Chip Conley Measuring what makes life worthwhile

It measures everything, in short, except that which makes life worthwhile.

And he finished his talk with the phrase, that, The gross national product measures everything except that which makes life worthwhile.

But it is a worthwhile risk.

How crazy is that? That our measure of progress, our dominant measure of progress in society, is measuring everything except that which makes life worthwhile?

I believe, if Kennedy was alive today, he would be asking statisticians such as myself to go out and find out what makes life worthwhile.

Such sacrifices, however, would be well worthwhile.

I think it is worthwhile to see this film twice.

But the protests are worthwhile for another reason they are good for Israel.

It is worthwhile to consider these limitations of GDP as a measure of wealth.

I believe it might be worthwhile for future negotiations to explore this option further.

There will be no worthwhile American offer on the environment until there is a deal in Congress.

The above mentioned programme produced many worthwhile lessons and is a very useful model for future use.

As its population begins to shrink, it may even be worthwhile to shut down unviable cities and consolidate.

Despite these problems, prosecuting genocide might be worthwhile if it were the only way to hold mass murderers accountable.

Notwithstanding some worthwhile gains in the past decade, much needs to be done to reach a satisfactory level of preparedness.

(f) Improve monitoring, assessment and reporting through processes that are perceived as worthwhile and relevant to the needs of countries.

And I actually really feel that it's worthwhile to spend my valuable and limited time on this Earth in this way.

Like all worthwhile PR efforts, the MDGs served to raise awareness, galvanize attention, and mobilize action all for a good cause.

Real reductions in carbon emissions will occur only when better technology makes it worthwhile for individuals and businesses to change their behavior.

Instead of agreeing to broad aspirations, it would have been more worthwhile to use the goals to highlight specific, more achievable investments.

Perhaps, but can t children be encouraged to do things because they are intrinsically worthwhile, rather than because of fear of parental disapproval?

However, the majority of respondents expressed the opinion that being a member of a municipal or provincial council is a worthwhile experience.

It would be worthwhile exploring the nature of the treaty in question, because it was an objective criterion facilitating the determination process.

Finally, one cannot overemphasize the need to mobilize the support of the international financial institutions to make a worthwhile investment in peace.

From a rational perspective, this idolizing of Diana is as absurd as any cult. Granted, she used her prominence to promote worthwhile causes.

We don't really know why scytodes needs such a tough dragline, but it's unexpected results like this that make bio prospecting so exciting and worthwhile.

Making money gives us something to do that feels worthwhile, as long as we do not reflect too much on why we are doing it.

Needless to say, neither candidate thought it worthwhile to put forward a proposal to assist the more than one billion people living in extreme poverty.

Paragraph 69 and the first seven lines of paragraph 74 reflect our views, but it would be worthwhile to take into account paragraph 72 also.

The five day approach developed and followed by UNEP in Samoa and recently used in the Caribbean seems worthwhile to pursue, in particular for LVC countries.

It is also worthwhile noting the role played by regional epidemiological networks in the harmonization of data collection and in providing training and resources to countries.

What makes something worthwhile for me is the people I work for or with, the conditions I work under and the audience that I'm able to reach.

In a poorer America, fewer businesses would find it worthwhile to entice secondary workers from families into the labor force, and perhaps 500,000 net jobs would disappear.

To be sure, it is worthwhile to foster healthy behavior, which will lower costs and improve many people's lives. But how far do we want to go?

At the outset of this new round of consultations, it seems worthwhile asking ourselves Why does that issue prompt such priority interest? There are three possible explanations.

As one participant phrased it, putting the Council members in direct contact with the objects of their work was a worthwhile investment, even if it was expensive.

It may also be worthwhile for the Court to explore the possibility of providing travel assistance to developing countries to enable them to participate in the meetings.

But recent events at the European Central Bank, in Germany, and in global financial markets, make it worthwhile to consider a favorable scenario for the common currency s future.

Given the impact of destroyed stockpiles in the Iraq situation it would appear a worthwhile avenue of study to determine what lessons may be learnt in this respect.

But a place, I think, where the effort is really worthwhile is where people are wrestling with quite serious problems things like education or security or finance or health.

The possibility of restructuring balances the interests of stakeholders and uses legal protections to help potentially risky enterprises prevent or avoid bankruptcy if a bailout is worthwhile or possible.

We need to recognize that what really matters isn t buying more and more consumer goods, but family, friends, and knowing that we are doing something worthwhile with our lives.

The two cannot really be compared One is a safe choice, but not likely to have a huge impact the other is riskier, but ultimately may be more worthwhile.

Encouraging them to do more, and giving them reasons to do more, is certainly a worthwhile task for the Indian government and an overt goal of the annual conclave.