“A breast cancer might turn out to have a close resemblance to a gastric cancer. And this kind of reorganization of cancer in terms of its internal genetic anatomy has really changed the way we treat and approach cancer in general.” WayKindMightTurnsTermChangedApproachTreatsCancerBreastsInternalsBreast CancerAnatomyResemblanceReorganizationGastric Author:Siddhartha Mukherjee
“In December 2011, I will be opening up my production house, Sharmeen Obaid Films, and aspire to change the way Pakistanis approach nonfiction storytelling. There are thousands of stories to be found here.” WayStoriesFilmFoundHouseApproachProductionsOpeningStorytellingNonfictionAspireDecemberOpening Up Author:Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy
“I watch every day when we hit and take ground balls and the way we go about our business. If I saw any lackadaisical approach, that would concern me.” IfsWayWatchesSawsApproachConcernBallsLackadaisical Author:Mike Quade
“My claim is simply that the literary approach is one necessary way to read and interpret the Bible, an approach that has been unjustifiably neglected. Despite that neglect, the literary approach builds at every turn on what biblical scholars have done to recover the original, intended meaning of the biblical text.” WayHas BeensDoneTurnsApproachClaimsOriginalsDespiteNeglectScholarBiblicalNeglectedTurn-on Book:How to Read the Bible as Literature Source: How to Read the Bible as Literature
“A natural way that an economist approaches a problem is to say, here's where I think the economy is going; this is what we need to deal with the problem.” ThinkingWayNeedsProblemNaturalDealsEconomyApproachEconomist Author:Christina Romer
“I just try to approach and serve the music in the way that I think is right for the band I'm in at the time.” ThinkingWayTryingBandApproach Author:Chad Smith
“I don't go to Mass every day. But I go to church every day. Just sitting there, thinking - it's a great way to start the morning, you know? You feel so good coming out, and your approach to everything is suddenly really clear.” ThinkingKnowsWayFeelsChurchMorningClearApproachMassSittingComing Out Author:Mark Wahlberg
“Most people put the cart before the horse, which is an interesting way to go through life. They approach everything directly. In Zen we approach everything backwards or inside out.” PeopleWayInspirationalInterestingBuddhismApproachHorseBackwardsCartsInteresting Ways Author:Frederick Lenz
“This is a good way to do it (saying goodbye to Victoria Park). What a perfect way to end the Millennium. The last football home and away match of the Millennium will be at Victoria Park, and in the new Millennium we'll have fantastic facilities, a new approach, a new attitude.” WayEndsHomeLastsPerfectAttitudeFootballApproachFantasticParksGoodbyeFacilitySaying GoodbyeGood WayMillenniumVictoriaNew ApproachNew Attitude Author:Eddie McGuire
“Forcing your employees to follow required steps only prevents customer dissatisfaction. If your goal is truly to satisfy, to create advocates, then the step-by-step approach alone cannot get you there. Instead, you must select employees who have the talent to listen and to teach, and then you must focus them toward simple emotional outcomes like partnership and advice....Identify a person's strenths. Define outcomes that play to those strengths. Find a way to count, rate or rank those outcomes. And then let the person run.” IfsWayPersonsPlayRunningGoalSimpleStepsTeachFocusAdviceTalentEmotionalApproachRateCustomersOutcomesEmployeePartnershipSelectDissatisfaction Book:First, Break All The Rules: What The Worlds Greatest Managers Do Differently Source: First, Break All The Rules: What The Worlds Greatest Managers Do Differently
“Personally, I’ve gotten so that I now use a kind of two-track analysis. First, what are the factors that really govern the interests involved, rationally considered? And second, what are the subconscious influences where the brain at a subconscious level is automatically conclusions in various ways — which, by and large, are useful — but which often malfunction? One approach is rationality… And the other is to evaluate the psychological factors that cause subconscious conclusions — many of which are wrong.” WayFirstsKindTwoUseCausesInterestLevelsBrainInfluenceInvolvedApproachTrackVariousPsychologicalFactorsConclusionAnalysisSubconsciousRationalityEvaluateMalfunction Author:Charlie Munger
“It’s a job. It’s not a hobby. You don’t write the way you build a model airplane. You have to sit down and work, to schedule your time and stick to it. Even if it’s just for an hour or so each day, you have to get a babysitter and make the time. If you’re going to make writing succeed you have to approach it as a job.” IfsWayWritingJobsHoursSucceedApproachModelsDown AndSticksEach DayAirplaneHobbiesSchedulesBabysitter Author:Rosellen Brown
“Imagine you are walking in the woods and you see a small dog sitting by a tree. As you approach it, it suddenly lunges at you, teeth bared. You are frightened and angry. But then you notice that one of its legs is caught in a trap. Immediately your mood shifts from anger to concern: You see that the dog's aggression is coming from a place of vulnerability and pain. This applies to all of us. When we behave in hurtful ways, it is because we are caught in some kind of trap. The more we look through the eyes of wisdom at ourselves and one another, the more we cultivate a compassionate heart.” WayLooksHeartKindEyePainImagineTreeDogWalkingApproachSittingConcernAngryCaughtLegsWoodsMoodTeethBehaveVulnerabilityFrightenedCompassionateAggressionTrapsHurtfulThrough The EyesSmall Dogs Author:Tara Brach
“One game, one pitch can change everything for a hitter. The way I like to approach it is that every at-bat is its own unique opportunity to go out there and do something really good.” WayOpportunityGamesApproachUniqueBatsUnique Opportunities Author:Anthony Rizzo
“Women tend to be more intuitive, or to admit to being intuitive, and maybe the hard science approach isn't so attractive. The way that science is taught is very cold. I would never have become a scientist if I had been taught like that.” IfsWayHardTaughtColdApproachScientistAttractiveIntuitive Author:Jane Goodall
“No other human relationship can approach the potential for intimacy and oneness than can be found within the context of a marriage commitment. And yet no other relationship can bring with it as many adjustments, difficulties and even hurts. There's no way you can avoid these difficulties; each couple's journey is unique. But there is much you can do to prepare for that journey. An engagement is not just a time of preparation for a wedding, but also preparation for a marriage.” WayHumansFoundCan DoHurtJourneyCoupleApproachUniqueCommitmentDifficultyOnenessIntimacyPreparationEngagementAdjustmentHuman RelationsHuman Relationships Author:Dennis Rainey
“I do think you have sort of a general philosophical approach that you want from a justice, and I think a strict constructionist would be probably the way I'd describe it.” ThinkingWayWantWould BeJusticeApproachPhilosophicalStrict Author:Rudy Giuliani
“You are spending millions and millions of dollars of other peoples money when you make a movie. You have to at least approach it in a way where you can see how you can make that money back for the people who are investing.” PeopleWayMillionsApproachDollarsInvestingSpending Author:Duncan Jones