Blog Posts: Law Blog

Beginning in 2014, I wrote about needing an annual check-up.  Many of you read those blog posts about an annual 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 the positive feedback I’ve received, this now an annual tradition. Some...

Preparation is everything. It makes things look easy and natural. In my world it is being prepared for a trial, closing of a transaction, oral argument, or the first meeting with a new client. People know when you are unprepared. When you’re prepared, they likely think you just know your stuff and don’t think about the time you put in to perform at that high le...

Many of us sit in place all day and work hard. This is bad for you both mentally and physically. When you’re focused on an important task or project, you are “on a roll” and stay in your chair, not even getting up to stretch or walk around. You know this is not good for you, but are you willing to try new steps to help yourself and lower your stress level? M...

Whether you are an owner, manager, employee, parent, child, or another role, the only thing you can control is yourself, which means your decisions and your actions. When you try to control more than that and if you are aware, you realize your overall lack of control.  Instead, you realize whatever you have put in motion is subject to the responses and reactions o...

I read somewhere when you are speaking with someone you should imagine them wearing a hat that says “Make me interesting.” The point is to ask questions that allows the other person to speak because the more someone speaks during a conversation, the better they think the conversation went. This is because people like talking generally, and talking about themsel...

 Don’t be too busy or self-important to miss an opportunity. Opportunities are everywhere, but you need to take notice and, at times, treat them like they can be life altering. We all have missed important opportunities. Of course, you can learn from this happening, but looking back with regret is not positive. On the other hand, if you are presenting me with a...

In my world organization can mean many things including time management, having an organized office, or being organized in the work I am doing for cases as well as being cognizant of all case deadlines. As in all worlds, disorganization leads to disaster. It not only can make you late on your commitments, it can adversely affect your business and personal life. For...

A favorite saying of mine is “If we all were the same, the world would be a boring place.” I believe this to be true. Some people are more comfortable with people just like themselves. I do not understand that because I believe diversity breeds innovation and opportunity and makes the world more interesting. It also can mean so many different things. This come...

Is this you? To honestly answer this question requires self-awareness, which many people lack. We all know that person, the one you meet in a business or personal setting who cannot stop themselves from dominating a conversation or room. At the end of the conversation, they think it went well while you hope not to run into them again. When that type of conversatio...

Are you content with where you are in your career and, if so, why? Maybe you just want to do the same old and punch the clock. Sounds boring to me, but it could be your thing. For most of us we see there can be more. What that is depends.  But, for most, there are likely many options. It is like the books where you read a page and what page you go to next depends ...