We are, it turns out, inclined to get happier--or at least focus on that which will make us more content--as we close in on death.
He also suggested creating pay incentives to make fund managers focus on longer-term returns.
Stan Pearson, head of European equities at Standard Life Investment, said it doesn't make sense to focus on day-to-day turbulence for Europe, with the industrial production numbers just confirming what is known.
"They did a high-definition focus on that to make sure I was a psychotic girl who was crazy over her Sweet 16, " she said.
This noise consisted mainly of the high-pitched whirr of the CPU fan, but it was barely noticeable -- to the point where if you got distracted, you'd have to re-focus your concentration just to make out the sound.
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Neurochoices are your options for brain change by choice, because you know enough about your brain and care enough to make choices to focus it in healthy, growth-producing ways.
This would make it difficult to focus on California's biggest long-term problem: the budget.
We need more women -- and men -- in leadership positions to focus on what will make a difference for American mothers and children to get our country out of 30th place.
You might think that a start-up should focus on one product and try to make it a success before branching out.
He said in the past funding had often tended to be used to support failing companies, but the LEP had chosen to focus on successful high-value manufacturing firms to make sure the local economy would benefit.
Focus on a customer-centric approach, and make sure you know who and where your customers are, how you can customize your product or service to suit them best, and how can you establish a continuous, multi-level conversation that benefits both your customers and your organization.
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Now that a ready-made network exists, companies can focus on how to make the market work.
From my perspective, the prescription is straightforward: If you want to make American health care stronger, focus on the health of our health-care businesses.
This year's World Environment Day, which will be hosted by San Francisco in California, US, will focus on ways to make cities more environmentally friendly and resource-efficient.
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And because a great teacher is the single most important factor in a great education, we're asking states to focus on teacher effectiveness and to make it possible for professionals -- like many of the people in this room -- to bring their experience and enthusiasm into the classroom.
"There is too much attention over and over on those brands that really have started to make changes" in the West, and not enough focus on lesser-known Asia brands that also serve giant markets, said Jill Tucker, chief technical adviser at Better Factories Cambodia, a project of the International Labour Organization that works to improve factory conditions in the Southeast Asian country.
Benjamin's pro-death penalty position and focus on increasing resources for law enforcement make him attractive to more conservative voters, observers say.
Fans cite a host of defeats of old-style liberalism, starting with his successful fight in 1993 to make Clinton focus on debt reduction rather than new spending.
Make it clear it is inevitable -- he is going to go -- but really focus on managing that aftermath.
Why not give them a way to connect with their groups inside and outside of work to make all of their life easier to manage, leaving more time to focus on value-added tasks at work.
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What I found is that rather than trying to develop super-human discipline and focus, I needed to rely on a process to make it more likely that I would be focused and productive and less likely that I would be scattered and ineffective.
Make no mistake, programs such as Medicaid and Medicare will be the focus of any long-range fiscal solution.
The critical stage in their development was switching focus from trying to figure out how to make a cheaper hospital incubator to flat-out saving lives.
And we will also focus our assistance in areas -- such as agriculture -- that can make an immediate impact in the lives of the Afghan people.
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He acknowledged that "there are great leaders in all schools, including challenging schools" and added that changes to the Ofsted framework were designed to focus inspections on the "value added" - how much progress pupils make from when they arrive at the school.
Helm notes that Microsoft likely will focus on big acquisitions right now and make acquisitions of small, Web 2.0-type companies secondary.
Last August Mr Ayling spelled out his intention to shift his focus gradually from cut-price leisure travellers to the premium passengers from whom airlines make money.
The Glaxo gene therapy program will focus on a severe immune deficiency called ADA-SCID, in which kids cannot make a crucial enzyme called adenosine deaminase that is needed to create immune system cells.
Those with RLC have a natural tendency to focus on the self-interest of others, and how it can be satisfied to make a better trade for all.
"We want to make sure that our cost structure is in line with our need for growth -- and we want to focus on the people here, " he says.
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