Leap Year Lesson #358: If You Want to Write a Book, Start Blogging
Amazon claims that the average length of all books sold there is 64,000 words. If you Google a question about the average number of words in a book, you’ll find sites with a variety of stats, usually...
View ArticleLeap Year Lesson #366: Accomplishing Big Goals Instills Hunger for Bigger Ones
This is it – daily lesson #366 for this leap year 2012. What an adventure! When I set the goal at the end of 2011 to write a daily lesson learned for 366 straight days with each post no longer than...
View ArticleSet Goals for Body, Mind and Spirit
To start 2013, I want to share with you my goals. In an attempt to be fairly well-rounded in them, I have made sure to include some in the categories of body, mind and spirit. I make them public to...
View ArticleTop Ten Posts for 2012
Below are the most viewed posts on this blog during 2012. If you missed one of them or have long since forgotten what it was about, check it out. Most are quick lessons learned of 366 words or less...
View Article7 Lessons Learned From Blogging Every Day of 2012
I knew that accomplishing the goal of writing a brief lesson learned blog post for all 366 days of 2012 would be a challenge. I had never attempted anything remotely close to that before, so the...
View Article2012 Blog Report Infographic
One of the nice things about having this blog hosted by WordPress.com is the end-of-year report they provide with a few big-picture stats. You’re probably not as interested in this as I am, but if...
View ArticleDo Readers Prefer Negative Posts Over Positive Ones?
I realized something yesterday regarding the types of blog posts that gain the most views. When there are pairs of posts on related topics with one having a more positive title and one more negative,...
View ArticleTop Posts For First Quarter, 2013
Like any blogger, I like taking a look at which posts garner the most views over different periods of time. Here are my top five posts written in 2013 so far with the number of views as of April 7 in...
View ArticleNew Page Added for Top Ten Posts
Just a quick note to let you know I’ve added a new page to the blog where I’ll keep links to the blog’s top 10 most viewed posts starting from its inception in 2011. You’ll find the link at the top of...
View ArticleMonthly Update to Top 10 All-Time Posts
I’ve made my monthly update to the list of the top 10 most-viewed posts on this blog. You’ll find the current list under “Top 10 Posts” in the menu at the top of this page (or here). This month, four...
View ArticleMonthly Update to Top 10 All-Time Posts
Each month I update the list of the top 10 most visited posts since this blog began in 2011. We saw several changes during the month of June with the addition of the posts Quit Holding Social Media to...
View ArticleMonthly Update to Top 10 All-Time Posts
Each month I update the list of the top 10 most visited posts since this blog began in 2011. We saw two newer posts make their way into the top 10 during the month of July with the addition of the...
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 ArticleMonthly Update to Top 10 All-Time Posts
Each month I update the list of the top 10 most visited posts since this blog began in 2011. During the past month, we saw a little reshuffling among the 8-10 slots on the list, but no new additions to...
View ArticleTop 5 Posts for September
September was a busy month on this blog. Thanks to the many readers who made September the third best month of 2013 to date. In case you missed the more popular posts, here is a list of the top 5 for...
View ArticleMonthly Update to Top Ten All-Time Posts
Each month I update the list of the top 10 most visited posts since this blog began in 2011. I’ve published over 500 posts in the past 2.5 years and it’s revealing to track what’s popular over the long...
View ArticleMonthly Update to Top 10 All-Time Posts
Each month I update the list of the top 10 most visited posts since this blog began in 2011. I’ve published over 500 posts in the past 2.5 years and it’s revealing to track what’s popular over the long...
View ArticleMonthly Update to Top 10 All-Time Posts
Each month I update the list of the top 10 most visited posts since this blog began in 2011. I’ve published over 540 posts in the past 2.5 years and it’s revealing to track what’s popular over the long...
View ArticleMy Goals for 2014
I set a number of goals for 2013, most of which were achieved as reported in this end-of-year progress report. After careful consideration of what worked and what didn’t last year, and after...
View ArticleMonthly Update to Top 10 All-Time Posts
Following the most active year yet for this blog, let’s pause to see what the top 10 most-viewed posts are out of the 571 posted since its inception in April, 2011. The top 3 spots remain unchanged:...
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