuates widely in its integrative success.

If that central relationship is distorted, if we look to something less than God for our fulfillment, seeking affirmation on the level of status, wealth, social position, achievement, education, power, or whatever, then our human light will inevitably burn at a lower wattage; our being will be distorted.

The very simple CNN poll was different from the questions posed in the study and was based on more educational achievement and socioeconomic status than anything.

Tim: so, other than widespread aggressive war waged on peoples from southwestern Europe to India to northwestern Africa... What exactly where these marvelous «cultural achievements»?

More than business, law, or medicine, academia prizes the achievements of the individual, and these tangible achievements are listed on the lines of a CV.

As most professors will tell you, today's student culture is fixated on identity politics and is terrified of anything less than an «A.» In sum: diversity and academic achievement, with «merit» defined as the maximization of both.

No, my dream for America is for an aristocracy based on achievement, rather than an aristocracy based on the accident of birth, or the color of skin, or whether you are a Wasp or a southern European in ancestry.

While emphasizing that salvation takes place by grace, on the basis of the work of Christ rather than human effort or achievement, the Catechism seems reluctant to engage with the questions raised above and does little to reassure the anxieties of any readers familiar with the sixteenth - century debates.»

He seems blissfully unaware, in short, that the occupant of a woman's womb might be considered as something other than a social inconvenience or a roadblock on the route to her achievement of personal autonomy.

This may be an even more miraculous achievement than to control the balls on the Newtonian billiard table — John von Neumann called the laws of probability sheer black magic.

But a body of newer work on the apostle — including, perhaps, as Hurtado notes, Wright's own new books (which I haven't had the chance to finish reading yet)-- reveals that Paul may, after all, look less like a liberal Westerner than the New Perspective has taught us to think and more like a Christ - haunted figure whose radical social practices arose directly from his pioneering, innovative thinking about the identity and achievement of Jesus Christ.

The otherness, the contradiction and the undreamed of implications of revelation are nowhere more obvious than in the shocking disclosure by Jesus of a love whose bestowal does not depend upon moral, spiritual or any other type of achievement on our part.

David Neuman, CEO of Gaea US elaborated on the significance behind the recent achievements, sharing, «The fact that an affordable Extra Virgin Olive Oil from Greece placed higher than a premium - priced bottle from Italy or Spain is proof that Greece needs to be in the conversation when talking about the best olive oils in the world.

Her performance on the field helped her win the The Vicki Kockinis McDermott Memorial Award, or «V Award,» given to the top female athlete — but the award recognizes more than just athletic achievement.

When people debate Rodgers» legacy at Anfield, his fans will point the 2013/14 season as an incredible achievement — one that, in many ways, would ultimately cost him his job as it was a title challenge that came much earlier than expected; the club were ahead of schedule in terms of building a competitive side, and the emotional turmoil of ultimately losing out on the final day of the season meant there was simply no recovery.

Cleveland's front office has stated a public goal of making the playoffs next season, though that achievement will likely hinge more on the health of Irving and the development of Waiters and Thompson than whatever the team does with the No. 1 overall selection.

Today should be about Leicester and their achievement rather than some boring news on players committing their future.

Not his present achievements like Ozil & Sanchez etc, to be fair the reason why nobody really cares about them is because it took him almost 6 years to late to get on the high priced players bandwagon and even when he did, hes still trying to mix the new rules with his old dead rules by keeping people like Flamini, letting per lead the defence without a backup and he seems to forget these players are OLD they are more susceptible to fatigue than anyone else in the squad thats why when you look at our games, after the second half its only our attackers that still look lively!

Wenger Hasnt «Blown his last chance of winning anything because he NEVER had the chance, Im almost certain that the attitude is do nt aim too high (PL victory) because the fans expectations will be boosted (CL Victory) and that type of achievement costs money, BIG money and that is something that scares the Silver spooned, Merchant banking, elitist board more than ANYTHING ELSE on the planet (perhaps only eclipsed by the thought of a shady Uzbek millionaire owning the club).

We cant describe the achievement any better than the girl herself so please read her latest blog post on her website here.

On a tangent Jon my son (he's 4) asked me why he should support Arsenal, I said «well because I do, you're granddad does and your great granddad did» I was going to say its because of the values and principles that our club has but then I stopped myself because I have no idea what they are anymore other than paying a has been manager and over hyped players a fortune for non achievement while being owned by a majority shareholder that has no interest in the club other than as a business and having a board that view the fans as the gift that keeps on givinOn a tangent Jon my son (he's 4) asked me why he should support Arsenal, I said «well because I do, you're granddad does and your great granddad did» I was going to say its because of the values and principles that our club has but then I stopped myself because I have no idea what they are anymore other than paying a has been manager and over hyped players a fortune for non achievement while being owned by a majority shareholder that has no interest in the club other than as a business and having a board that view the fans as the gift that keeps on givinon giving.

Single: If the Caps do in fact win it all the Conn Smythe will almost certainly go to Alex Ovechkin, but don't sleep on Nicklas Backstrom, the assist artist who accounted for five more points than Ovechkin in Washington's two series last spring and is equally deserving of a lifetime achievement award.

His achievement lives on as a constant source of inspiration to others, including no fewer than 158 Oxonian Olympians who have followed in his footsteps.

It would be hugely positive if this group of players tasted success in the form of a trophy to «confirm» their achievements, So too would be the respect they get for triumphing rather than mocked with tedious quips about how you don't receive a trophy for «putting on the pressure» or about being typically «Spursy.»

I mean, Wenger's arc is pretty much well defined at this point, and despite all his amazing achievements in his first decade, he fact that he doesn't evolve as the game has evolved has meant Arsenal, with all the institutional advantages a club could ever want (great location, great history, astounding amounts of money), have been left behind, and the evidence of that could not have been more starkly on display than it was on Sunday.

What a terrifying vision of the future of football we've been served up this week.AC Milan, once the pride of a powerful and thriving seria A now reduced to shadow boxing against a really not that great United.All because they deserted their natural (and rather beautiful) defensive style of football to join the circus, brought in foreign players (especially brazilians) who think jogging back to defend is beneath them and generally put two fingers up to Italy's historic football traditions.Much good as it done them, and what a boring game?I concede that a lot of football fans nowadays do nt remember anything before the cheque book league but even they must have been struck by the sheer mind numbing pointlessness of it.Even the stewards were asleep by half time.As for the porto match well all that can be said is that they made the gooners look like an half decent well balanced football team, no mean achievement when you think about it.At least we, ve had the pleasure of listening to all those gooners and Mancs waffling on about how great they are which is always hilarious.Especially the stuff about Rooney, just wait till the World Cup when some Italian or South American defender takes him under his wing for half an hour and then see how great he is.If he can survive the WC without being sent off it will be a miracle.All the recent hype has done him no favours at all.Not that the World Cup really inspires these days, its glory days are long over and it's become a competition decided by referees rather than great play.Bear that in mind if Roons has to take the walk of shame, it's not his fault, someone told him he was a truly great player like Bobby Charlton or George Best.The problem is he looks like he believes them.

The third - tier side were more than a little upset to see their achievement completely overshadowed by the playing surface and invested in a new pitch, which was laid on Wednesday.

Conversely, low interest by fathers in their children's education (particularly boys) has a stronger negative impact on their achievement than contact with the police, poverty, family type, social class, housing tenure and child's personality [2].

In contrast, parents who value a performance orientation, focus on their student's achievement as mainly measured by grades and test scores — the need to score better than others in order to succeed.

Dr. Pope's org Challenge Success, which used more than twenty studies on homework for its papers, found similar results, reporting,» [I] n a recent study comparing the standardized math scores across multiple countries, no positive link was found between student math achievement and the frequency or amount of homework given (Baker & LeTendre, 2005).

Women who started birth at home were on average older, of a lower socioeconomic status and higher educational achievement, and less likely to be African - American or Hispanic than women having full gestation, vertex, singleton hospital births in the United States in 2000.

All of this is based on my belief that we are here for a higher purpose than any of mankind's achievements could possibly reach, a purpose rooted in my belief in God's personal involvement in and care for the world as evidenced by His sacrifice on the Cross.

She regained her birth weight in six days, and occasionally put on more than a pound a week, going up two centiles - I felt so proud that I was nourishing her well, a real achievement after my «failure» at giving birth.

Last school year, more than 4,600 CPS students scored below the 24th percentile on a portion of the Illinois Standards Achievement Test and were required to attend summer school before moving to the next grade level.

On average, children who were breastfed for ≥ 8 months 1) scored between 0.35 and 0.59 SD units higher on standardized tests of ability or achievement and teacher ratings of school performance than children who were not breastfed, and 2) were considerably less likely than nonbreastfed children to leave school without qualifications (relative risk = 0.38; 95 % CI: 0.25, 0.59On average, children who were breastfed for ≥ 8 months 1) scored between 0.35 and 0.59 SD units higher on standardized tests of ability or achievement and teacher ratings of school performance than children who were not breastfed, and 2) were considerably less likely than nonbreastfed children to leave school without qualifications (relative risk = 0.38; 95 % CI: 0.25, 0.59on standardized tests of ability or achievement and teacher ratings of school performance than children who were not breastfed, and 2) were considerably less likely than nonbreastfed children to leave school without qualifications (relative risk = 0.38; 95 % CI: 0.25, 0.59).