inaction, big punctuation mark, then we get going. what bosses can do is they can raise the prominence of midpoints. the other thing we can do at a midpoint, and this is so interesting, we can pretend that we're a little bit behind. there's research from the national basketball association, the nba, that shows that in general, teams ahead at halftime are more likely to win the game with one exception. teams that are down by one point at halftime are actually more likely to win a game than teams that are up by one point. >> let's talk about working with your employees on their reviews. bad news first. so, you owned a good note, is that why? >> oh, boy. i mean, how many times have you said or heard i've got some good news and some bad news? and when we deliver that, that combo, we often give the good news first. why? it's uncomfortable giving bad news. you don't want to seem like you're a jerk. but what the evidence tells us very clearly from the science of timing is that four to five people prefer getting the bad news first, not the go

because she is inspiration and we're all looking for a little inspiration and it was the perfect punctuation mark to a night full of women wearing black and standing up and speaking out and let's give props to seth meyers which no one is talking about. i thought he was awesome, but still it was about oprah. i stayed up to watch oprah, but at the end of the night i don't think we can read too terribly much more into it. it's a great question. >> she knows she has the power. she knows the power that she holds and she knew what she was doing with that speech and she has the power to mess with us. >> she talks about a book she likes and it's the best-seller list. of course, she understands it. she's had this kind of cultural social power for decades. >> it's the magic. yeah. >> i also think why she gave the speech, she was the first black woman to win the cecil b. demille award and that's something. >> okay. i wish we could all keep talking, but we've got to move on. >> i'll text you, brooke. >> thank you. >> robin, thank you. >> come back. >> bye, dana. >> also just to quickly clarify the clip on op

that's a punctuation mark, to learn. >> i was asking about how much time you spend in a given week if you were to divvy up and say percentagewise how much do you focus on this new technology and what is next. the number was quite high. >> it's 25%. a footnote for that, that is problem-solving with a technological bent to it. it is front and center. >> and what about you michael? how much are you focus on what's next and what the technology is to drive you forward? >> their business units and we put our heads together quite often, it runs about one third of the time. >> and that's like a hundred% of what you do, you're always looking for the next big thing. >> how to u.s. investors think about the next big thing? often these companies are too small to be publicly traded, but some might come out in an ipo. are you looking for that next big thing as well? >> at j.p. morgan on my team were dealing with large-cap in stocks. looking at the big program wins and the confidence we have in those programs being funded the confidence of those being a security. i will differentiate where we shifti

equipment thatto have thinks quicker, smarter, shares and learns and that's the punctuation mark and that's going to be a force multiplier also. >> i was asking about how much time you spend in a given week if you were to divvy up and say percentagewise how much do you focus on this new technology and what's next and the number was quite high but i will let you share it. >> its 25%. in a footnote for that, that is problem solving with the technological bent to it. it's front and center. >> what about you, michael? how much are you focused on what's next, what is the technology that will drive you guys forward? >> in connection with our business units and we put our heads together quite often, probably it runs about a third of the time. click that like 100% of what you do. -- >> that's like 100% of what you do. investors guys as think about the next big thing? often these companies are too small to be publicly traded. some of them might come out in an ipo. are you looking for the next big thing as well? certainly at jpmorgan on my team we are dealing with large cap stocks. when i thin

that we need to have equipment that thinks quicker, smarter, shares and learns, and that's the punctuation mark, to learn. and that's going to be a fourth multiplier, also. >> and i was interested in this, asking how much time you spend in a given week, how much if you were to divvy up and say percentage-wise, how much do you focus on this new technology and what's next? and the number was quite high, but i'll let you share it. >> it's 25% and that is, and a footnote for that, that's problem solving with a technological bent to, yes. i mean, it's front and center. >> and what about you, michael? as ceo of l-3, how much are you focused on what's next, what is the technology that will drive you guys forward? >> you know, in connection with our business units and we put our heads together quite often, it probably runs about a third of the time, reviewing where we are, where we need to be. >> and that's like 100% of what you do, raj. you're always looking at the next thing. how do you guys think about the things. and they're publicly traded, but some of them might come out on the ipo and are you lo

. >> woodruff: saturday marked one year of the trump presidency. the shutdown punctuatedadministration consistently facing controversy, often sparked by the president. a perfect time for politics monday to shed light on the road ahead, with amy walter of the "cook political report," and stu rothenberg. he's editor of "inside elections" and a contributor to "roll call." so happy monday, "politics monday" to both of you. i started to say shutdown monday but it looks like it's coming to an end. all right,eth lasted over the weekend. clear, political. we know there are substantive winners here. the country comes out of this better because they resolved it, but politically, winners, losers -- >> i think it's hard to say this is going to have much of an impact. i doubt we'll come back in november when we're sitting here on election night and saying you know what turned the tied tide in the election? it was the three-day shutdown, that turned the tide of the entire election year. but i think it has really turned the focus and going to be a substantive focus for 2018 which is thi