Thoughts, devotions, and more from Jeffrey K. Ross, author of "Next Step Devotions"
We are eager to share our successes. We feel good about them - even a little healthy pride, perhaps. We want others to know what we've done well. We like being lifted up as a model of best practices. The accolades make us feel good and the lessons teach others something about how to succeed. …
Continue reading Leap Year Lesson #203: Help Others Learn From Your Mistakes
I am consistently terrible at the subject of today's lesson - remembering names. There really is no excuse for it. We remember what we want to remember and what is really important to us, so I can't throw out some lame excuse like "I'm not good at remembering names" and then abandon all effort at …
Continue reading Leap Year Lesson #198: Learn People’s Names
Last evening my wife and I attended a concert that was the culmination of a musical string camp nearby. One of our friends had a key role in leading some of the groups, so we thought it would be fun to attend. It was amazing seeing very young children just learning to play violins that …
Continue reading Leap Year Lesson #163: You Must Start At The Beginning
Among my to-do list tasks for this week was an item to read several short, business-related book summaries I had tucked aside. I just completed reading them, sharing the final one with my team from work because of its content and relevance to what we do. Such summaries from getabstract allow me to quickly preview …
I’m writing this post from somewhere over Russia. It will take a while to process all that I have experienced these past eight days in China. I’m not sure how this experience will impact my future, my values, my hopes and dreams, my perspective on world affairs, or my faith and the practice of it. …
Continue reading Leap Year Lesson #113: There Is Always Someone Wiser Than You
