Sentences with phrase «vicious cycles»

The world is witnessing implications of reduced forest cover in the form of vicious cycles of droughts and floods in different regions.

Communications that are attacking and defensive keep us stuck in the vicious cycles of competition and confrontation.

Vicious cycles are then set in motion: Bad feelings lead to bad attitudes and bad behavior.

Everywhere he went he broke the vicious cycles of poverty, bondage, fear and death; he healed, transformed, empowered and brought new life.

Structural analysis is particularly useful in crisis counseling to help persons interrupt the vicious cycles of panic and paralysis (their frightened Child), which produce inappropriate behavior, which in turn increases the feelings of panic and helplessness.

Youth who feel trapped in vicious cycles of repeated failures may be helped to interrupt the cycle by being coach - ed and supported as they accomplish modest realistic goals.

As I travel around the country visiting and consulting with congregations and clergy, I find that many are caught in vicious cycles.

The vicious cycles seem more common than the virtuous ones.

Speaking in abstract terms about blank, amorphous «innocent lives» keeps us from confronting the reality that if most of these children are born at or near the poverty line, then the lives we are saving are more likely to be troubled ones, and if nothing changes, those lives will get caught in vicious cycles powered by poverty and systemic racism.

In different ways, vicious cycles are hindering the transition for both the advanced and emerging market economies.

One thing we know from the history of developing countries is how suddenly virtuous cycles can become vicious cycles.

It's a vicious cycle.

This then creates a vicious cycle where you jump further into the fray because you don't think your employees are doing their job.

This will set off a vicious cycle of higher deficits that lead to higher debt, which in turn will mean higher interest costs and less funding available for healthcare, education and other provincial services.

That's already a major barrier to people seeking treatment in the first place (as is a dearth of affordable treatment options); but it can be magnified by a conviction and incarceration, which exacerbate a vicious cycle of lackluster employment opportunities, social exclusion, and continued crime and addiction.

Sleep deprivation tends to be a vicious cycle: work - related stress, the leading cause of sleeplessness for Canadians, produces tired people who then struggle to cope with work pressure the following day.

«If they can't get a job due to a credit report that could be bad due to being unemployed, it's a vicious cycle.»

Anxiousness, racing thoughts and an increased heart rate can wreak havoc on our sleep patterns, creating a vicious cycle that only leaves us more stressed out.

This can soon become a vicious cycle where you get your paycheck and use it to pay interest on your debt.

But a team of researchers at Imperial College in London have hit on an idea that might lead the way out of this vicious cycle and that could revolutionize the way electric vehicles run.

«The corporate sector today is stuck in a vicious cycle of earnings management, questionable allocation of capital, low productivity, declining margins and growing indebtedness,» Druckenmiller said in May.

In the U.S., Lawson says high wheat prices have sparked a vicious cycle that is skewing farmers» planting decisions, and driving prices on other crops higher, too.

That makes it all the more difficult for a direct - seller reliant on «word - of - mouth» to make consumers aware of its products and for reps to make money, resulting in a vicious cycle of declining sales for Avon.

According to a BBC translation, he said: «You have made a generous choice — however I'm fully conscious that the mandate you have given me is not a mandate against Europe but a mandate to find a sustainable solution with Europe that will take us out of the vicious cycle of austerity.»

«So it creates a vicious cycle of a lot of value, more attacks and a bigger attack surface.

It's a vicious cycle, so lay off the afternoon cola and candy bar.

«The most common mistake is people just using one general resumé for every job they apply for — they need to understand the importance of keywords and tailoring the resumés to the posting, or it becomes a vicious cycle of applying and not hearing back.»

Overweight people become more resistant, which causes them to become fatter in a vicious cycle.

Net effect: Small businesses pay more for health insurance, and insurers spend more on marketing — a vicious cycle.

Procrastination, however, often creates a vicious cycle where it gets easier and easier to put off what you should being doing right now.

It's a vicious cycle, but there's help.

But Bloomberg Industries» media analyst Paul Sweeney recently told Advertising Age that the disappointing number of U.S. sign - ups casts doubt on that theory and, «if sub growth slows or worse, this virtuous cycle can become more of a vicious cycle.»

THE mining industry is in a vicious cycle with little light at the end of the tunnel.This is the general consensus of opinion among leading mining companies and economic analysts.

At Hoffman, Mycoskie says, he recognized a vicious cycle.

Finally, I showed that a simple extrapolation of this robust linear trend means that Pharma's IRR will hit 0 % by 2020, which implies that the industry is now on the brink of terminal decline as it enters a vicious cycle of negative growth with diminishing sales and investment into R&D.

That is exactly what happened, the lenders exhausted the pool of borrowers, the reflexive impact of rising demand pushing prices higher began to wane, and the virtuous cycle turned dramatically (as they always do eventually) into a vicious cycle that triggered the Global Financial Crisis and those same banks that made all the ill - advised loans were crushed by massive losses Then, yet again, what were the «Masses» doing at the peak?

If the answer is «no,» it's time to sell; otherwise, the result is regret of buying a losing stock and the regret of not selling when it became clear that a poor investment decision was made — and a vicious cycle ensues where avoiding regret leads to more regret.

The most pressing challenge for our newest senior leaders and policymakers is to break this vicious cycle, to «speak with all the humility that is appropriate to our limited vision.»

If a falling dollar means weaker asset prices and weaker asset prices lead to the selling of dollar assets a vicious cycle can result.

Lower bitcoin prices could result in even more miners shutting down their hardware, sparking a vicious cycle.

According to a Harvard Business Review study, women in emerging markets reinvest 90 % of every dollar earned into «human resources» — their families» education, health and nutrition — compared to only 30 to 40 % of every dollar earned by men.2 In other words, Kiva's loans have helped countless families and communities in over 80 countries escape a vicious cycle of poverty.

It systematically withdraws oxygen from a real economy that is already struggling mightily; and it worsens in to a vicious cycle unless pronounced progress is made in three critical areas.

Inevitably, those same financial issues will pop up again, causing a vicious cycle, which the adult child has no incentive to remedy since the Bank of Mom and Dad is always there for a bailout.

Renting can often feel like a vicious cycle but committing to a mortgage you can't afford can just as easily put you between a rock and a hard place.

This skepticism about the future — even with asset prices rising — has created a negative feedback loop, driving investors to safe harbors such as cash, bonds, gold and yield - generating securities thereby reducing demand, inflation and growth in an ongoing vicious cycle.

The algorithm will show your posts in fewer feeds, fewer people will interact with them as a result, and you start a vicious cycle that ends up slashing your organic reach.

The minute you chase money for the sake of it, you enter a vicious cycle where more money doesn't necessarily means more happiness.

The neurochemicals induce temporary euphoria and relaxation, but the vicious cycle of shifting moods is carried on by an aftermath of guilt.

If I hear, «Get over it» one more time... It's a vicious cycle.

It can all be quite a vicious cycle.