descended rather predictably and depressingly into a discussion of rather predictable, well-worn favorites, such as the correct meaning of decimate, disinterested , and so. What this example shows, I think, is that questions of correct usage are not always as easily resolved as we might hope.Language is more complicated than that.
some really troubling stats that I found 87% of people according to Gallup polls don't like their jobs they call it disinterested or disengaged where they're un motivated they're not passionate and they just some of them even hate their jobs Newsweek said that71% of Americans are either overweight or obese so when I say in my speeches I want to encourage you to aim higher in
For some people, mindfulness just means taking a deep breath or sitting on a cushion on the floor, or just sort of paying attention to your thoughts and feelings with disinterest , like you're watching a boring TV show. But for my teacher, for Thich Nhat Hanh, mindfulness is talking about this exact capacity.
yeah yeah they're they're very set in their linguistic practices at this point they actively have a disinterest anything you do they don't want it they couldn't be less interested in it yeah
I show up, I start excitedly spewing ideas left and right, and I am met with total blank stare. I don't know if Kate is disinterested or totally terrified of me, but I awkwardly end this meeting and leave a bit frustrated. But later that day, Kate sends me an email that has five very well-thought-out brilliant ideas that she brought to the table.
universe." This is like a classic utilitarian slogan. Looking from the point of view of the universe means looking with rational disinterest , right? Not just like as a human with human cares and and uh prejudices, right? Um, so they'll say like, "No, Sean, like we're actually better able than you to
When I pick up the phone to call the people that supply my wireless services, for example, as I did this week, still being unable to connect to the internet with my cell phone in Silicon Valley, their relative disinterest in my problem speaks loudly to that fact that I really only have one other choice where I come from. So, disengaged, cynical consumers in a consolidated marketplace don't tend to produce a very happy outcome for anybody and it gets really scary if you're selling physical products that get
I can get up and leave. In the sense that you're not encountering a stranger and feeling disinterested , and then thinking, well, you know,
Because you're under-- you have a skill set-- you may be a fantastic programmer, but you're driving a taxi or whatever it is. So you're under-challenged. You're disinterested at what you're doing. Actually, I doubt that it's true here at Google, but in the working world at large, disengagement-- which is what this is called by HR people--
But also, we want to stimulate the cultural scene in the UAE. achieve XY? Yes-- may I ask you a totally disinterested question?
And I mentioned my cat Cosmo at the beginning. A lot of what I drew inspiration from for this book was Cosmo, was looking at my cat and seeing the utter disinterest that he has in me, even though he's so dependent on me for his survival.
Oh, no, in my generation, the black ones sat together, the white ones sat together. The very first time I walked into Google, I was stunned by the array of colors, the array of disinterest as to who was who. We could not find a community of understanding, my generation.
And I was worried. You know, in those first weeks he was sort of sitting there looking kind of grumpy and disinterested . And I was worried, what if he just doesn't do anything?
So this is a concept that sometimes gets referred to as the horizon, we refer to as the interval. And there's one interpretation of this that just says, well, they're lonely, or they're detached or disinterested , or it's just kind of sad to get older.
I want to make sure and add that in. The publisher would look at me and be like, uh, this is totally disinteresting and just pass it off. If you look back 110 years, there weren't many, but there were at least a handful of these books that were published and republished, and popular, because I can still
It isn't. For a consumer, if I were selling it to you, you wouldn't be disinterested , you wouldn't buy it.
imaginable, I gotta want to do it. Books that don't really want being done inevitably are terrible books. They're dull books. They're listless books. They reflect the disinterest