Category: Reck, Ross; Dr.
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Ross Reck: Avoiding the Easy Way Out Leads to a Far More Meaningful Life
My wife, who directs a foster care and adoption agency, recently taught a class to would-be foster parents. She was discussing some of the challenges and difficulties that come with being a foster parent when one of the people attending the class raised her hand and said, “We do not want to have our life…
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Never Confuse Critics with Mentors
Critics vs. Mentors On the road to success we all encounter two groups of people: critics and mentors–and it’s important that we not confuse the two. Critics are, by far, the largest of the two groups. They are people who are not all that successful themselves and are jealous of other people’s success. They love to…
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Does Your Daily Life Require More Kindness
When we realize just how tethered to one another we truly are, we can begin to see through the veil which separates us and imagine other people’s lives as mirrors of our own. You cannot be human in isolation but only when united with other people. We must appreciate the interconnection,the process by which we…
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We All Need to Throw Kindness Around Like its Confetti
Kindness Lady Gaga recently said that, “Kindness is showing love to someone else. I believe that kindness is the cure to violence and hatred around the world.” This being the case, kindness is not something that should be horded or conserved. Rather, kindness is something that should be spread with wild abandon like it’s confetti!…
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Ross Reck: Be Careful Who You Listen To
Listening There’s no shortage of people who like to give advice–in fact, many people thrive on it. It seems like everywhere you turn there is someone who is eager to dispense their rendition of how you should do your job or live your life. These people try to pass themselves off as experts and often…