Sentences with phrase «thing we're good at making»

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The agreements — don't gossip, don't take things personally, don't make assumptions, and do your best — help me start from a rational position of trying to understand the issue at hand, without bringing any negative mental baggage that may come along naturally if I weren't aware of them.

You can also think of this model similar to how Dan Sullivan of the Strategic Coach talks about how you need to spend most of your time doing the things you are best at and enjoy doing that you can also make money doing.

And, without realizing it was happening, learning to memorize a deck of cards helped me develop techniques that make me a lot better at remembering the names and faces of people I meet — as well as a bunch of other things.

You don't have to follow Nirav's regimen, but you should try to do what Nirav has done: Find a sustainable way to take control, to do the things that make you feel good, to live in away that you can be around for loved ones... and to be at your best at work.

Whereas if we ask ourselves how could we do this in 20 percent of the time, it will make us look at things completely differently which could help us find an alternative or better solution.

«I've found a sustainable way for me to feel like I can take control, do the things that make me feel good, live in away that I can be around for my kids... and be at my best at work.»

He mentioned three specific things that, upon closer look at the literature, make up the best of servant - leaders:

To truly build employee loyalty, the best leaders allow their most valued workers to have a seat at the table to make decisions and exercise influence over things that matter in the business.

All things being equal, it's better to aim at making $ 20 million and achieve only 10 percent of your goal than it is to aim at making $ 1 million and achieve it.

I learned that I'm good at making things happen and getting people behind things.

So this would be a good time to look at your Facebook privacy settings to make sure things you share don't inadvertently show up in search.

The agency has been trying to make this better, or at least it has issued a report about making it better, but FDA approval is by its very nature anti-Valley, the opposite of moving fast and breaking things — which is why so many health trackers and similar devices (even apps) are very careful about their claims.

«One thing Cascade is very good at is looking at ourselves; this survey made us want to look at the people we work with as well,» says Brame.

If employers are looking for ways to reduce costs for things like absenteeism, prescription drug benefits or long - term disabilities, Lowe says they must take a clear - eyed look at the company's role in, well, making people sick in the first place.

Start being grateful: feeling grateful is one of the most medicinal emotions we can feel it elevates your mood and it fills you with happiness, if we are going to be successful at this thing called, life, we have to start being grateful for the things that happen in our live, no matter how good or bad each of us has it, you have to make to start making it a practice to be grateful for your life.

Automakers are good at two things: manufacturing cars and branding themselves so they can sell the cars they make at a nice margin.

Instead, take a look at what you did well, what you didn't do so well, and figure out how you can make more time for those other things you enjoy — like reading, going for long walks, or cooking yourself a nice dinner at home.

Mobile access can mean a variety of things in these days of tablets and smart phones, but for someone who wants to be able to access their live chat almost any time and from any location with Internet access, the best option is Website Alive, which at $ 29.95 a month for the first two operators also makes sound financial sense.

«Taking a focused look at clarifying the regulatory environment around online lending, reducing some of the burdens of regulation on small and community banks, and reducing the burdens on community banks so they can go back to making more small - dollar loans is a good thing,» she says.

«Jimmy was very, very good at letting go of the things that might have made him a success up to that point, but he was willing to shed them and go for something completely different... Jimmy's career is based on a tremendous lack of fear of moving forward.»

Here's a look at some of the most impressive things 3 - D printers made this year, as well as what their creations portend for the future.

Most importantly, Siegel talks about how you need to focus your idea, make sure you do one thing really well and don't overreach at the start.

Just hoping things will turn out well stops us from making tough choices, believing the best about others can get you taken advantage of, and a failure to look at the world as it truly is can be harmful to both your business and your personal life.

A 2008 study at the University of South Florida found that criers often experience things that make them feel better as they cry, including more measured breathing and improved mood.

Or maybe it's just you're not good enough at any one thing to make a decent living at it?

«You look at things you enjoy in your life, but much more important is what you can do to make the world a better place.»

Instead of finding better ways to do the things we don't really have to do, or to do two things at once, we need to understand that we're making a choice to do them in the first place.

Then make a list of your core competencies: «the things [you] do best and that other people can not do nearly as well,» at work, at home, and in life.

«It doesn't make sense for us to wander away and do things that we're not very good at,» chief executive Stephen Wetmore told analysts during a call Thursday.

You can always make up a good story about something you think you've learned, and no matter how bad things are going, you can always find at least one chart in Google Analytics that is up and to the right.

Seems to me that this is the very worst time to increase rates, and doing so would cause more damage to our economy; but I believe this administration would do anything to make us believe things are better than they really are, at the expense of everyone's financial security.

In actuality, while the skill set necessary to make intelligent decisions can take years to acquire, the core matter is straightforward: Buy ownership of good businesses (stocks) or loan money to good credits (bonds), paying a price sufficient to reasonably assure you of a satisfactory return even if things don't work out particularly well (a margin of safety), and then give yourself a long enough stretch of time (at an absolute minimum, five years) to ride out the volatility.

«Now I just think we understand — both because of the ability for us to develop these things and because of the scale at which we operate — that it's also our responsibility to make sure that all these tools are used well, not just to put them in people's hands,» Zuckerberg said.

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The framework contemplates an enhanced child tax credit that will make things better, but there's no detail here at all, including on the income point at which the enhanced child credit will start to phase out.

Some day, when I have the time, I'm going to try and find my previous tax filings and make a best guess at Earnings versus Worth (it won't include passive income, although I've never taken out of my investment accounts so that will make things easier).

To help you make the right real estate decisions, we are here to look at things deeply and differently so you achieve the best results.

At the very least, the Nielsen data makes a strong case for the theory that the time we allocate to consuming entertainment content is valuable in direct proportion to its finitude and therefore may be better spent by side - stepping the advertisements for all those things we've never had any interest in buying in the first place.

He started at the top - outlining the buyer personas, explaining why they would buy from ChowNow, how ChowNow would make their life better, why they would choose ChowNow and what things will look like 6 - 12 months down the road if they buy ChowNow.

I've made a decent profit selling old things I had, valuable books that people placed in the compactor room as well as some items found at deep discounts either at thrift stores or the clearance section.

Adulthood is potentially dangerous because it can create the false expectation that at some magic point we've got things pretty well figured out when, in reality, we're adrift in a sea of people who are literally making it up as they go.

I hold great hope for you David, to open your eyes fully and realise that religion is a man - made thing, designed for the comforting aspects you mention (at best!)

Have said previously that the cracks took place at the National Cathedral by the earthquake were a sign that the country was religiously not right going... and now here again it proves that the sign is stronger... we will see if any thing else will happen to stop the anniversary to take place at it on the 911!?! Well then it would be obvious the mistake you made by accusing Muslim community over 911...

It's only in the last century that people have tried to make the Bible fit their beliefs rather then align their life with what the bible says, and look at the results, the world is in turmoil and on a downward spiral out of control and this article is a good example of trying to make God's word an excuse to do every wrong thing there is real good reporting.

If I, a mere mortal, can at least think of a better way, why could the all powerful thing not make it so?

I try to say these things in love the best that I can so forgive me if I make this seem imperative... it IS imperative — your soul is at stake.

All those things are worthwhile and good goals, but looking around my church at the twentysomethings who are making a lot of big life decisions, rarely do I see an example of a young millennial who has gone the traditional route of a four - year college degree to find themselves in a cubicle on the 11th floor — or at least who are happy being there.

At this point, it's best for all of us to just grow up and accept that fact that Hollywood is going to make a movie out of every single thing...

Emma Watson has already made an impeccable transition from child star to Serious Actress, and here's one more thing to add to the list of things she's probably better than you at: painting.