How to Enhance Job Satisfaction as a Lawyer – Your Success Patterns, Part 1

career management, job searching

If you are a lawyer who keeps wishing that someone would hand you a new job or tell you what to pivot to that will make you happier, you are not alone.  Thousands of attorneys dream of a better fit in other jobs within, adjacent to, or completely different than the...

Revisit, Start Crushing, or Write Your 2019 Business Development Plan!

business development

Happy Summer Solstice, lawyers!  On this longest day of the year, take a few minutes to blow the dust off the one page business development plan you wrote in January for your law practice.  Perhaps you made notes with good intentions in December or, better yet, you...

Acknowledge Yourself (It’s Also a Planning Tool!)

career management

In the tradition of year-end Best of and Top Ten lists, let’s pause at the start of this fresh year. Pause here before you find yourself deep in February wondering where January went. Pause not to create a list of resolutions, but to create a list that celebrates your...

5 Reasons Lawyers Should Keep Job Searching During the Holidays

career management, job searching

Here are five gifts the year end holidays offer lawyers seeking new jobs: 1. December brings an abundance of cheerful networking opportunities.  Holiday open houses, bar association parties, potlucks, community service, and other social activities can involve friends...

Productivity Tip: Time is Money So Track How You Spend It

practice & time management

Imagine finding an extra 5 hours of time in your pocket every Friday afternoon.  Or finding 10 hours there at the end of every month?  What would you do with it? That’s crazy, you say.  How could I find time at the end of the month?  Well, ok, so you probably...