Sentences with phrase «things got to that point»

VanVleet missed a game - winning shot at the buzzer against Kentucky in last season's Round of 32, and he seemed to be committed to not letting things get to that point this go - round.

I've spent a lot of time over the past few years trying to understand how things got to that point.

Near its conclusion, things get to the point where hundreds of the undead are on the screen at once.

Things get to the point they are now because people (grown adults) seem to think that when their friend gets into it with someone else (an author), even if that someone else (author) is in the wrong, that it is their business too when in truth, it is not.

Obviously now we know the move to the Virtual Boy was a misstep for Nintendo, but if you want to see things got to that point, check out the exhaustive feature on the entire process below.

I usually let things get to the point of complete disaster before I dive in and... Read More

Not exact matches

There's nothing wrong with a little perfectionism in the workplace, and encouraging your employees to do their best is always a good thing, but when it gets to the point that you're scrutinizing every detail of their performance, it ends up being counterproductive.

Only one thing is really standing in the way at this point: «The biggest challenge to adopting that is really for [wireless] operators to come up with a good way to manage your plan, because clearly you don't want to pay another $ 50 a month just to get a SIM card.»

In other situations, such as trying to extrapolate numbers on current trends or predicting the tipping point of technologies, things get a bit dicier.

When we get to that point, I think we want to apply the same methodology that we've used with Quip the word processor to the rest of the productivity suite and the rest of the things you do at work.

That last point, Lemonis insists, is essential: The best addition to your team is someone who's going to reliably get things done, as opposed to making promises.

At this point, we've all doubtless gotten sick of the term «experiential» to explain why people do things, but we shouldn't just roll our eyes at such an important trend,» the «Mad Money» host said.

Controllers are great, but at some point we will get to where I can just put a headset on and have my hands do things.

But the best thing to do is to get to the point quickly, so as to minimize the pain inflicted on those receiving the (less - than - desirable) update.

And to get there, Alberta needs to focus more on coaxing and wheedling other provinces into seeing things its way, and less on defending a narrow «Alberta First» point of view.

Listen, you get to a point where you think — why just decentralize one thing?

The point is to dream up the most absurd thing that could possibly happen if you get zero sleep.

When you get to the point where you're only spending a few hours a year managing your investments you can move on to the next thing.

If Samsung, Microsoft and every other tech company really is interested in having their own smartwatches, the field is going to get really crowded, really fast, at which point the same thing will happen as in tablets — the bottom will fall out of prices.

«We're at a point where people want things in the palm of their hand, easy to get to, and on demand,» Hoyt says.

«The single best thing I've learned from Millennials: Get to the point.

And if any of these other things get in the way of that,» he said, and pointed to their rejected answers, «they have to go.»

They don't have to be home runs - they can be singles and doubles, but they need to point people in the right direction and show them that there are big innings ahead and that things will only get better from here.

Measuring the time to a point in the future in days, apparently, makes it feel closer, and when things feel closer, we're more likely to get cracking.

The closest Harford gets to bullet points is coining three «Palchinsky principles» that underpin Adapt's argument: «First, seek out new ideas and try new things; second, when trying something new, do it on a scale where failure is survivable; third, seek out feedback and learn from your mistakes as you go along.»

'Cause the tariff thing won't work, unless, at some point, and this seems to me entirely possible — the president will say, «Okay, I've done enough,» and move on to saying, «Okay, we've got a new equilibrium.»

In order for you to get your own startup to this point, you have to excel at one important thing: storytelling.

But there is definitely such a thing as too much of a good thing and I think we're getting pretty close to the tipping point.

Prepare to see creative startups introduce new shipping services to get things from point A to point B — at the greatest convenience to consumers.

You don't need to go that far, but if there are things you're afraid to do, or that you know are your weak points, do what you must to get better at them and become more comfortable doing them.

This doesn't hold true for all link building, such as broken link building (I find that getting straight to the point for this strategy works best), but it will hold true in things like media news mentions and imbedded content.

So we have gotten to the point that public outcry against the use of rape as a weapon in war can be viewed as helping spread the very thing it is trying to fight.

Pointing to Amazon's new «no checkout» grocery stores, he said, «People are getting more savvy in the ways they pay for things.

You didn't have to read the whole thing to get the point.

Things get quite technical at a few points and I wanted to ensure everyone enjoyed this conversation but providing a little bit of context with that 20 - minute introduction.

I was thinking this the other day, when a lot of the Facebook executives get on Twitter and feel victim - y, they're doing their victim - y dance right now a lot of the time, and at one point, Boz, Bosworth, when he said, «Maybe people will die,» that memo, and instead of being like, «Oh god, we really have to be more mature about this,» their thing was, «We can't talk now.»

The negotiating teams on both sides deserve praise for getting things to this point, but it is up to their political masters to complete the job.

CHARLIE MUNGER: Well, the truth of the matter is we don't pay much attention to trying to get an extra two basis points by being gamey on our short - term things and that credit default position is a weird, historical accident.

«It got to the point where people were doing ridiculous things in the car,» says Chris Urmson, the leader of Google's self - driving car program.

While everything I've discussed up to this point is pretty clearly established tax law, forks are really where things get messy with taxes.

For one thing, they're optimistic about the strength of the recovery and point to the booming stock market as a sign that investors expect the economy to get a lot better over the next three years or so.

«I had to get to the point where I saw [getting married] as more than just the thing to do,» the actor said.

and I am no moron, i just enjoy watching them get all errr and mad / upset to the point where they insult me for saying silly things such as your mother was a hampster and your father smelt of elder berries!

When people kill in the name of God it makes me wonder how and why God allows things to get to that point.

If I was laying there waiting to die and I summoned my chaplain, and I wasn't allowed to talk about the things I most wanted to get off my chest before dying, the things I needed to make sure were said before the last drop of life in me was gone, what is the point of calling anyone in to talk to?

Have we gotten to the point where we commend the religions for saying bad things about pedophiles?

You get to the point where you have tried every option and every way of trying to control or manipulate the situation and as a result, with each event, thing continue to go further and further downhill.

Since so few other people take care to mind the concrete details of EQUAL treatment, it's usually left to those of us who would continually get the short end of the stick to point these things out.

The point of evolutionary science, he says, is to explain how complex things get made from a simple start.

It is one thing to seek him for what he can do for you, it is another thing entirely to seek him for who he is... It is good when we get to the point where we can say, «God, what can I do for you today?»