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3 Questions That Will Help Your Assistant Help You
Whether you want to accelerate your career growth, grow your practice, improve client service or simply get more accomplished with less stress, your assistant or secretary can be the critical partner you need to achieve your goals. Do You Need a New Assistant – or a...
Too Much to Do? Eliminate This
If you are overloaded, exhausted and burning the candle at both ends, here’s a newsflash. You don’t have to do everything! I know – it’s hard to accept. You may believe you have to be all things to all people and say yes to everyone so you won’t miss an opportunity or...
Great at Multitasking? Why You Need to Stop!
Boy, are you busy. You’re marking up the draft of a brief while at the same time listening to a muted conference call, checking your email and scarfing down a kale salad. Thank goodness you are a great multitasker – you’re getting so much accomplished! Or, perhaps...
Change is Coming. Will You Be Ready?
You’ve no doubt heard it said that the only constant is change. Despite the inevitability of change, many people hate it and hope things will stay as they are. Here are just a few of the many reasons people resist change: They don’t want to lose control. They are...
What’s The Most Effective Communication Style?
What’s your communication style? How do you get your message across and obtain the information you need? There are 3 Communication Styles. According to Ruth Sherman, a consultant, communications expert, author and speaker, those 3 styles are: Aggressive, Passive, and...
Change Self-Doubt to Self-Confidence with Clues from the Past
Do you have the sneaking suspicion (or worse, the strong conviction) that you don’t have what it takes to succeed? One of the things that holds many people back from achieving their goals is the belief that they are somehow lacking in a particular skill or ability...
Opportunity Is Knocking. Will It Pass You By?
Do you sometimes wish things were different for you? That you made more money or had more power over your career? That you felt better about what you are doing or that your work had more meaning? Do you ever wish that someone would come along and show you what to do?...
5 Tips for Radiating Confidence (Even When You Don’t Feel It)
I recently conducted a survey in which I asked lawyers to let me know what professional and personal development topics they would be most interested in reading about. One of the issues that came up again and again was confidence, more specifically, how to increase...
Cultivate an Attitude of Gratitude – 25 Quotes to Inspire You
Here in the United States, we are preparing to celebrate the national holiday of Thanksgiving. As in other countries and cultures where a holiday of thanksgiving is observed, it is customary to express gratitude for one’s blessings and good fortune. At times, it may...
The Rainmaking Principle Every Lawyer Needs to Hear
Are you a good lawyer? You probably are! You pride yourself on doing good work. You are diligent, careful, a skilled advocate and a caring adviser, all at the same time. You’re great at closing the deal, winning the case or getting the best possible settlement or...
5 Ways To Stop Self-Sabotage Now
Are you unsatisfied with your lot in life? Frustrated with your career or law practice? Sometimes you don’t get what you want because other people and outside circumstances get in the way. And sometimes . . . well . . . you get in your own way. How? By throwing...
How to Start Building (or Rebuilding) Your Professional Network
“Your present circumstances don't determine where you can go; they merely determine where you start.” Nido Qubein It is a well-established fact that having a strong professional network is a huge asset to any lawyer, whether you are looking for your next job or...