Perhaps most importantly, we order our life around what matters most instead of life ordering us around.
"What matters is what happens around the commander table within the Revolutionary Guards, and we are not privy to that," noted one United States-based scholar, speaking on the condition of anonymity because he researches in Iran.
Turkish businesspeople here say that regardless of whether the governing party's politics is driving economics or the other way around, what matters is that the new openness to the east is enhancing the bottom line.
"What matters is the people around you and the way you're traveling.
What matters instead is the community around a project.
The one kid that you will inspire because you've given them the ability to fight for themselves, to educate themselves, who will then grow up and become a productive member of society and then go back and give back is what matters... Everything you do around children influences them everything.
In other words, what matters most is what you do around any piece of music, even more than the question of who composed it, what form it takes, what it represents as written repertory.
Since decades of research make it clear that what matters for evaluating employees or turning around schools is how well you do it — rather than whether you do it a certain way — it's not surprising that well-intentioned demands for "bold" federal action on school improvement have a history of misfiring.
People want to know that what matters to them matters to those around them at home and at work.
It is her ability to engage in healthy conflict, expect give-and-take, get her emotional needs met, negotiate, show vulnerability, and share passion for what matters most to her with others around her. Power is about knowing she has the right and ability to make choices, decisions, and speak up for herself and others.
