Life-in-Progress

Life is more than a day job.

Boss Lesson #2: Owning Your Priorities

Posted by Alora Posted on Dec - 22 - 2008

For the past four years, I’ve kept a sign over my desk that reads: “I don’t have time” = “I haven’t made it a priority.” I’ve written about this before, but never to explain the origins of this epiphany. The credit for this lesson goes to a sharp, good-humored, understatedly charismatic man named Robert. As  [ Read More ]

Boss Lesson #1: Be Invested in Your People

Posted by Alora Posted on Dec - 21 - 2008

WordPress’ database isn’t big enough for me to list off everything I’ve learned from John over the years: about business, about change, about leadership, about being a workaholic, about managing clients, about corporate politics, etc. You name a topic, and I can probably find at least a handful of lessons I learned from him. I  [ Read More ]