A question to consider
I’ll write more about this in a future post, but here’s a question for you to consider: Are you playing to win? Or are you playing not to lose?
Tuesday shorts 7/29/08 (happiness in the law, client relationships, Blackberry malaise)
I’m attending a conference this week, so I thought I’d load up a few links to good articles and blog posts some of you may not have seen. Seven Simple Suggestions for Success and Happiness in the Law The JD Bliss Blog recently posted a summary of a commencement speech by Stephen Ellis, a lawyer who […]
Protected: Workshop Audios (private post for attendees)
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What’s in a name?
During my third year of law school, I was a member of the Lamar Inn of Court at Emory Law School. For those unfamiliar with the American Inns of Court, it’s an organization based on the English Inns of Court and designed to bring together law students (known in the Inn as pupils), junior practitioners […]
Do you know the RULER for law firm economics?
Law as business vs. law as profession is a conversation that has largely lost its meaning and relevance, especially in today’s economy. Lawyers must understand some of the basic law firm economics from day 1, if not before. I happened across an article that presents these basics along with a handy acronym, RULER: Rates: lawyers’ […]
Set ’em so you can reach ’em
When “Carl,” a 4th year associate in a large firm, contacted me about lawyer coaching, he was dreading an upcoming evaluation. The office rumor was that associates were being asked to explain what they’d done to meet the goals they’d set in the previous year’s review, and Carl was nervous. He explained that although he’d been […]
Financial freedom
An anonymous email I received shortly after I began coaching haunts me. This person (I don’t know whether male or female, but I’ll assume male here) wanted desperately to leave the practice. He was responding to something I’d written, and he explained that he’d practiced law for nearly 20 years and hated it. He never liked […]