Thoughts, devotions, and more from Jeffrey K. Ross, author of "Next Step Devotions"
In my never-ending pursuit of ways to fool my mind and body into making it through outdoor workouts during this extreme heat wave of 100 degree and higher days, I tried something different this morning. It's fairly common for me to try to jog a certain distance as measured by blocks or lamp posts at …
Continue reading Leap Year Lesson #187: Counting Down Beats Counting Up
Thanks to a holiday week with far fewer interruptions and meetings than normal, I got completely caught up in my email inbox at work and home today. What a wonderful, rare moment when I realized that I had no emails waiting on me in either place! Aaaahhhhhhh......... the bliss! Of course, that just meant that …
Continue reading Leap Year Lesson #186: Find What Works For You and Run With It
Have you ever reached a point of no return? I suspect you have, although you might not have thought of it in those terms at the time. The phrase may be associated with something either positive or negative. While out jogging and walking tonight, I decided to use the idea of a point of no …
Continue reading Leap Year Lesson #184: Use the Point of No Return To Your Advantage
Since this is a holiday week in the U.S. with Independence Day on Wednesday, there is a noticeable slowdown in the number of meetings on my calendar for the week. That's always a welcome change from the norm of way too many meetings. The same thing happens to the extreme for the week in between …
Continue reading Leap Year Lesson #181: Work When Others Don’t
I had to take a quiz today to wrap up a series of training sessions on community management. It was fairly easy and painless, but still not without some stress. The quiz covered the content of the last five course sessions, so I spent time reviewing the content of those sessions prior to the quiz. …
Continue reading Leap Year Lesson #174: It’s Good To Be Held Accountable
