Category: Reck, Ross; Dr.

If there’s one lesson I’ve learned in life, this is it. Over the years, a number of college athletic coaches have lost their jobs because they inflated their resumes with false claims about graduate degrees they had earned when, in fact, they hadn’t—they took the low road. It was the wrong thing to do, and…

Loneliness is distress caused by one’s lack of social connection. Loneliness causes people to feel empty, alone, and unwanted or left out—that nobody cares about them. This lack of social connection can increase anxiety, risk of stroke, heart disease, dementia, inflammation, susceptibility to infection, low self-esteem, cognitive decline, depression, and suicide.

The above phrase describes how a lot of unhappy people view the world. They’re unhappy with their current situation and they think others have it better. In reality, the grass isn’t always greener; it only looks that way. I remember looking at a cartoon in the Farm Journal magazine when I was a kid which…

Recently, I was watching a travel show on Public Television. The host of the show was passing through a city in Mississippi where he met a woman who was heralded as being an outstanding cook of Southern food. When he asked her what her secret ingredient was, she started to reel off a list of…

I received an email from a subscriber which describes the impact that finding something we’re passionate about has on our life.