Sentences with phrase «years of doing what»

I left for college at 18, and after 16 years of doing what I wanted when I wanted, it is hard to let go of those freedoms.

After 40 years of doing what I do, I have seen almost every situation or received almost every question.

What these accountability measures have morphed into presently has caused me to look for another profession because they literally prevent me from quality teaching after years of doing what I love — oh sorry I meant tooting my own horn.

Synopsis: After hundreds of lonely years of doing what he was built for, WALL - E (short for Waste Allocation Load Lifter Earth - Class) discovers a new purpose in life (besides collecting knick - knacks) when he meets a sleek search robot named EVE.

After hundreds of lonely years of doing what he was built for, WALL • E (short for Waste Allocation Load Lifter Earth - Class) discovers a new purpose in life (besides collecting knick - knacks) when he meets a sleek search robot named EVE.

2009: the year of we do what we can with what we have.

Not exact matches

At the 2014 graduation at University of Washington, the L.A. Clippers owner and former longtime Microsoft CEO told the graduates that he, at 58 - years - old, had no clear plan of what he was going to do next — but that success was a long - term trip, not an overnighter.

Only two years ago they were rating AAA all the toxic bonds that created the crisis,» said Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou, adding that the downgrade was executed «not because of what Greece is doing but because of the decisions being taken by the EU that are not considered as going far enough.»

Regardless of what you want to accomplish, you don't have to wait until the new year to work towards your goals.

Measuring GDP is a bit complicated but the calculation can be done in one of two ways — by adding up what everyone earned in a year, or by adding up what everyone spent.

If half of businesses fail in the first five years, what are the other half doing right and what can entrepreneurs learn from them?

Fifteen years ago, we didn't know what «Cyber Monday» was, but now it's an important piece of holiday shopping (maybe as important as Black Friday to some people).

What has really happened in private equity over those decades is that investors, net of fees, did about 25 % better than the S&P up through the 2005 «vintage» year (denoting funds that first drew capital in 2005).

That's what the developers of Russia - based startup Displair did two years ago.

Over the past 35 years, he's learned the value of listening to people — even when they don't like what he plans to do.

What we in the West definitely don't know is the current location of Bo or Wang, what repercussions will be felt by Bo's powerful allies in politics, business and the military (the Financial Times reported May 14 that Bo's mentor and standing committee member Zhou Yongkang had been relieved of his duties as head of China's police, courts and spy apparatus), and who is going to lead China for the next 10 years, let alone what their policy leanings mayWhat we in the West definitely don't know is the current location of Bo or Wang, what repercussions will be felt by Bo's powerful allies in politics, business and the military (the Financial Times reported May 14 that Bo's mentor and standing committee member Zhou Yongkang had been relieved of his duties as head of China's police, courts and spy apparatus), and who is going to lead China for the next 10 years, let alone what their policy leanings maywhat repercussions will be felt by Bo's powerful allies in politics, business and the military (the Financial Times reported May 14 that Bo's mentor and standing committee member Zhou Yongkang had been relieved of his duties as head of China's police, courts and spy apparatus), and who is going to lead China for the next 10 years, let alone what their policy leanings maywhat their policy leanings may be.

And some of the players to watch out for are the same big guys from 10 or 20 years ago (Microsoft, Oracle, AT&T, etc.) who are the long - entrenched stakeholders and «powers - who - be» in your space — not because they're great innovators or disruptors, but because: (a) they're increasingly well - informed about who's doing what very well (damn those demo days); (b) they're fairly fast followers with great gobs of money; and (c) they have the people, resources, and patience to hang around and keep buying and trying until they eventually get things right in the long run.

What I discovered after years of doing that was I had lost my voice in my own brand.

Three quarters of Canadian CEOs say they fear disruption in the next three years — but many appear to be unsure about what to do

«Local police also have been investigating our company since last year, they think what we do is gambling,» said the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity.

«The injury rate at our Fremont factory is half what it was in the final years of the UAW plant operated by GM / Toyota immediately before us, and we care deeply about the safety and well - being of our people and strive to do better every day.

«What we do know is that this year quite a lot of businesses are saying «it's business as usual».

He has 50 - plus years of leadership experience and has really helped me have confidence in what I do as a young leader.»

It made an impression on me, and since then, for the past 33 years, I have looked in the mirror every morning and asked myself, «If today were the last day of my life, would I want to do what I am about to do today?»

It's actually quite a relief to hear from someone with years of experience who has built a substantial, multi-decade career in a major industry at a global corporation (BP / Amoco) instead of a wet - behind - the - ears «expert» who's had about 15 minutes of startup success and no clue about how he or she got there, or what to do next.

«But really, what you need to do for the first six months or even a year is to observe the behaviour of the group, to see how happiness ebbs and flows across time.»

Starting off with my favorite holiday of the year, Halloween is one of the most mindless holiday marketing months and I am not talking about zombies; though when I read some of these Facebook pages it makes me wish I was one... What I mean is that it's relatively easy to research and find quality content that can be used to boost interest in your cause, so why not do something more ghoulish?

Venture capitalists, who didn't even know what deep learning was five years ago, today are wary of startups that don't have it.

Governments, he says, need to be «very careful in not removing what has essentially been the only source of growth in the economy for years now and doing so a) potentially at the peak of the cycle, and b) with cavalier attitudes to the importance of facts and figures.»

This is exactly what the government of Quebec did in its budget last year.

When I ask what he hopes to be doing in three years time, Mast replies that he wants to continue to make chocolate that is more delicious and of better quality than what mainstream confectioners sell today.

What am I going to do with my people, some of whom have been working for me for 10 or 20 years?

Before he can get an answer, McMullin launches into a giddy litany of all the Edmark products he owns, what his five - year - old daughter and three - year - old son can do with them, and why the lukewarm prospect who's been staring vacantly at the screen until now should buy anything with the name Edmark on it.

What does this deal mean in the scope of a massive behemoth like Nike, which earlier this year promised to reach $ 50 billion in sales by 2020?

When you think about conventional management thinking and practices in a dog - eat - dog, transactional business world, not enough leaders spend the time to do what Watson had to learn over his many years at Chevron: Getting results through the people and relationship side of the business.

OPEC was meeting with rival U.S. shale producers on the sidelines of the annual CERAWeek energy conference for a second year in a row, in an effort to learn what the industry can do to avoid the type of painful downturn faced in 2015.

Acute awareness of what needs to be done in the next year to move forward at highest velocity.

WHAT THEY DID: An earlier version of the Senate plan would increase deficits by roughly $ 1 trillion over 10 years, even when taking into account additional economic growth forecast with the tax cuts, the Joint Committee on Taxation said last week.

The following year, EMC bundled up Pivotal Labs with others parts of its business and spun it out as Pivotal, an independent software and services company that at first was not quite sure what it was supposed to do.

«If you went back 25 years and explained the idea for adding an artistic flair to a bunch of street performers, if you took that to Dragon's Den, you'd get a lot of eye rolls and people saying «no way,»» says Matt Thompson, «And look what they've done with it.

The CNBC / SurveyMonkey Small Business Survey found that when asked what they were most likely to do with extra money received from a tax cut next year, the No. 1 response from small - business owners was «pay down debt,» chosen by 31 percent of respondents.

When you do look for funding be ready to explain clearly what you want your company to look like in five years, how your mission will change the landscape of its industry and the revenue potential.

This year — with some of the more influential minds within the industry, state and federal government, and academia all gathered on his back patio — Jenkins wants to do more than just talk about what can be done.

If a late e-commerce surge raises costs for UPS this year, Abney said, «We certainly in 2015 and beyond will look very closely at what we need to do» to offset those costs, including the possibility of holiday season price increases.

If only half of startups survive more than five years and only one - third make it to 10, what's the one thing you could do to ensure your company is sustainable?

If we spin things forward over the next several years as the Machine becomes something that people use, what kinds of challenges do you expect and what are some of the key things that need to be accomplished?

If the 67 - year - old lost all of his money overnight and had to start from scratch, he knows exactly what he would do: Start all over again as an entrepreneur, launching a new business he hasn't tried yet.

«It was like a light bulb turned on and I realized I could do what I love and make a living out of it,» says Sepeti, who is 32 - years - old.

«To be able to effect change that quickly, you have to have a lot of self - confidence, but you also have to know what you're doing,» says Chris Rudge, executive chairman and CEO of the Toronto Argonauts Football Club, who was part of the Canadian Business judging panel that selected this year's top CEOs.

I want to, in the next 10 years, get to this place where we can sell end - to - end trips — and have hundreds of millions of people every year booking end - to - end experiences where the home [stay] might be a minority of what we're doing.