Five great lessons I haven’t yet learned.

I’ve got great friends with helpful ideas. I haven’t folded them into my life as well I would like. But they are worth sharing with you.

1. My friend Char explained how she made decisions about requests for her time. “I’ve got 168 hours in my week,” she said. “I have things in every space: work, family, rest. I have things that I am already lending support to. I have boards and projects. Every time someone asks for my time, I have to look at what I am doing and say, ‘what am I going to take ou...