But I've found that I can usually get a good sense of people through their e-mails -- friendly and enthusiastic people who open up about their lives naturally put me more at ease than those who come off as guarded.
Dave Rich said in his time at Accenture he often encountered CEOs of startups who were either technically brilliant or super enthusiastic sales people.
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The BBC's David Willey , travelling with the Pope, said the pontiff, who turns 83 this month, seemed invigorated by the presence of so many enthusiastic young people.
"We have got to make people more enthusiastic, " he said, adding that compelling people may not be the best way to do this.
"I've got no doubt there will be a lot of people who will be very enthusiastic about the goldfields again, it gives people hope, " said Mr Kent.
Our clients have found that this volunteer-led structure virtually eliminates change fatigue and helps people feel enthusiastic and confident to take on more and bigger challenges.
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In town there was a professional summer theatre, a new thing at the time, which some people were enthusiastic about and others worried about, fearing that it would bring in riffraff.
Apple's business has been gaining momentum, and people inside the company are enthusiastic about the new products and services they are working on, said the people familiar with the matter.
Why should people be as enthusiastic about Chinese investment in the U.S. in energy as you are?
If that happens, those start-ups can start to turn those enthusiastic customers into their best sales people.
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Randall Larsen, director of the Institute for Homeland Security, was enthusiastic about the expanded base of people with access to "secret" intelligence, saying it is particularly needed by behavior detection officers, who look for travelers exhibiting unusual behavior.
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In India, as in Pakistan, young people appear to be less enthusiastic than their elders about the benefits of nuclear status.
But generally, you know, young people are far more optimistic and enthusiastic.
By the way, enthusiasm gap - you mean until this time more of the people who supported Obama were more enthusiastic about doing so.
He said he wants the public to respond to the opportunity of the Green Deal but the practical effect of this consultation would put people off and make them less enthusiastic.
It is the site of the dryly entitled but fascinating Laboratory for Communication Between Humans and Interactive Media, which is the domain of a genial, enthusiastic professor called Clifford Nass who studies how people and machines get on, particularly when the machines talk to the people.
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"We now need more people who are friendly, helpful and enthusiastic and who thrive under pressure to ensure we deliver consistently great service to our customers, " he said.
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But it's wonderful and I'm just so grateful that people have really embraced the show and are as enthusiastic as they are.
Singapore is likely to hold a general election next year, so the ruling People's Action Party is fervently seeking young, enthusiastic recruits.
Quoted in a company press release, Kogan was enthusiastic about Schering's (nyse: SGP - news - people ) products.
People in countries that have recently liberalised and are now booming are the most enthusiastic: 79% of Indians and 84% of Chinese say yes.
Gauging the hysterical and enthusiastic audience reaction, we may well get a good review, unless either of those people was the totally humourless man who sat, stony faced through the whole thing.
Och-Ziff will also want to avoid the fate of Fortress Investment Group (nyse: FIG - news - people ), which went public in February in an IPO that received an enthusiastic reception but has since faltered.
Over the years, a diverse caravan of novice runners, amateur athletes, enthusiastic 16-year-olds, spry septuagenarians and even visually impaired and partially paralyzed people have all converged on the MDS to test their limits, mark an occasion or escape briefly from their regular lives.
Councillor Matheson was an enthusiastic advocate of change, but he announced the winning design would not go ahead, saying the people of Glasgow had made it clear they did not want radical changes.
The obvious difference is that only real plagues kill real people, though the permanent loss of a character can be a traumatic experience for an enthusiastic player, and one he will try hard to avoid.
Comcast 's ( CMCSA - news - people ) TV Pulse surveys list Hawaii Five-0 as the new series viewers are most enthusiastic about heading into the fall, which is good news for series star Alex O'Loughlin, who has thus far starred in a series of CBS clunkers (Three Rivers, Moonlight).
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