Sara Blakely

I think failure is nothing more than life's way of nudging you that you are off course. My attitude to failure is not attached to outcome, but in not trying. It is liberating. Most people attach failure to something not working out or how people perceive you. This way, it is about answering to yourself.

American Businesswoman

Carol Leifer

I'm always a big fan of if you approach somebody politely about something and you're not a nudge - you're just pretty honest and simple, my kind of philosophy is that I'm not afraid of 'no,' and that's way different than 'I won't take no for an answer.

American Comedian

Tom Stoppard

I don't think writers are sacred, but words are. They deserve respect. If you get the right ones in the right order, you can nudge the world a little or make a poem which children will speak for you when you're dead.

English Dramatist

Pete Carroll

Each person holds so much power within themselves that needs to be let out. Sometimes they just need a little nudge, a little direction, a little support, a little coaching, and the greatest things can happen.

American Coach

Barbara Park

I'm so lazy as far as liking to get up, go to the office in my pajamas, get dressed about noon. And I hate flying. So I have this really laid-back, good lifestyle, and it's hard to nudge me out of it.

American Author

Jon Hamm

I got into acting because my teachers kept nudging me into it. The power a teacher has to influence someone is so great. I can't think of a profession I have more respect for.

American Actor

Lucy Davis

All the superhero stuff, somewhere deep down, I think it nudges us into remembering that, really, we're all fabulous if you let go of fear.

English Actress

Aishwarya R. Dhanush

My husband encouraged me to stand on my own, gave me the nudge to do what I wanted - either singing or directing films.

Indian Director

Shannon Lee

Philosophical ideas and sayings are great. They give us a little boost, a nudge in the arm, a fire in the belly.

American Actress

Richard Thaler

We humans actually need help controlling our impulses - nudges.

American Economist

Used when someone touches another person to get attention or give a signal.

Physical Contact

A polite way to interrupt someone without using words, usually in a social setting.

Subtle Interruption

Indicates gentle persuasion rather than forceful or direct pressure.

Soft Encouragement

It suggests discreetly guiding someone's decision or action.

Indirect Influence

A nudge can be a nonverbal cue to communicate secretly or silently with someone.

Nonverbal Cue

It implies a very light touch, not a shove or hard push.

Light Touch

A nudge can be a small piece of advice or hint that helps someone to think or act.

Slight Prompt

Nudge emphasizes precision and care in moving objects or people.

Careful Adjustment

Implies making a very small change in position or situation.

Minimal Movement

 coach you on how to go anywhere new the first few times we rely on health trackers to help us achieve our fitness goals or in my case gently nudging me to eat less move more sleep and smile and our research for the dakota company we were encouraged to see a whole new wave of innovation companies taking inspiration from the consumer landscape

Upgrading management...

 We have a shot to nudge each other to be our better selves. And to look at the stories of inspiration, the stories of humans reaching out to humans, of companies doing incredible things, letting go of the profit motive for a moment, of countries trying to help each other -- there are stories about that.

What coronavirus means...

 saliva samples showed an increase in testosterone in those who had smelled a shirt worn by an ovulating woman. Such a testosterone boost may give a man the nudge to pursue a woman he might not have otherwise noticed. A woman's nose is particularly attuned

The science of...

 And when oxytocin is released in the stress response, it is motivating you to seek support. Your biological stress response is nudging you to tell someone how you feel, instead of bottling it up. Your stress response wants to make sure you notice

How to make stress your...

 is to look out for those movies that pass the Bechdel Test, if we can find them, and to seek out the heroines who are there, who show real courage, who bring people together, and to nudge our sons to identify with those heroines

How movies teach manhood...

 before he's a murderer? What options do we have to nudge that person off of the path that is going to lead to a result that everybody -- death penalty supporters and death penalty opponents -- still think is a bad

Lessons from death row...

 and other people are challenged and decompensate quite rapidly, vulnerable. What are the clues to understanding those differences and most importantly how can we nudge people along this continuum

The Science of a Happy...

 One potholes. That's right. Potholes. I had a lot of potholes when I was kid. We all had them -- you know, the things in life that we hit that invariably just kind of nudge us off our path,

My descent into...

 Okay, there's a bit of difficult manoeuvring. Let me see if I can nudge it forward. Oh, dear.

Up Close and Personal...

 towards the edge encouraged by a gentle nudge