Jim Moss
| Jim Moss | |
|---|---|
| — Lacrosse player — | |
| Born |
March 3, 1977 Toronto, ON, CAN |
| Position | Defense |
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) |
| Weight | 210 pounds (95 kg) |
| NLL team F. Teams |
Colorado Mammoth San Jose Stealth Albany Attack |
| Nationality | Canada |
| Pro career | 2001–2008 |
| Shoots | Right |
| Nickname | The Axe |
Jim Moss (born March 3, 1977 in Toronto, Ontario) is a former professional lacrosse player. Moss was named the National Lacrosse League's Defensive Player of the Year in 2003.[1] Entered into the Brampton Sports Hall of Fame in 2007 as well as the Canadian Lacrosse Hall of Fame as a member of Team Canada in 2007.[2]
In 2012, Jim founded "The Smile Epidemic", an online gratitude project where individuals share photos of what has made them smile throughout their day. The project has gone viral, with participants from over 450 cities and 200 countries around the globe.[3]
Since this time The Smile Epidemic Inc. has launched Plasticity Labs of which Mr Moss is the Chief Happiness Officer (CEO). Plasticity is a research and technology platform that develops the psychological skills that drive happiness to 1 billion people. Plasticity works small and large enterprises (TD Bank, Lululemon) to help build workplace cultures that can be both high performing and deliver happiness to employees and customers. Plasticity is founded in Positive and Social Psychology principles and uses a behavioral reinforcement approach when training individuals online. Plasticity has raised $1.5M CDN to date, has secured roughly $750K in ARR in its three years of operations. Articles about Plasticity's research findings have been published in the Harvard Business Review and the company recently has recently launched its first book "Unlocking Happiness at Work", authored by co-founder and wife Jennifer Moss. in 2015 Canadian Business Magazine featured Moss and his cofounders on their cover as they were named 2015 Innovators of the Year
Hockey and Lacrosse Statistics
National Lacrosse League
| Regular Season | Playoffs | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | GP | G | A | Pts | LB | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | LB | PIM | ||
| 2001 | Albany | 5 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 24 | 4 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 2002 | Albany | 16 | 9 | 12 | 21 | 127 | 53 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 7 | ||
| 2003 | Albany | 16 | 11 | 5 | 16 | 113 | 42 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 2004 | San Jose | 16 | 11 | 5 | 16 | 82 | 44 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 0 | ||
| 2005 | San Jose | 16 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 85 | 34 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 2006 | San Jose | 12 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 57 | 35 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 2007 | Colorado | 8 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 40 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| NLL Totals | 89 | 41 | 42 | 83 | 528 | 248 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 25 | 7 | |||
Hockey career
Jim Moss also was a member of the London Knights OHL hockey club for the 96-97 season and the 97-98 season. Was captain of the 97-98 squad. After he played for the Western Mustangs University team in the CIAU. He finished his hockey career off with the Huntington Blizzards of the ECHL.
Personal life
Jim has been married to his wife Jen since July 9, 2005. The couple has one son, Wyatt, a daughter, Olivia, and are expecting their third child in July, 2013.
In September, 2009, Jim Moss contracted Guillane-Barre Syndrome.[4] Currently, this diagnosis has been rescinded, leaving his diagnosis as an undefined neuro-muscular disease. The Auto-immune disease stands to end Jim's professional sports career and he has been recording events about the recovery at his blog site. After keeping a private gratitude journal in the hospital and while he learned to walk again, he began to share this publicly which garnered much support. By simply writing what made him smile or that he was grateful for on a piece of paper above an image of a smile, his current project, The Smile Epidemic, was born.[5]
The Smile Epidemic
Jim's current project is The Smile Epidemic, an update on the classic concept of a gratitude journal, which capitalizes on the popularity and capacities of Internet sharing and social network technologies. In its simplest format, users interface digitally, capturing and sharing photos of what made them smile throughout their day.
The campaign has garnered significant momentum, including a feature on CTV News.[6] Jim will also be featured on the Oprah Winfrey Network's Life Story Project in February, 2013. The Smile Epidemic has also been selected to present at the SXSW 2013 festival in Austin, Texas in March, 2013.[7]
References
- ↑ "Stealth Sign Defenseman Jim Moss". OurSportsCentral.com. November 17, 2004. Retrieved February 2, 2015.
- ↑ Canadian Lacrosse Hall of Fame
- ↑ http://www.therecord.com/living/healthfitness/article/782452--lacrosse-player-s-illness-leads-to-a-smile-epidemic
- ↑ Jim Moss lacrosse comeback cut short by additional health issues, Calgary goes ‘Xtreme’, Doyle back in K-W, plus the links
- ↑ http://www.therecord.com/living/healthfitness/article/782452--lacrosse-player-s-illness-leads-to-a-smile-epidemic
- ↑ http://www.ctvnews.ca/video?clipId=790037&playlistId=1.1006480&binId=1.811496
- ↑ http://sxsw.com/interactive/sessions/programming
External links
| Preceded by Pat Coyle |
NLL Defensive Player of the Year 2003 |
Succeeded by Cam Woods, Taylor Wray |