The Devil Rays have never won 70 games in a season, and their start doesn't offer any likelihood of their doing it this year.
That produces a much greater likelihood of doing "bad" things as compensation.
By reducing the pressure you put on yourself, you will increase the likelihood of doing well.
Royce's own recommendation is to plan for the likelihood of doing the entire thing a second time.
Thus, by aiming at the pitcher, you have no intent and little likelihood of doing harm; you are simply employing a visualization technique to improve your batting.
I spoke with him recently about the process of getting the bill passed in California, and the likelihood of doing the same nationwide.
Texas Education Agency data indicated that students who scored above a certain threshold on tests one year had a 97 percent likelihood of doing so the following year, he said.
"If we get a narrow majority at the I.A.E.A., the likelihood of doing anything reasonable in New York is not great," said a top European diplomat involved in the Iran talks.
By employing different matching methods, we found that receiving a student loan did not improve student academic performance, but slightly increased students' likelihood of doing a part-time job.
On a jury, even one vote can make a decisive difference to the outcome, or at least has a high likelihood of doing so (in jurisdictions where a jury verdict need not be unanimous).
In recent years, a crop of startup companies have launched on the premise that borrowers without such histories might still be quite likely to repay, and that their likelihood of doing so could be determined by analyzing large amounts of data, especially data that has traditionally not been part of the credit evaluation.
