Yet, in my own experience as a breast-cancer patient, and for many of the people I have interviewed, friends do make hurtful remarks.
In my own experience, it is not the CEOs or managers who deftly shift the blame to someone else who inspire loyalty among their staff, create innovative solutions, or transform organizations.
In my own experience, carrying my son on the subway every day so that he could go to a daycare that was a half block from my office, and I could run over and nurse him when he got hungry, was both exhausting and satisfying.
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What I've discovered - in my own experience, at least - is that I think we've come to the point in this nation where if people get to know you, then they are willing to make good decisions about you and judge you on the basis of individual character rather than on the basis of stereotype.
In my own personal experience, dual-core processor laptops tend to hold up better after three years of use (2008 to 2011) than laptops with a single-core processor (2005 to 2008).
When I'm able to experience it vividly through a character, it gives me some sense of relief in my own life that this is a commonality in human experience.
In terms of attention to the work, my own experience tells me that when people are together in the same room, they pay attention and focus on the task at hand with much of their cognitive capacity.
I've had the good fortune of teaching and preaching across much of the globe, while also struggling to make sense of my experience in my own tiny world.
And I had a similar experience in my own career.
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As I testified last February before a subcommittee of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, this view was confirmed by my own experience in negotiating an agreement with the Japanese concerning Japan's participation in the Strategic Defense Initiative.
From my own experience in the business world, many times the person promoted to a high level position is the person that executives are most "comfortable" with - someone that easily fits in on both the golf course and in the boardroom.
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As a native New Englander, serving in the Deep South was a unique opportunity to experience a totally new culture in my own country.
In my own line of work, I experience this trend firsthand.
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In fact I had to say for my own experience, that my wife and I lost our first child and for us that actually was a turning point into greater maturity, greater understand, tenderness towards the sufferings of others.
But if I could experience such a vast transformation in my own life, I know with certainty that everybody has within himself the power to enact his own well-balanced transformation.
Through my own experience as an Asian living in a western world, I came to truly understand what poor new immigrants face when confronted by a completely different culture and language.
My own experience as a healthcare professional both in the Army and private sector convinces me that we are doing well in many cases, and, that there is tremendous room for continued improvement.
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It was a unique experience because in no other classroom setting had my own opinion been asked.
Based on my own experience of managing sales and manufacturing operations in virtually every corner of China, here are five reasons why companies should consider setting up operations in less travelled parts of the country.
My own experience of this occurred at the World Bank in 1985 when I asked to head a task force to streamline procedures at that august and stately institution.
Based on my own experiences and in speaking with many other women, a common experience women face is a moment of hesitation when we know we must ask for something we want whether it is a business loan or a promotion.
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Professor SAPOLSKY: Well, because at some point, I kind of have to sit there and look at my own 40-year-old self and in terms of openness to new experience, it was not a pretty sight.
In my experience, there are plenty of people who prefer to work on their own without input, help, or even interaction with others.
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But how could I do justice to my own sense of loss in a way that would speak to others about this universal experience?
My own experience suggests that China does take the environment seriously, and in a number of areas, the country is actually well ahead of those in the more developed parts of the world.
Now, if they could just invent an app to replicate the sofa sleeping experience in such a way as to get my dogs outside and exercising on their own.
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Once in a great while I stray from my own travel norms, but most of the time I prefer my travel experience the way I like my morning coffee: consistent, effortless, and predictable.
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Based on my own experience working with people, the odds are very high that the idea that you have in your head is not always going to be received as intended in the minds of your recipients.
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