Fast forward to my life today, and this same emotion occasionally creeps through when I catch myself evaluating an opportunity based on the potential downside rather than the potential benefit or reward.
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The WICB concluded Samuels had "received money, benefit or other reward which could bring him or the game into disrepute".
Moreover, new kinds of welfare benefit and financial reward such as the Working Families Tax Credit and the Minimum Wage are improving the incentives to entering the labour market and are making the poorest employees better off.
To punish private sector defined contribution plans and reward public sector defined benefit plans is egregiously self-serving.
That means that, for a lot of people, the benefit of a cash-back reward is negated by increased overall spending and debt.
While you may not benefit now, you can reap the reward later, especially if taxes do go up.
The success of this subtitle of the Dodd-Frank Act will depend on how much weight the prospect of a monetary reward will place on the benefit side.
Tony observes that most equity markets benefit from some leverage but that none will reward a leverage of 4.
And the third, and most powerful, force for change is the attitude of India's consumers who have already started to benefit from liberalisation and who will continue to reward those who break some of the old business taboos.
That would have the added benefit of creating a clear sense of completion when the last reward has been sent out.
But it seems obvious that what UEFA passes off as a reward for winning a group may not be a benefit at all.
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Organizations that measure and reward people by results, rather than hours, benefit from higher productivity, more motivated workers, better customer service and lower costs.
Moreover, small-cap equities stand to benefit from improving fundamentals and cheap valuations as investors reassess risk-reward parameters.
O'Connor is aware the club's gesture will not benefit existing season ticket holders but says he is looking at ways to reward them for their continuing loyalty.
The simple answer is that politicians benefit from the current mess, using their power over tax laws to raise campaign cash, reward friends, punish enemies, and play politics.
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In the long term, if Amazon Coins can reward developers while feeling fair to users encountering the service in their apps, then this is for the benefit of the whole app ecosystem on mobile devices.
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