Lots of plans, goals, and a vision, a picture of what we want our life together to be like at different stages of our lives, and concrete
thoughts and efforts on how to get there that impact us everyday.Some formal, some informal, some more rigid and fixed than others.
Not exact matches
This strategy takes a bit more preparation
and effort, but if you can contact the trade show's management team in advance
and pitch yourself a spot
on a discussion panel, you'll be
on your way to positioning yourself as a
thought leader in your industry.
On the other hand, members of the middle class take jobs they don't enjoy «because they need the money,
and they've been trained in school
and conditioned by society to live in a linear
thinking world that equates earning money with physical or mental
effort.»
«Observers seem to
think that go - getters exert less
effort than slackers, even when they're working
on the same task,
and even though they themselves rated the assignment as equally difficult.
On the first workday of the year, months away from the close of the quarter, you have a chance to
think about
and discuss how your company's
efforts transcend money or shareholder value.
A culture that rewards both creativity
and efforts to try new things — without punishing the misses — fosters the development of savvy problem - solvers who can
think on their feet
and be energized vs. paralyzed by new challenges.
By following your
efforts and thinking back
on the activities you have already been doing, it's easier to identify what your passions are.
Virgin America has just turned six years old,
and over that time we've put a lot of
thought and effort into making flights enjoyable, while almost all of our competitors have focused solely
on their bottom line.
It's possible to throw together a logo
on a napkin or rudimentary piece of desktop software, but consider putting some more
thought and effort into things.
Inspired by these
efforts,
and with some time to kill myself, I put
on my
thinking cap.
Telling quote: «I
think what we made the mistake of doing early
on was taking every opportunity alone to talk about the business, at dinner, driving the car, you know at home brushing your teeth, as you're getting into bed, as you're waking up,
and I
think we made a conscious
effort to not do that because I
think it was just, you know, it would burn us out,» Kate told CNN in 2002.
This is what Albom's book did for me: It got me
thinking about how fortunate I have been to have wonderful people guide me during my career
and helped me refocus my
efforts on being present as a mentor, a guide, a teacher,
and a student.
For now, workplace applications for VR tend to be rather prosaic —
think virtual conferencing —
and much of the
effort to create compelling content is focused
on games
and entertainment.
«I
think it's a concerted
effort that there is too much money to be made here
and (they're) not going to be deterred by the structural or cultural defences (anymore),» said Chris Young, who works with companies
on the receiving end of activist campaigns at Credit Suisse in New York.
Viewers know more about Vaynerchuk's companies
and endeavors because he is putting in that extra
effort to make his brand more human —
and I don't
think I would be going out
on a limb to say that this human element has definitely contributed to his success
and massive social following, which includes more than 1.17 million followers
on Twitter.
Or, they do put
thought and effort into planning for market research, promotion
and positioning —
and then never follow through
on their great ideas.
And so as a part of our continued efforts to strengthen the commitment of the President and his administration to equal opportunity, we thought it would be productive to bring in the private - sector decision makers for a brainstorming session on diversity and inclusi
And so as a part of our continued
efforts to strengthen the commitment of the President
and his administration to equal opportunity, we thought it would be productive to bring in the private - sector decision makers for a brainstorming session on diversity and inclusi
and his administration to equal opportunity, we
thought it would be productive to bring in the private - sector decision makers for a brainstorming session
on diversity
and inclusi
and inclusion.
Here, for instance, is an NPR article explaining «a study that found cocoa flavanols can help boost mood
and sustain clear
thinking among adults who are engaged in intense mental
efforts — like students cramming, or journalists
on deadline.»
It lowers your reliance
on willpower
and motivation because, as Tynan, the author of Superhuman by Habit, says, habits are «action [s] that you take
on a repeated basis with little or no required
effort or
thought.»
When Sen. John McCain (R - AZ) cast his now - famous thumbs - down vote
on GOP health care
efforts in late July, pessimism weighed even more,
and in August, it was hard to find anyone in the professional investment community who
thought a tax bill was even close to a sure thing.
Without having to worry about where workers live, you can focus your hiring
efforts on those job candidates who have the qualifications
and the desire to work for your organization,
and those who you
think would enjoy
and thrive in the environment you've created.
Although it may seem like a simple
and obvious content marketing strategy, managing content distribution across multiple LinkedIn groups means dedicating a great deal of time
and effort on reading what others post
and on sharing your
thoughts within those discussions.
Despite
efforts from the likes of Shell, BP
and Exxon to reassure investors their business models are compatible with a low - carbon economy, some 71 per cent of fund managers said they have not yet decided whether they
think oil companies can make a successful transition to a low carbon economy,
and 41 per cent do not have a strategy for engaging with oil companies
on the issue.
However, I
think the awareness - raising
effort is primarily directed at the public,
and in particular those who can, by way of investment choices (whether as a shareholder or a tourist), put economic pressure
on those decision - makers.
I
think it's a vain
effort,
and focuses
on the wrong segments, but nonetheless there is considerable uncertainty which always casts suspicions into the shadows.
In an
effort to help investors cut through the noise, we outlined our take
on three risks we
think bear watching
and one that should garner the immediate attention of investment professionals (i.e. fiduciary duty):
In addition to sharing his
thoughts on Facebook, Dimon also spoke about his own company's
efforts to create a diverse
and inclusive workplace at his bank.
In my
efforts to stay abreast of what is going
on in the world outside my office, I follow the
thoughts of several sales training
and consulting organizations.
How do you
think she would look at an initiative designed to complement those
efforts and close the loop
on ROI?»
«I
think it's important to our
efforts that we're constantly learning
and building our reservoir of knowledge
on great businesses» Christopher Begg
So instead of recommending Jaume, I'll turn you to what is, so far, a pretty solid recent collection
on Tocqueville, which I know contains one particularly rich essay, «Tocquevillean
Thoughts on Higher Education in the Middle East,» by Joshua Mitchell, a leading participant in ongoing
efforts to introduce genuine liberal arts education to the Arab world, in Quatar
and Iraq specifically.
if I can not rely
on the bible, what should I rely
on, as god come to earth
and told man any bible is correct, in my view, I
think gave word to more that one,
and would like us to make
effort to learn or try to understand each
Michael «As a gay man I appreciate there
efforts and support, but I
think putting up this sign isn't really the best way to get through to people, all it does is create more hate, intolerance,
and separation, I am not a christian but I am very spiritual,
and putting up this sign implies that all gay people are atheists which is the furthest thing from the truth, I have no problem with religion, I have a problem with those who use there religions to control
and hate others, same applies with atheism, if you don't want to believe in anything than fine, just don't push your non beliefs
on me.»
It is refreshing to see such
thought,
and what must of been a decent amount of
effort to find out the backstory
on Mitt.
As a gay man I appreciate there
efforts and support, but I
think putting up this sign isn't really the best way to get through to people, all it does is create more hate, intolerance,
and separation, I am not a christian but I am very spiritual,
and putting up this sign implies that all gay people are atheists which is the furthest thing from the truth, I have no problem with religion, I have a problem with those who use there religions to control
and hate others, same applies with atheism, if you don't want to believe in anything than fine, just don't push your non beliefs
on me.
While introducing his project of comparing Whitehead
and Heidegger
on time, Mason suggests that the paucity of previous
efforts is «a function of the assumption that their modes of philosophizing are so different as to render the
thought of the one completely irrelevant to that of the other» (p. 83).
He uses many names including Bill Deacon, he even writes his own responses in an
effort to get many positive good praises
on his
thoughts and quotes..
With all their laudable
effort to understand the integrity of the Scriptures, both Old
and New,
and to insist
on the basic unity of the Bible; with all their recognition of the place of Jesus within the setting of Jewish piety
and religious
thought, these scholars sometimes fail to see that the very truth about God which the Bible as a whole affirms,
and above all that which the New Testament says about Jesus himself, can be smothered by sheer biblicism
and thereby made meaningless for those to whom the gospel should be a living, vitalizing,
and contemporary message.
Of course, it is often difficult to decide whether, despite a man's good will, his
efforts to understand better the gospel
and the doctrine of the Church have really caused him to depart from the truth) or whether a traditionalist sold
on the old formulae only
thinks so.
They call them peddlers of religion,
and they do not mean that in a positive way, but rather are referring to people they believe are trying to push their own agenda of a psuedo - religious toxic mix of some sort of religious something, politics, power, control, personal profit (
think $ $ $)
and efforts to feel good about ones self while at the same time looking down
on neighbors (condescension) rather than loving neighbors.
There is even a debate between those who
think the devotee depends entirely
on God's grace, like a kitten picked up by its mother,
and those who
think some human
effort is also required like a baby monkey who has to cling
on to its mother.
CT has previously reported
on efforts to overturn Russia's 2016 anti-evangelism law, what Russian evangelicals
think of Donald Trump,
and Putin's popularity among them.
These essays too show remarkable staying power, particularly the provocatively titled «
On the Political Stupidity of the Jews,» his own exploration of the familiar puzzle of American Jews» fierce, visceral, but in many ways irrational
and self - defeating commitment to liberalism,
and his suggestions for a possible way forward in that regard» an
effort to formulate a sound
and well - grounded tradition of specifically Jewish political
thought.
In this
effort I hope to show that Hartshorne's
thought is an improvement with respect to some of the weaker features of virtue ethics as it has been defended by some recent philosophers, in particular regarding the allegation made by virtue ethnicians that deontology
and utilitarianism are defective because they depend
on abstract rules.
He should indicate the major alternative viewpoints that are live options in our pluralistic culture; this may require an
effort to inform himself concerning the current
thought of scientists, theologians,
and philosophers
on the point at issue.
The teacher's approach to such problems might start from three assumptions: (a) the teacher should be concerned with how science fits into the larger framework of life,
and the student should raise questions about the meaning of what he studies
and its relation to other fields; (b) controversial questions can be treated, not in a spirit of indoctrination, but with an emphasis
on asking questions
and helping students
think through assumptions
and implications; an
effort should be made to present viewpoints other than one's own as fairly as possible, respecting the integrity of the student by avoiding undue imposition of the lecturer's beliefs; (c) presuppositions inevitably enter the classroom presentation of many subjects, so that a viewpoint frankly
and explicitly recognized may be less dangerous than one which is hidden
and assumed not to exist.
Like the way «god» gave the world «salvation» only tens of thousand of years LATE, we are to believe that «god» also gave us «medicine,» but only after we had suffered for TENS OF THOUSANDS of years
AND only after we figured everything out ON OUR OWN??? That is one sadistic «god» to put us through all that deception... making us merely think it was solely by our own efforts that we could even... oh say, IDENTIFY things like heart disease and cancer and have even a chance to combat th
AND only after we figured everything out
ON OUR OWN??? That is one sadistic «god» to put us through all that deception... making us merely
think it was solely by our own
efforts that we could even... oh say, IDENTIFY things like heart disease
and cancer and have even a chance to combat th
and cancer
and have even a chance to combat th
and have even a chance to combat them.
This afternoon I'll post new synchroblog links, signs,
thoughts on yesterday's big news,
and an update
on our Charity: Water fundraising
effort.
If a man has not enough passion to make either the one movement or the other, if he loiters through life, repenting a little,
and thinks that the rest will take care of itself, he has once for all renounced the
effort to live in the idea —
and then he can very easily reach
and help others to reach the highest attainments, i.e. delude himself
and others with the notion that in the world of spirit everything goes as in a well - known game of cards where everything depends
on haphazard.
And that would make me very sad, to
think our denomination, which prides itself
on a loose structure, was not lose enough to accomodate your
efforts, which I
think are wonderful.