It was one year ago today that I finally reached my target weight goal which I had struggled for a long while to achieve. Those who have known me since childhood may remember me as an underweight guy who doesn't have any issue with extra pounds on board. Growing up, I was the skinniest kid …
Author: Jeff Ross
Author of "Next Step Devotions"; semi-retired after a career in Christian ministry and secular information technology; available for teaching and public speaking; lives in Winchester, KY
It Is What It Is (Or Is It?)
Every now and then I hear someone resign themselves to the perceived reality of a situation by saying with a bit of a sigh, "It is what it is." When I hear that (imagining the voice of Winnie the Pooh's Eeyore character), it is usually offered as a concluding statement that indicates there is no …
Why We Still Don’t Collaborate Well in Businesses
I've been thinking the past few days about something that's bothering me. As someone whose work the last several years has focused primarily on promoting and managing the use of collaborative tools inside the enterprise - specifically SharePoint (2008-2011) and our enterprise social network (2010-present) - I think I've finally come to a realization I …
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Book Review: “Dogs That Know When Their Owners Are Coming Home” by Rupert Sheldrake
Sometimes you get a lot more than you bargained for in a book - in a good way - and that's what happened to me in reading Rupert Sheldrake's Dogs That Know When Their Owners Are Coming Home (And Other Unexplained Powers of Animals). As a dog lover, and given the title of the book, I …
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Kindness Matters
Our world needs more kindness. It is a sad state of affairs when a simple act of kindness is so rare that it jumps out at us. That happened to me today when delivering a few groceries to my mother-in-law. Her apartment is on the 9th floor of her building. When I got in the …
