Lawyers

When Is Your Next Vacation?

You need a vacation. You always need a vacation. We just got back from Grenada, so vacations are on my mind (the photo is the view from our room). I’ve harped on this before, and the situation isn’t getting any better. Many of us don’t take enough vacations, and it’s bad for our health, our [...]

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Are You Addicted to Self-Help?

I was a Tony Robbins fan. I read his books and bought some of his tapes. Some of it is good stuff, and I paid attention to him for a couple of years. I incorporated much of what he said into the way I run my life. It helped. Then I moved on. Tony mailed [...]

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How Can You Find the Time?

We once had a lawyer, I’ll call her “Joyce” (since that’s her name), who worked in our firm. It was many years ago, and she was older than the rest of us. She was married and had a kid. Most of us weren’t married and didn’t have kids. We lived in a very different mental [...]

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What Does Your Office Look Like?

What does your office look like? We all want to know. We’re curious to see how you’re doing it. We’d like to know how you’re doing it so we can learn from you. Please, please, please show us. In fact, I’ll show you mine if you’ll show me yours. Mine is in the picture to [...]

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Stay Out of the Future and Out of the Past

There’s a space somewhere between the present and the future that contains the sweet spot for generating profits in your firm. It’s important for you to be able to identify that spot and position yourself squarely in the middle of it. The future is not the answer. Here’s what I mean: If you’re living in [...]

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Why You Should Stop Reading Divorce Discourse

I love my readers. I’m thrilled that you’re here. Thank you. I love giving you ideas for marketing, management, technology, and finance. I’m thrilled to have helped some of you grow your practices, take home more money, and find more time for your families. However, you need to know that there is something much more [...]

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Are You Cut Out to Start a Practice?

I was listening to Jeff Pulver talking in a Mixergy interview. He’s been around for a long time in lots of different capacities. He’s made (and lost) many millions of dollars. He’s currently behind the 140 Conference. While Pulver seems a little crazy, he’s got some valuable, interesting, and important things to say, and his [...]

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Change Is the Only Constant

“It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change.” -Charles Darwin It’s popular to argue for the status quo. It’s comforting to people to hear that things won’t change. It’s especially comforting for lawyers. With marketing, they’re against advertising, social media, and most [...]

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