Living fearlessly
Graduation is approaching, and I thought I’d share this excerpt from Michael Ignatieff‘s 2004 commencement speech to Whitman College graduates. The theme will perhaps strike a chord with some of you. My theme is living fearlessly in a fearful world. Living fearlessly is not the same thing as never being afraid. It’s good to be […]
Wednesday Grab Bag
Another pointer to some interesting goings-on… 1. The 800-CEO-READ Blog has an interesting post about the necessity of praising twentysomething workers for absolutely everything, because parents, teachers, and so on have rewarded this generation with everything from verbal reminders to winner’s ribbons and gold stars, following on a similar (but unlinked) WSJ article published last weekend. The post […]
Monday Grab bag
Travel week here: I’ll be speaking on Wednesday at the NALP annual conference, on Facilitating a Successful Transition from Student to Lawyer. Since the conference is in Keystone, CO, I seized the opportunity to spend some time in Colorado and Wyoming over the weekend and into this week. I flew into Denver (home of Stephanie West Allen, […]
Life at the Bar… Welcome to your game of Twister®!
Do you ever feel stressed? Overwhelmed? As if it’s impossible to meet all of the demands you’re facing at any given moment? Although most of our society seems to have those feelings at least some of the time, anecdotal evidence suggests that a significant number of lawyers experience them frequently. And perhaps it’s no surprise, […]
Tag, I’m it: Gotta Get Goals
Stephanie West Allen has tagged me to participate in the Gotta Get Goals meme. The idea is to share 5-10 over-the-top, fabulous goals that I will need to achieve to say I’ve reached my wildest dreams in life. Now, that’s fun! I’ve always kept goal lists in one form or another, simply because I think it’s […]
The role of wealth in life at the bar and in associate retention
Money is always an interesting topic, and wealth even more so. I remember being in middle school and fantasizing with friends about being rich. We imagined that if we could just make about $60,000, we’d be set. (Of course, I’d venture to guess that all of our parents were earning at least double that at […]
By the way… What IS coaching?
I had an interesting conversation this weekend with a group of friends and colleagues about what I’m doing now. Although I’m still practicing law part-time (with no desire to stop, honestly), coaching — and specifically, coaching lawyers — has taken the prize as my top pursuit. So I’ve told these folks about the Georgetown University […]