Sentences with phrase «try making it more of»

As I was working and trying to refine my own style as a ceramic sculptor (I did not make pottery), he stopped by my work area and said, «that looks great — try making it more of what it is.»

Not exact matches

The Smiths say they plan to continue to try and make more inroads into big - box retailers, wholesale clubs like Costco and dollar stores, as those types of stores are consuming more of the grocery market.

Instead of wearing out those cheeks with a permanent (and fake) smile on your face, try on a more neutral but friendly expression until you make eye contact with or meet someone.

Yes, this is tedious, but if you do this exercise, you'll find that you can not only cut a lot of fluff out of your book, you can also make your book sharper and more refined, and you'll be able to really hone in on what you are trying to say, and nail it.

What we're trying to do is build a higher level of trust, so that in the long term you can reduce fees and make contactless payment a more trusted transaction.

This makes you more of a trusted advisor and less of another sales - oriented company simply trying to make money off them.

So, while low oil prices will make this a trying quarter for the entire energy industry, companies with a more balanced portfolio of assets should fare better than the pure - plays.

Enjoy your avo toast guilt - free and try adding more of these 20 Healthy Fats to Make You Thin.

If Burt and Pentland are correct that the social dynamics of business are becoming subtler and more formalized, the inevitable next step is to try to make them automatic.

There could also be more work done in material science, and trying to gain a better understanding of things that already exist naturally in the environment and of how to potentially make better use of them.

If you try to automate everything, your customer will notice your scripted messaging and the use of templates, which makes it far more likely that you'll be ignored.

What we're trying to do is innovate on the concept of a book — make it shorter, make it livelier and more interactive.

«What I mean by this is people try and make themselves seem more exciting, so they can sometimes oversell some things or even tell little white lies within very basic parts of their lives.

I'll walk you through some of the basics of websites today to make you a little more conversant and hopefully able to filter out the charlatans trying to win your business.

Since your body is always trying to stay in balance, this type of movement may actually act as a biological cue to make you eat more.

«Yelp has never done this and individuals making such claims are either misinformed, or more typically, have an axe to grind — whether businesses upset that Yelp will not remove reviews they don't like, or unscrupulous internet marketing «experts» trying to make a buck off of honest business owners with dubious reputation management schemes.»

So far he has tried shaking up his own executive team, replacing two presidents of the U.S. business in two years, eliminating the chief operating officer role, and reorganizing the U.S. business to make it «a flatter, more nimble organization,» says the company.

In our world of trying to make everything bigger and faster, the challenge for companies ranging from SAP to Google (GOOGL) has been how to get more information into the DRAM, because if you want real - time data processing (for example, the Internet of things or for business transactions) you want jobs performed right next to the computer processor.

In the world of Seth, it is far more important to firstly build a strong tribe based on trust - one that is formed through meaningful connections - then develop the products or services that they need (as opposed to making stuff and trying to flog it to anyone who will buy it).

«I usually try to staff up a couple extra employees to be on the safe side and just spend a little more on labor to make sure I'm covered in any sort of a bind,» Critton says.

«This latest potential U-turn is evidence of more chaos and confusion at the heart of government where uncosted pledges are made to try and appease the public.»

This included trying to organize and make sense of his financials, put together a list of assets, customers and suppliers, pricing lists, rental agreements and more.

This makes the scope and goal of what you're trying to do much more critical.

«We're trying to integrate all the different concepts of what makes a city more productive, and crossbreed them into the company,» he says.

OK, I've never seen anyone leave out SAP who worked in SAP, but I've seen plenty of people try to make their work seem fancier or more important by using convoluted phrases to describe what they did.

Think of customers as friends you hope to influence by remembering the following wisdom from Dale Carnegie: «You can make more friends in two months by becoming interested in other people than you can in two years by trying to get other people interested in you.»

Twitter has been trying for years to jumpstart user growth, and now the company is rolling out a series of changes designed to make the service easier and more intuitive.

However, she concluded, if more evidence will point that way, wealth and income disparities might make it onto the list of things the Fed looks at when trying to make sense of the U.S. economy and formulate its policy.

There are several ways to tweak the Duolingo app to make it more efficient for you — several of these tips really do make it easier to learn the language you're trying to understand.

Meanwhile, Uber will have to walk carefully as it tries to hire more women, who currently make up about 22 % of the company's leadership.

When we have a bad day sometimes the pressure of trying to act like it never happened makes things more stressful.

But Joy Chik, 40, one of the execs in the room, says it's a sign that the company is spending a lot more time trying to use data rather than seniority or force of personality to make decisions about product fixes or features.

Trying to do much more is not going to make your pitch more effective — it is merely going to increase the likelihood that you will not get through it, which can be the kiss of death.

Forbidding a toy does seem to make your toddler want it more and research suggests that trying to keep your kid away from their crush is a great way to fan the flames of attraction.

But getting too far ahead of your skis, spending more than you can afford shooting for levels of unnecessary precision, setting standards that make no sense and add no value to your offerings, or trying to address too broad a set of needs and customers are formulas for expensive failures.

Gobs of venture capital money have been tossed at the taxi - app space in the past few years, as various companies try to make the process of ordering a cab more convenient and efficient.

Instead of more customization, they've tried to remove the unnecessary fluff in mattresses and make one that works well for everyone.

I don't want to sound too judgmental, but if you commit in a higher tier, you know all over the world, in developed countries and emerging countries, yes, there is more and more of follow - up, making sure they understand who contributes the most and trying to generate the right reward.

The problem is that trying to take pressure off yourself by pretending to be more of a failure will make you more of a failure.

All of those companies make up a capitalist ecosystem that is so much more meaningful than the feel - good world self - described entrepreneurs try to evangelize.

The group said its members had been voluntarily trying to reduce sugar consumption by making calorie content information more visible on labels, as well as discontinuing sales of full - calorie sodas to schools nationwide, and replacing them with more lower - calorie or no - calorie beverages, along with smaller portion size options.

«In the beginning, when you're trying to build the business, you really do want to save on your expenses to make whatever money you have last longer and to give your business more of a shot,» says Jamila White, co-founder of The Bootstrap Babes, a blog full of ideas and money - saving advice for entrepreneurs.

It became very quickly more of a task of trying to make sure nobody got killed than running the event,» Sharples told Inc..

When SchooLinks geared up for launch, trying to squeeze a massive amount of work into four days ended up making a stressful period even more onerous.

Hearst's shameless New York Journal tried to muddy the waters more, championing the cause of unveiling fake stories to deflect criticism of its own made - up stories.

Google says it is trying to make it easier to create digital marketing campaigns, but online ad experts say the shake - up also appears to an attempt to harvest more revenue from the rapidly growing usage of smartphones and tablets.

If you are looking for more of a meal rather than a snack, or to be able to make something and have a small serving for an afternoon pick - me - up, try this coconut, quinoa, and black bean stew.

She was trying to get the manager of the studio to try to work with her to make more production line garments so she could sell more and fund her work.

As she points out, it seemed to make more sense to sell to those Brazilian customers while they were in the U.S. instead of trying to overcome the bureaucratic obstacles to establishing a local division.

The most widespread opinion is that the European Central Bank is going to announce a new round of bond - buying next week to try to stimulate the Eurozone economy, which will further depress the value of the euro and make the franc yet more attractive.