Blog Posts: Law Blog

In a recent conversation I had with a long-time friend and client I learned that despite him being in a successful business built through hard work, he is restless and wants to make a change but is scared to do so. I believe that lifetime learning and being open to change is important for all of us. Learning and change are possible at any point in time if you’re ...

Everyone wants to know the secret formula, the one big move that changes everything. But the reality of how success gets built is mundane. Success doesn’t happen because you had one brilliant insight or made one perfect decision. Success happens when you put in small, consistent amounts of effort, every day and every week, regardless of whether you feel motivated...

This isn’t mystical thinking or motivation poster nonsense. It’s how human behavior works in practice. Most people think success happens to other people who got luckier breaks, better genetics or more helpful connections. What they’re missing is that your mindset about yourself is the single most powerful predictor of whether you’ll accomplish what you set ...

Too many people obsess over their salary, bonuses, job title, or for their business, revenue numbers and targets. They’re staring at the scoreboard instead of watching the game being played right in front of them. The football coach Bill Walsh said that “the score takes care of itself” and it’s a fundamental truth about how sustainable success works in busi...

Every year, countless professionals reach a fork in the road where they have to decide whether to take on something difficult or play it safe. The ones who consistently choose the hard path are the ones who build careers worth having. I’m not talking about being reckless or taking on every impossible task that comes your way. I’m talking about that moment when ...

Look, I get it. January rolls around and suddenly everyone’s a different person (or wants to be). You’re going to connect with all those contacts you always say you will, finally get organized personally and professionally, and go to the gym five days a week – and this time it’s all going to stick. The problem is that by February or maybe March, if you’re...

The fastest way to lose credibility is to treat your first thought as your final answer. You’re in a meeting, someone asks a complex question, and your brain immediately serves up a response. It feels right. It sounds confident. And it’s probably wrong. The nightmare isn’t that you had the thought—it’s that you believed it without scrutiny and shared it. ...

Beginning in 2014, many of you probably read my blog regarding having a checkup for you and, if you have one, your business. This does not involve the doctor, but it does involve all the other professionals in your personal and business life. Based on positive feedback, I have made this an annual tradition. I originally made this post about the week between Christm...

In a few days it will be Thanksgiving 2025, in what seems like a world gone crazy. In thinking about writing about being thankful or gratitude, I looked back to my posts from the week of Thanksgiving in prior years. I can’t say it better, so here is my annual blog for the week of Thanksgiving. This is a good time of year to think of gratitude generally and what ...

Almost nobody hears too many sincere compliments. We’re all walking around with positive thoughts about colleagues, clients, and people in our professional circles, but we keep most of them to ourselves. It is as if there is some invisible force field that stops us from just saying what we’re thinking when we appreciate someone. The solution is simple. Complim...