Thoughts, devotions, and more from Jeffrey K. Ross, author of "Next Step Devotions"
Impatience is not a virtue. I am as guilty as anyone else on being impatient once I decide I want something. I hear stories of my time as a child when, once I got something in my head that I wanted, I would be relentless about it until I got my way. I wasn't a …
Continue reading Leap Year Lesson #258: Some Things Take Time, So Be Patient
While walking my dog today around the loop at Seneca Park, we passed several young parents with their preschool children at the playground. As we approached the slide, a small boy struggled to walk up the steepest part of the slide near the top. As hard as he tried, hands gripping the sides, he kept …
Continue reading Leap Year Lesson #256: Tackle Big Dreams and Help Others Achieve Theirs
I completed a major 100-day goal today. On June 4, my company, Humana, started a 100 Day Dash for employees. Over 14,000 signed up to participate in an effort to track their steps with a pedometer. Many joined teams as I did. I suspect most had some personal goal in mind. The overall corporate goal …
Continue reading Leap Year Lesson #250: It’s Satisfying to Challenge Yourself and Succeed
The latter part of this week was a serious crunch time for me. Having been out of the office most of the previous week for business, and preparing to be on vacation next week, I had to catch up from all that backed up on me last week while getting everything necessary complete in order …
I've been thinking lately about the unexpected path that has led to my current work role. As I've shared before, I love what I do and am very fortunate to get to work with the great people on my team. If I step back, though, and look at a big timeline of what has transpired …
Continue reading Leap Year Lesson #229: Enough Left Turns May Still Get You To the Right Place
