Sentences with phrase «thing as a problem»

I think the major thing we found was, because they were focused on a more of an educative approach than what we would call a punitive approach (like punishing kids)... One was seeing things as a problem or a conflict that needed to be resolved.

As you and I share the belief that there is no such thing as problems — only solutions — I figured you would appreciate some genuine insight from someone who likes your trucks, especially the 2017 TRD Pro I just spent a week with.

He basically views the whole thing as a problem with the law itself and recommends to change it.

This can include such things as problems with carbon monoxide leaks, to a fall on poorly maintained stairwells.

Not exact matches

Rather than dwell on the problems, however, the magazine launched a special «Economy of the Future» series that aims to spotlight case studies of people and companies who were doing things right, and how they could act as examples to others.

«I generally think that as far as privacy laws go the security breach disclosure ones are not a bad thing — they're focused, they only kick in when there's actually a problem, and so on,» Singleton says, but they can sometimes focus attention on the errant business rather than on systematic security issues.

For one thing, even when Trump's misstatements and racist commentary are singled out or highlighted as a problem, his support never seems to waver.

And as I suggested recently with regard to the Ray Rice scandal, cases involving famous men doing awful things don't necessarily help us understand the ethical subtlety of the more general problem of whether to fire employees who do bad things off the job.

And studies measuring cerebral blood flow discovered introvert brain activation is greater in the frontal cortex, where things that necessitate focus and attention happen, such as remembering, planning, decision making, and problem solving.

«The [trend] we found is that students who go it alone run into [problems] more than students who approach [things] as a team,» says Jay Kayne, chair and professor of entrepreneurship at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio.

Speaking at Saturday's OZY Fest, an annual festival coordinated by OZY Media featuring entrepreneurs, thought leaders, and politicians, Gladwell pushed reframing the problem as the first thing politicians — and businesses — must do before acting.

As the NFL works to restore its image as a family - friendly organization worthy of female fans, the last thing it wants is to bring in risk takers who could make the problem worsAs the NFL works to restore its image as a family - friendly organization worthy of female fans, the last thing it wants is to bring in risk takers who could make the problem worsas a family - friendly organization worthy of female fans, the last thing it wants is to bring in risk takers who could make the problem worse.

«The pendulum is swinging,» he admits, but as things stand, the French and Greeks have no problem trying to «influence the state in order to receive payments which are unearned.»

The managers were then grouped into small task forces around these goals where they worked directly with an executive to create solutions to these problems, which ranged from HR initiatives (resulting in things like new performance review methods and a new attendance system) to customer - level projects (such as a customer referral program).

Things were so nascent that as Wired reported in 2010, the ad agency buying the ads ran into an obvious but unexpected problem: «It had to create websites for its clients, who weren't even sure that interacting online was a good idea - or that the ads were even legal.»

Although experience suggests this as the likely issue, perhaps there is a problem with the postal service, or maybe things are being delivered but stolen.

But, as inevitable problems arise, the older and more experienced investors treat these things as business as usual: problems to be dealt with rather than major catastrophes that are about to kill the company.

According to the senior citizens Pillemer talked to, there is no such thing as an individual problem in a happy marriage.

At the center of the initiative is a website where «citizen scientists» can suggest problems that could potentially be addressed through emerging technologies, such as data analytics, satellite technologies, or the Internet of things, McCauley says.

«While his contributions to deep questions in physics were profound, he also contributed to a wide array of extremely important contemporary debates and issues — things such as artificial intelligence, the building of a fair society, pitfalls and problems thrown up by disruptive technologies of tomorrow.

But now, even paying for routine things such as medical treatment or providing souvenirs can run into problems, said Yoo Ho - yeol, a professor at Korea University in Seoul.

However, veterans bring amazing advantages to to the entrepreneurial game — things like discipline, perspective, leadership ability, and the learned skill of seeing problems as opportunities — to say nothing of having accomplished ambitious goals with the weight of a gigantic bureaucracy on their backs.

By contrast, its GPI performance declined over the same period as the booming province experienced growing wealth disparity, increased household debt, more greenhouse gas emissions and a spike in problem gambling, among other things.

He suggested that internal problems, such as Brexit and the conflict between member states on how to handle the refugee problem, had created tensions within the EU that were being redirected at China, and that things were only likely to get worse.

In fact, I've known some CEOs who, the worse things get, get «lazier» still: They work harder to get the right people involved in solving the problem, while personally detaching themselves as much from it as they can to remain objective.

Everyone likes to feel needed, and few things make people feel as needed and important as interrupting a meeting or conversation to deal with an urgent problem only they can solve.

Extreme volatility, transaction processing slowdowns, and other problems have largely prevented cryptocurrencies from catching on as a way to pay for things, the most basic function of a currency.

And as a new venture you already have the odds against you, so the last thing you need is internal problems.

Linnea Geiss, vice president of corporate development for NCR Corporation, and a board member for Venture Atlanta, describes this as a city where the entrepreneurial community invests in the most important things, which she lists as: «Revenue, finding real solutions to big problems and creating products that people really want.»

«Veterans bring amazing advantages to the entrepreneurial game — things like discipline, perspective, leadership ability, and the learned skill of seeing problems as opportunities — to say nothing of having accomplished ambitious goals with the weight of a gigantic bureaucracy on their backs.»

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«But at least I want to understand your thinking why this problem is the right problem and the way to solve the problem in the market and your flexibility to move things around as the market demand changes and ultimately converges between the product and the market fit.»

Over the next few minutes those in the room independently write down every reason they can think of for the failure — especially the kinds of things they ordinarily wouldn't mention as potential problems, for fear of being impolitic.

These are all things that traditional manufacturers see as a problem.

That there was no attempt to solve the debt problem which was the core of the thing, that it misrepresented the debt problem as a liquidity problem and that it simply was to bail out Mr. Paulson's friends who are of course the same people who contribute to the Democratic campaigns.

The truth is, in the grand scheme of things, most of the problems you face do not really matter as much as you think they do.

«I was the only black executive in many meetings,» recalls Rougeau, now an attorney with Arent Fox in Washington, D.C. «I went through a lot of things that hopefully most executives won't go through, and I had to deal with a lot of problems as one of the only black executives.»

You also help girls learn essential life skills such as setting and achieving goals, problem solving, trying new things, financial literacy, and social entrepreneurship.

Bill Gurley: One of the things as you go deeper on EHR, which I looked at, one of the problems you have is this large hospital systems growing and taking up smaller providers.

However, as more miners enter the system two things happen: 1) problems get harder; and 2) processing power escalates.

It was rumored that he spent all of his time on things not related to the major problems, as a 29 year - old with little to no experience was running a failing multi-million dollar enterprise with too many problems to solve for one owner.

One of the things that many married couples don't realize is that when it comes time to get a major loan such as a home mortgage, they could face a big problem if one person has a low credit score.

At a higher level, franchises offer support for things like conflicts that fall under the responsibilities of the human resources department, cash flow solutions, as well as any logistical problems that may arise.

A lot of good things can happen in bankruptcy such as terminate overpriced contracts or leases, shed extraneous business units or, deal with union problems or settle contingent liabilities; all under the protection of bankruptcy court.

The policies put in place so far, such as budgetary austerity, are little match for the size of the problem, and may make things worse.

Contingencies are basically things that need to happen in order for the sale to close, such as a home inspection to show you there are no significant problems with the home.

The first thing I thought of when you described the problem was to view it as SORR.

After a thing like that, you find it almost impossible to understand how you can sit as a startup in a basement and solve problems for people you just don't know.

As competitors begin eating into its market share, Tesla won't be able to keep distracting from its current problems by promising the next big thing.

As Abdelkarim, Nasser and freshman Saudi oil minister Khalid Al - Falih make their rounds in regional and international conferences this week, their contrasting can and can't - do attitudes makes one thing clear: The Kingdom is far more interested in its long - term economic and geopolitical goals than alleviating its short - term oil profitability problem with and for its OPEC partners.