In the case of casino gambling, you should keep a diary, including information like slot machine or table number, and the names of people who were present when you lost money.
Artists and writers have been known to call this experience "flow, " that moment when you become lost in the process of creating something, because you love the work and the goal means something to you.
Who wants to buy knick-knacks when you just lost your job?
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"When you have totally lost control and you have lost your wits and you don't have a good story to tell--that's what it signals, " Dilenschneider says.
"It's hollow when you've lost games to say you've learnt something but it's true, " said Johnson.
One obvious answer is that they are pastiches of the past, and something is always lost when you clone a classic.
This offers tremendous gains in convenience, but something crucial is lost when you remove the human element from the shopping experience.
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It's tough to get out there and press the flesh, especially when you've just lost your job and maybe even your home.
"Maybe we did try and play a little too much when we had lost momentum and Ireland will turn you over when you try to do that, " he told BBC Radio 5 live.
Everybody lost jobs when you look across all industries.
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Researchers from the University of Helsinki and the Max Planck Institute for Informatics created high-tech gloves that help you find what you're looking for by vibrating when you get close to the lost item.
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Well, you shoot them down when they're too close and you've lost another friend.
When you lose 7 million jobs, like we lost over the last two years, what do you think happens to those folks' health insurance?
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"When you notice they are not responding, by that time you have lost the chance to treat them forever, " she said.
And it's the sum total of these spots that will tell you how many inches you've lost when the treatment is over.
Include the date your card was lost or stolen, when you first noticed the problem and when you first reported it.
"When people have lost everything and if you can reunite them with their pets, it makes such a difference in their lives, " Rubin said.
But I will tell you in each case when we have lost someone, I think it touches my command, and it touches all of us very deeply.
The Japanese, you remember, lost Round 1 when they backed the wrong technological horse.
You know a company is lost when its own customers demand change and the company refuses to deliver it.
When you look at your overall portfolio using this strategy, you will notice you have not lost any money.
You lost your health care insurance when you were laid off and your daughter needs medication you can no longer afford.
So when you're saying all of these things about how terrible it is that you've lost a child and how much your child is a disappointment to you, and how much that you wish you had a different kind of child, we're hearing that.
What is also lost in this equation is that when you tax people at higher rates, you also have to factor in what actions those people tax as a consequence.
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But when you looked at all the suppliers involved and the economies, you could have seen another couple million jobs lost.
The problem lies when you never look at what else you could do with your money, or buy things blindly without considering the lost opportunities.
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That's not to say you have to speak slowly, but think of it this way -- you're aiming to speak more like Brian Williams on the Nightly News then you are like yourself when chatting with your long-lost sister.
He handles this with bravery and compassion, and when the final moment comes you feel as though you've lost a dear friend.
"For those that look to us in that dreaded moment when you realise a loved one has gone, they would be lost without us, " says the case worker.
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