Thoughts, devotions, and more from Jeffrey K. Ross, author of "Next Step Devotions"
I spent hours today getting only one-fourth of the way through a slow, frustrating process I have to do every few months. What is it? It's going through over 1000 screens of names in an online report and manually pulling out relevant data I need. The software I must use for this provides no way …
Continue reading Leap Year Lesson #212: Do It Right the First Time
Over six months ago, we started some major home renovations. The first couple of months saw the kitchen completely gutted, the wall removed between the kitchen and dining room, and everything new from the ground up, opening up a significant part of the main floor of the house with the change. Then after a little …
Continue reading Leap Year Lesson #211: Keep the End in View
In the late 1990s I was the training manager for two Kentucky locations of an international computer training company. I had a little over 20 trainers reporting to me. It was a good experience and I think I did a good job representing the needs of the trainers to management and representing the needs of …
Continue reading Leap Year Lesson #210: Choose Influence Over Power
While walking my dog in our neighborhood earlier tonight, I walked past a young family with three little girls. As I was walking by, one of the girls looked up on the roof of the house in front of us and, upon seeing the skylight, said "Oh, is that an iPad?" The dad chuckled and …
Continue reading Leap Year Lesson #209: We Only Know What We Know
When watching the opening ceremony for the London Olympics Friday night, I could not help but compare them to the opening ceremony from the 2008 Beijing games. In my opinion, the London ceremony fell far short of Beijing's. I still remember watching in amazement as the Chinese put on a show with a huge "wow …
Continue reading Leap Year Lesson #208: Know the Standards By Which You Measure
