When you are building a business, you’re excited and energized, and it’s natural that you want that to rub off on your employees. As an employer and an employee, I’ve been on both sides of this at various points in my career. I was inspired to read about her humanity in this situation-a very natural yearning to connect with the people around her-while balancing the way she honors her business. The lesson? Amoruso says it perfectly: “ Your boss is not your friend, and if you’re the boss, your employees aren’t your friends.” Hold boundaries in your work life. Amoruso learned it the hard way, as so many of us do… She befriended one of her employees and as she talked about how she felt driving her new car, the employee retorted: “Well, you know, you’d better be careful, because people are saying, ‘Oh, now I’m doing my job to pay for a Porsche.’” I felt such joy reading about her passion for the aesthetics of her product packaging a seemingly small, yet important detail that has given even her most loyal customers a truly unique shopping experience.Ģ.

You don’t just evolve from a shopping assistant to the CEO of a multi-million dollar business without a passion for excellence! In Amoruso’s case, one opportunity for excellence was packaging.

Amoruso says, “Nasty Gal would have surely failed had it been my goal to grow a business to the size that I have today,” explaining her focus on quality, not quantity. We live in a noisy world where you’re being sold to every second of the week, and thus it’s no surprise that too many businesses often focus more on business development than they do on honoring the customers they already have. Believe it or not, all that it takes to differentiate you from the competition is work that shows passion. Strive for excellence with your customers or clients. Here are just a few of the lessons I loved the most while reading #GirlBoss, and why you should read it now.ġ. What Amoruso also does so flawlessly is leave the reader with the realization that our work can and should be rewarding at all stages, regardless of the dollars in our bank accounts or the external success of our ventures.

She speaks to the struggle of developing our dreams and our work ethic, which we can all relate to, whether we’re chipping away at a Ph.D.

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