Sentences with phrase «told what»

The Times wrote that Trump has «bridled at what he perceives as being told what to do.»

He helpfully wrote the names of the stalls in Chinese, and told me what to order at the most popular one.

I get told what time I get picked up,» Watson said.

«I get told what time I can eat, when I have time to go to the bathroom.

I was trying to make my parents proud by going to college but I looked at it — being told what classes to take, the amount of debt I'd be in — and it wasn't for me.

and I told them what I did and they couldn't tell, they actually got upset,» Nelson said.

In September 2007, I told them what to do.

«Shark Tank» star Robert Herjavec told us what he thinks are the biggest mistakes small business owners make.

He told me what I've heard countless times already, that Uber «doesn't care» about its drivers.

We were not prepped or told what to expect, and really just thrown into the «tank» like a baby in the deep end.

That's why we look for clients who want to have ownership; if something is created for you, and you're always being told what to do, you'll always feel at least somewhat insecure because you don't know how — or why — things happen.

Think about a time when a person told you what you least wanted to hear and yet most needed to hear.

«At that age and point in my experience, I did not like being told what to do,» he says.

When he told me what he needed, it was easy — a small promotion of one of his services.

Think about a time when someone told you what you least wanted to hear — and yet most needed to hear.

Dubner told what he called the «disgusting and ridiculous» story of how the thin Japanese man shattered world records and redefined competitive eating at Nathan's Famous Fourth of July hot - dog eating contest in Coney Island, N.Y.

Early on I evidently was struggling so hard to pull myself up and look at my workout sheet that the lifeguard took pity on me; she grabbed the clipboard, sat in a chair at the end of the lane, and told me what to do.

They told me what they could pay, and I made it known I was more interested in the opportunity than the pay.

Here's the thing: While we are all often resistant to the idea of being told what to do, we are very susceptible to agreeing with the «moral of the story» due to how it is presented to us.

Horton suggests planting a set of words into a sentence, without giving your «opponent» a sense of being told what to do.

No matter what sport you played growing up, you had a coach who told you what you were doing right and wrong, so that you could improve upon it.

Met with Johnny's senior manager, and told what his roles would be on the three accounts to which he'd been assigned.

Problems are solved faster if people are encouraged to explain problems and given the freedom to work though solutions out loud before being told what to do.

What's important to note here is that the company did not make excuses; it stated the facts and told us what it's going to do.

Like TaxAct, TurboTax noticed that the Social Security and Medicare taxes reported on my W - 2 were too high, but TurboTax took the extra step of telling me that I was entitled to a refund from my employer — and then told me what to do about it (ask my employer for a refund and a new W - 2, and then file my tax return).

My first emails told them what numbers to call so they could earn double miles or points.

He called me in the morning and told me what happened.

«The vast majority of people still like to be told what to listen to,» says Mark Mulligan, a media and technology analyst and managing director of Midia Research in the U.K. (Indeed, that Nielsen survey revealed 61 % of Americans still find out about new music through traditional and satellite radio.)

Let's be honest, some people just want the «right answer» so they can be told what to do because, well, they just don't care enough to put in the effort.

Officers arrived at the Mobil station in minutes, and Danny told them what had happened.

They should be able to stay on task and take action without being prodded or told what to do.

«Those who had led the rebellion had under - estimated the deeply buried desire of far too large a proportion of the population who simply preferred to be told what to do,» she remembers.

«When I wasn't being told what to read I found myself drawn to philosophy.

A business plan is a written description of your business's future, a document that tells what you plan to do and how you plan to do it.

«People don't walk around with anti-résumés telling you what they have not studied or experienced (it's the job of their competitors to do that), but it would be nice if they did,» Taleb claims.

«Five years ago, the idea of a computer looking at a photo and telling you what was in it seemed impossible,» Henderson told Inc recently in a wide - ranging interview.

If not, digital design expert Janine Warner tells what changes you need to make and why.

Politely tell them what you've observed, especially because they may not even realize that they're derailing.

«Most people will tell you what they want,» Reynolds says.

«I tend to listen to the people around me... and perhaps tell them what I'm more bullish on than other things.»

How they see you deal with and talk about peers, partners, team members and customers tells them what the real rules of conduct are for customer service.

The goal of the elevator speech should not be in the slightest to tell them what you do.

Instead of you having to become an expert on the subject, I'll save you years and tell you what I found.

Level 4 takes the degree of delegation up another notch by making the decision retrospective: the manager asked the employee to tell them what they did after the action has already been taken.

Importantly, Lopez says that her mentor doesn't tell her what to do.

You can't simply tell them what they want to hear and then use the money for something else, but if you have used the government support finder or GRANTfinder links above, you should have access to funding that suits your needs.

«I was very banged up and very shaken up,» she says, recalling that she texted her husband, Sharif, to tell him what had happened and that she would head home.

Not, surely, by constantly telling them what to do.

Echoes Kaplan: «It's hard to tell what the good funds are.»

But to stay in compliance with the goal that follows (tell them what's next), I can point you to my blog where I ask, is your content marketing selling before it's helping?