We thought that: «Hey, these are
things we talked about doing, so why not?
Or should I just add it to the growing pile of
things I talk about doing but never actually get around to?
When we moved into our house over a year ago, one of
the things we talked about doing from the very start was updating the kitchen.
Not exact matches
«It
does feel like all of my videos have been an expression of
things I want to relay to my sister, or
things I wish I could
talk to my sister
about.
«As a matter of fact, for those of you who are still using email, one of the
things that I've
done in my business is I've said, «If you
talk about somebody in the company on email to me, then copy them on it,»» she says.
TED speaker Jason Fried says, «meetings are places to go to
talk about things you're supposed to be
doing later.»
This is the first
thing we
talk about in Lean Startup because you can not
do any of the techniques of Lean Startup — the rapid experimentation, the scientific approach, the broad development — none of it makes any sense and can't work unless you have a vision for what you are trying to accomplish.
«This book
talks a lot
about paradox of our world of hyper digital convenience that doesn't necessarily translate to a seemingly logical replacement of physical
things.
They can
talk about neural pathways and neurotransmitters as if those big words definitively concluded anything, which they don't, at least with our current understanding of such
things.
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.
The good news is that they are generally wrong
about that, but the bad news is that it often kills the deal before they learn that very few
things are as easy to
do as they are to
talk about.
They are Social Currency (e.g., sharing
things that make people look good), Triggers (acknowledging that we
talk about things that are top - of - mind), Emotion, Public (imitating what we see others
do), Practical Value (news people can use) and Stories (information passed along under the guise of idle chitchat).
I think one of the
things that we
do is to give away our power by not
talking about things, by not bringing them up.
«It comes down to the very simple
things of
talking about what you are
doing,
talking about your passion,
talking about your love,» Dorsey says.
People love to feel like they have the best
thing, no matter what that
thing is, and they'll
do way more than
talk about it if they really feel like it's the best.
Organizations should also make sure that they
talk about the business case for diversity, rather than simply stating it's the «right»
thing to
do.
We
talked to the six finalists
about how they get
things done.
Are they
about how long they had to wait, had to
talk to too many people, the price, «your website says one
thing but you say something else», «you say it's easy to
do business and I can't even get a price», «I didn't know
about your warranty», «you don't know what you're
talking about» — right?
And where
do a lot of people
talk about things?
When she
talks about things she loves — especially tea — she
does it with the enthusiasm of someone who's just seen a unicorn.
We often
talk about what you should
do in customer service, but what
about the
things you shouldn't
do?
Of all the
things to
talk about at the dinner table, why
do we
talk about what we
talk about?
While it's become somewhat out of style to
talk about whether someone has «power» or not, the truth is that there are people using power to get
things done.
We are
talking about being the kind of leader who can sit down, engage and get buy - in, who can take the authority of the position and use it to work with others to get
things done.
We need, to understand that they are fictional people, who are able to
do things that real people can not, but I'm
talking more
about identifying with their moral code, their values in helping others and
doing right from wrong.
I'm not
talking generically
about things that are a little hard to
do, or a lot hard, though I like them, too.
It's definitely not the most comfortable
thing to
do, especially when
talking about your own business, but it lets others know that you're being real with them.
Tony Hawk on Building a Brand Around
Doing Your Own
Thing Skateboard icon and entrepreneur
talks about staying true to his vision, learning from mistakes, and navigating the ebbs and flows of skateboarding's popularity.
Fred Wilson, co-founder of Union Square Ventures, a New York City - based venture capital firm, wrote a blog post on what it takes to be a great CEO, and he
talks about the core three
things you have to
do well:
To demonstrate integrity every day, irresistible people follow through, they avoid
talking bad
about other people, and they
do the right
thing, even when it hurts.
Breininger believes Target can weather the storm if it stops
talking about what went wrong and starts communicating what it's
doing to turn
things around.
Because I don't want to
talk about or represent
things that I
do not believe in.
When I
did my MBA, I interviewed hundreds of women and spent a lot of time
doing digital anthropology... going to chat rooms and getting people to
talk to me
about things they wouldn't necessarily feel comfortable
talking about in person.
If you
talk about it, it's a dream, but only once you mark it on your schedule
does it become an actual
thing.
I know I have a few friends who
talk a big game
about things they're going to
do with their lives, but they never end up following through.
Save up three or four
things to
talk to someone
about the next time you see them and ask your team to
do the same for anyone they
talk to or email.
Every Wednesday, she and her guests
talk about the ways they manage the
things they own,
things they
do and the relationships they have.
In 10 years, people will still be
talking about innovative
things that «Horizon Zero Dawn»
does.
«
Do you think it's fair to work for the company and issue something like that, rather than come and
talk about these
things?»
«People don't
talk about Florida and all the crazy stuff happening there, but they focus on Mexico when one or two
things happen and it has nothing to
do with tourism,» said Martha Mendez, who sells day trips for tourists to places such as the Maya ruins Chichén Itzá.
Chesky, who recently
talked to Fortune
about his leadership strategy, agrees, saying «It's very important that I spend my time looking over the horizon... A lot of the
things I've been
doing, maybe Belinda is a lot better at them than I am.»
Criticism of a
thing, a piece of media, or something inanimate is OK if you know what you're
talking about, but criticizing individuals opens a door that you don't want to walk through in social media.
Vanity Fair contributing editor Sarah Ellison said that Trump has also
talked with advisors often
about his ability to drive high traffic numbers for networks such as Fox News and CNN, and feels that he could
do the same
thing for his own media company even if he is unsuccessful in his presidential bid.
Talk about things you'd like to
do.
The Bank of Canada didn't need to
talk specifically
about the prospects for non-energy exports; it provided an assessment of the U.S. economy, which is essentially the same
thing.
Wael [Mohamed], the CEO, is there, but we're always
talking to him
about when he's finished there, what's the next
thing he's going to
do.
There's the influence of the news - feed algorithm, for one
thing, which is poorly understood — primarily because the company doesn't really
talk about how it works.
Of all the people I've
talked to over the years
about starting their own business, the fear of failure is the number one
thing that keeps many people from
doing what they really want to
do.
One we
talk about is in - app transactions (selling extra content or features within the Snapchat app) because we don't have to build a sales team to make cool
things that people want to pay for.
When we
talk about all the amazing
things we're going to
do next, it's possible to spend all our time and energy just
talking about it and never actually
doing anything towards that goal.