by Elizabeth | Feb 25, 2013 | business development, career management
When going after Moby Dick, take along the tartar sauce. In other words, visualize success. That’s what I reminded a client in advance of her interview this week. I do, and I believe it works. Even if you’re skeptical, visualizing success doesn’t...
by Elizabeth | Dec 20, 2012 | business development, career management
I’ve seen many of these 14 Ways to be Better at Your Job in 2013 work for my lawyer clients and friends in the last few years. Read the full Forbes article, add a client focus to several and adapt them to your law practice or career. These suggestions aren’t...
by Elizabeth | Apr 24, 2010 | career management
>Last night a lawyer friend of mine crossed an item off her bucket list. The diva, aka “Rachel Rules”, channeled Aretha and others for an hour at a birthday party for herself. R-E-S-P-E-C-T…. Rewind. The idea started to take shape where many things...
by Elizabeth | Dec 28, 2009 | business development, career management, practice & time management
Last week I posted how in December I ask my clients to review their past year and acknowledge 100 of their accomplishments. In December I also ask them to write next year’s holiday letter – – as if they are looking back at the upcoming year. When I...
by Elizabeth | Dec 23, 2009 | career management, practice & time management
We are near year end. It is time for year end awards like Person of the Year and retrospectives like The Year’s Best and Worst [anything]. It is also a good time for the rest of us to review our year and acknowledge ourselves for what we did and who we were this...