Want Success? Fire Your Friends
Do you know someone who is negative or cynical? Someone who complains, gossips, and blames others for his or her situation? Whatever you call these people – downers, kill-joys, energy vampires – ...
What Criminal Law Can Teach You About Success
Remember that Criminal Law class during your first year of law school? Your professor unwittingly laid out a simple model to help you get exactly what you want . . ...
Time Management Doesn’t Work
What are you doing with your time? If you’re like most lawyers: You’re spending it, tracking it, billing it, prioritizing it, bemoaning it, and trying to wrest it into submission. ...
The Great Interview Question You Should Ask Yourself
I sat across the desk from the senior partner and chair of the real estate department at one of the largest law firms in the country as my interview drew ...
The #1 Obstacle To Your Success – A Tragic Story
Do you ever have those days when you feel that no matter what you do, nothing seems to go your way? Like all the obstacles in the world have miraculously ...
Who Really Controls Your Career As A Lawyer?
Do you take full responsibility for the results you get in your life and your career as a lawyer? Before you answer with an automatic and resounding “Yes!” think about ...
Are You A Great Lawyer? Or An Imposter?
If they only knew . . . Have you ever asked yourself “what gives me the right to be here?” Are you a law firm partner who sometimes wonders why ...
The Line Item Successful Lawyers Have In The Budget
Multiple Choice Question: How much time and money have you allocated for your professional development budget this year? (a) I pay for mandatory CLE. That’s what you mean, right? (b) I ...