Lessons From American Idol
My wife and I have enjoyed watching American Idol for years. I missed the first season, but have been a big fan since then. Now that we’re into the phase where America votes weekly on who remains, I...
View ArticleBook Review: “The Millennials” by Thom S. Rainer and Jess W. Rainer
If you’d like to better understand the Millennial generation, also known as Gen Y – those born approximately between the years 1980 and 2000 – then I suggest you read the book The Millennials:...
View ArticleWhen You’ve Made a Bad Decision
What do you do when you realize you’ve made a bad decision? I hate saying “it depends,” but correcting bad decisions really does depend on the significance of the decision and the reality of the new...
View ArticleMy 500th Blog Post – So What?
This is my 500th blog post at JeffRossBlog.com. What started as an experiment related to PhD studies I was pursuing in April 2011 has gradually morphed into something very meaningful for me and...
View ArticleThanks for a Great Beginning to #ESNchat!
What a whirlwind of a week! The last several days have been among the most hectic, exhausting and exciting days I have had in a long time. Besides the normal activities that contributed to this nearly...
View ArticleLessons From My Dog
For years I’ve kept a tall poster hanging beside my favorite chair. The poster is titled “All I Need to Know About Life I Learned From my Dog.” It contains the following advice which makes perfect...
View Article2013 Lesson Learned: Rest
During December I will sprinkle throughout the month a few posts regarding key lessons learned for the past year. I’ll kick off the lessons with this post on the subject of rest. I have noticed both my...
View Article2013 Lesson Learned: Take Risks
Continuing with periodic posts in December about the major lessons learned throughout 2013, today I turn my attention to the matter of taking risks. Each of us takes risks daily to some extent. We do...
View Article2013 Lesson Learned: Work At Being Healthy
Nobody would ever accuse me of being the picture of health or a model of purely healthy behavior. There is room for improvement in my diet, exercise and sleep patterns. Still, one of the major...
View Article12 Tips for Building a Successful Enterprise Social Network – Part 12
In this final post in my series on building a successful enterprise social network (ESN), I draw on my learning background and goal orientation. That said, tip #12 is: Never be satisfied – keep...
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