practice & time management
It’s almost the close of business on the first business day of the new year and the new decade. My question for you is: Have you entered your time yet or are you behind already? If you find yourself behind or you know you will be soon, instead of the same old...
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...
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...
business development, career management, practice & time management
‘Tis truly the season of holiday parties. I’ve been to three lawyer related holiday gatherings in the last week, with two more this week. It’s not that I’ve been on the lookout for people violating the basic rules for holiday parties or for...
business development, practice & time management
As I entered recurring lawyer coaching appointments in Outlook well into 2010 for three new clients this week, I used my coaching color. In designer speak, it’s a “warm” color. To me, it’s a “happy” color. (Perhaps also a...
career management, practice & time management
Secretly harboring a creative writer? Actually a frustrated journalist? Always dreaming of the day you’ll start writing your book? You’re not alone amongst lawyers. Carpe diem. Take a cue from this blogger who credits a sibling for getting him going....