Sentences with phrase «years of learning about»

After years of learning about credit cards the hard way (and working myself out of debit) I'm about ready to get my «first» grown - up credit card.

And while they do that, they are pouring out the collected years of learning about writing, and even more, the business of writing.

After I graduated from college, I stumbled upon Richard Foster's classic book Celebration of Discipline, and it rather unexpectedly led me into several years of learning about church history through the many diverse books and writers that Foster recommended.

But it was really kind of a year of learning about each other.

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With over 20 years industry experience, Bimalis responsible for making sure the world learns about the benefits of Celayix's solutions that include: advanced employee scheduling, time and attendance, employee communication as well as integration modules for payroll and billing.

Then, in his senior year of high school, he lost 70 pounds in six months: «I was fortunate enough to learn about nutrition,» he says.

With over 20 years industry experience, Bimal is responsible for making sure the world learns about the benefits of Celayix's solutions that include: advanced employee scheduling, time and attendance, employee communication as well as integration modules for payroll and billing.

LET»S be honest, New Year's resolutions seldom have impetus past mid-January, so why not set yourself a goal that is enjoyable and at least has some hope of being achieved, like learning more about wine.

Around Target's first anniversary, the marketing team proposed an «apology» campaign of sorts — something to acknowledge that the company had learned a lot about Canadians during its year of operation, and that it was seeking to improve the shopping experience.

The world learned of the scandal about two weeks later, when the EPA issued a formal notice of violation relating to nearly 500,000 2.0 - liter diesel cars — stretching across seven model years and three generations of exhaust - treatment configuration.

Since Google created Area 120 roughly two years ago, it has launched a handful of apps, but Enthoven knew she wouldn't learn as much about recruiting or scaling if she stayed within the tech giant.

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.

Tacchi spent a total of four years at NeXT and Apple, and he learned a lot about how to run a business (and how not to).

To learn about the retail side of the industry, he launched an ecommerce site that sells hobby market games a few years ago.

Therefore, during the third year of university, he started learning about finance and economics.

«Tech has radically shifted how we think about productivity and learning, yet we're still teaching our children the same way we taught them 100 years ago,» says Geoff Ralston, founder of 2 - year - old education technology incubator Imagine K12.

Over the past few years, even since launching the company, a lot has been learned about the gut - brain axis and the microbiome, the assortment of all the bugs that live in and on you that's an integral part of the gut, Kallyope CEO Nancy Thornberry told Business Insider.

Prior to her arrival, scrutiny had been growing about the value of four - year college programs given a growing range of learning alternatives (e.g. online, even tuition free).

Considering that a fax machine is apt to need service as frequently as a laser printer or an electronic typewriter — about one and a half times a year — learning to perform even a minor repair (for example: «Soldering Tips and Techniques») will sooner or later cover the price of the book.

The 65 - year - old entrepreneur says he learned about risks from his parents who «liked to gamble, leaving me to fend for myself... I learned the difference between gambling, which I do little of, and risk - taking, which I do all the time.»

Verzello learned that sales of «specialty beers» — those from microbreweries and brew pubs — had been growing at a compound annual rate of 47 % since 1985, while overall beer sales had gone flat at about $ 50 billion a year.

Since the New Year, Zuckerberg has been crisscrossing the country, part of his stated goal to learn more about the people who use Facebook.

As a long - term «manager,» your franchisee will continue to learn about the business and is more likely to gain institutional knowledge of your business that will make him a better operator as he spends years, maybe decades, of his life in the business.

If you're like me, you may have noticed an interesting phenomenon in the last year or two: more and more of your colleagues have mentioned a business - centric podcast that you ought to check out, or you've overheard others talking about something they learned from a podcast.

That's what Wells Fargo CEO Tim Sloan is learning about the impact of the outrageous sales scandal that has tarnished the stellar reputation of the 165 - year - old banking giant.

It took me about 14 years of hustle and grind and getting the right mentors to learn about business, how to scale a business.»

«I learned in my five - year study of the rich and the poor that becoming wealthy is not always about how much you make, but how much you keep,» Corley tells CNBC Make It.

At the end of the first year, students are taken on a 10 - day international study trip, where they meet local executives and learn about local business conditions.

To build Einstein, Salesforce spent about $ 650 million acquiring dozens of startups in the artificial intelligence and machine - learning space over the past two years.

After 13 years of running my own company and being active on several boards, as both an advisor and board member, I have learned a lot about the importance of surrounding yourself with the right set of advisors.

But after four years of operating a small startup incubator at a private liberal arts college I've learned a lot about creating business models that work and who might become a successful entrepreneur.

According to the game's debut trailer, there appears to be a hidden story behind the basics of the game — we expect to learn much more about that when the game arrives later this year, the debut from a Paris studio named Sloclap.

As you plan your year, a huge part of being an entrepreneur or part of a startup is figuring out if and how you will get to conferences to make connections and learn more about business, entrepreneurship, technology and beyond.

«There have been transitions before where the department headed off in new directions, but there is traditionally a period of new people coming in and studying and learning about issues before taking bold and dramatic new policy directions,» said William Yeomans, who spent nearly 30 years at the department.

Not to get ahead of ourselves, but the best execs are the ones who learn and develop so fast that I get giddy thinking about how talented they'll be in couple of years.

I have been using Facebook for like a year and I find this post about the complete guide to growing your organic Facebook reach is quite helpful in making my followers grow and learn few tips on how to make my profile more likeable which could even increase trust which will lead to a better chance of increase my followings and be active in posting and reposting messages which can relate your target audience.

And as the kids head back to class for another school year, it made me think about all of the valuable lessons that I learned as a boy that continue to resonate and apply to my daily routine.

When cheap imports dropped the bottom out of that industry I picked up a fast - food manager training program, and three years later wound up in college where I did very well (including, of all things, enjoying learning about Shakespeare and Henry Clay!)

Honestly, it sometimes seems like everything we learn in years of schooling and training is boiled down into a series of broad stroke rules about how much you should save, spend on a house, set aside for taxes and on and on.

Learn about some of the performance trends of the Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF, and discover which times of year the fund has performed at its best and worst.

To learn more about them, and as part of CYBERWAR, VICELAND's ongoing series on hacking, we travelled to Berlin and London to talk to the journalists who have investigated these sophisticated government hackers in the last few years.

The turning of the calendar isn't just an opportunity to celebrate; it's also a time for reflection, for learning from experience, and for doing some serious looking forward about what to potentially expect, and resolve to do, in the year to come.

When I started my junior year of college, I really started to learn about health and fitness and slowly began changing my lifestyle.

That's the kind of thing anyone could have learned about Facebook years ago.

Just as the events of the second half of last year look clearer in hindsight, we doubtless have more to learn about this period, and may well need to add to our current interpretation.

According to Lawrence Summers, former director of President Barack Obama's National Economic Council and former U.S. Treasury Secretary — he is also President Emeritus of Harvard University at the top of a shortlist of potential candidates to replace current chairman of the U.S. Federal Reserve Ben Bernanke — the events of the last few years have thrown into question much of what he learned and taught about coherent economic models.

[01:10] Introduction [02:45] James welcomes Tony to the podcast [03:35] Tony's leap year birthday [04:15] Unshakeable delivers the specific facts you need to know [04:45] What James learned from Unshakeable [05:25] Most people panic when the stock market drops [05:45] Getting rid of your fear of investing [06:15] Last January was the worst opening, but it was a correction [06:45] You are losing money when you sell on corrections [06:55] Bear markets come every 5 years on average [07:10] The greatest opportunity for a millennial [07:40] Waiting for corrections to invest [08:05] Warren Buffet's advice for investors [08:55] If you miss the top 10 trading days a year... [09:25] Three different investor scenarios over a 20 year period [10:40] The best trading days come after the worst [11:45] Investing in the current world [12:05] What Clinton and Bush think of the current situation [12:45] The office is far bigger than the occupant [13:35] Information helps reduce fear [14:25] James's story of the billionaire upset over another's wealth [14:45] What money really is [15:05] The story of Adolphe Merkle [16:05] The story of Chuck Feeney [16:55] The importance of the right mindset [17:15] What fuels Tony [19:15] Find something you care about more than yourself [20:25] Make your mission to surround yourself with the right people [21:25] Suffering made Tony hungry for more [23:25] By feeding his mind, Tony found strength [24:15] Great ideas don't interrupt you, you have to pursue them [25:05] Never - ending hunger is what matters [25:25] Richard Branson is the epitome of hunger and drive [25:40] Hunger is the common denominator [26:30] What you can do starting right now [26:55] Success leaves clues [28:10] What it means to take massive action [28:30] Taking action commits you to following through [29:40] If you do nothing you'll learn nothing [30:20] There must be an emotional purpose behind what you're doing [30:40] How does Tony ignite creativity in his own life [32:00] «How is not as important as «why» [32:40] What and why unleash the psyche [33:25] Breaking the habit of focusing on «how» [35:50] Deep Practice [35:10] Your desired outcome will determine your action [36:00] The difference between «what» and «why» [37:00] Learning how to chunk and group [37:40] Don't mistake movement for achievement [38:30] Tony doesn't negotiate with his mind [39:30] Change your thoughts and change your biochemistry [40:00] The bad habit of being stressed [40:40] Beautiful and suffering states [41:50] The most important decision is to live in a beautiful state no matter what [42:40] Consciously decide to take yourself out of suffering [43:40] Focus on appreciation, joy and love [44:30] Step out of suffering and find the solution [45:00] Dealing with mercury poisoning [45:40] Tony's process for stepping out of suffering [46:10] Stop identifying with thoughts — they aren't yours [47:40] Trade your expectations for appreciation [50:00] The key to life — gratitude [51:40] What is freedom for you?

A constant learner, keenly interested in innovation and new technology, Peter first learned about bitcoin during his undergraduate years of college in 2015.

After 40 plus years of investing in stocks, bonds, mutual funds and ETF's, I've learned a thing or two about increasing our wealth through investing.

A few years ago, when I was in the phase of learning about FI and ER, I focused on most of your articles with numbers in them, theoretical or actual numbers — it helps.