Thoughts, devotions, and more from Jeffrey K. Ross, author of "Next Step Devotions"
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
As pervasive as social media is today, a majority of the people on earth still don't use it. That's hard to imagine for some of us whose work lives and much of personal lives seem to revolve around it, but it's true. Facebook's nearly 1 billion users is a genuinely impressive number, but so is …
Continue reading Leap Year Lesson #145: Social Media Brings the World To You
This will be a morbid post for some, but for me, it's a reality check. On many of my trips back home to Winchester, Kentucky I take a few minutes to privately visit the graves of family members. I stop in front of each grave and either silently or audibly say a few thoughts of …
Continue reading Leap Year Lesson #127: You Don’t Have Forever To Make a Difference
The floor I work on has motion-activated lights. As one of the first people at work most mornings, I walk from the door to my desk and a variety of rows of lights come on as I walk. That's both cool and convenient. But the flip side of the situation is discovered when we sit …
