Blog Posts: Law Blog

Over the past few years if you have read my blog, you may have read about 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 the feedback that I receive each year, I have decided to make this topic an annual tradition. Some of ...

As we head into the end of the year it is a good time to reflect on the past year and plan for the coming year. Was your 2018 a success? If not, will you have goals and a plan in place to try to reach those goals for 2019? Whether your year was or was not a success, have you ever thought about how you define success? We all look at success differently. For one pers...

Consistency and organization matter. The idea is to have a plan and put it into place. What that plan is and how you execute it will be different as it depends on you, your business, and how you like to work. For instance, I use a handwritten to do list, but also rely on calendaring and tasks in Outlook. This can result in redundancy, but with some of the types of ...

The only person who can limit your imagination is you. What I mean is that if you think there are limits regarding what you can do - or accomplish - you will encounter self-created and self-fulfilling prophesies. If you think about this, you will know it’s true. Negative thinking stops positive momentum. It doesn’t matter whether it’s me thinking ...

It is just one week until Thanksgiving. This is a good time to think about gratitude and specifically what you are thankful for. At the same time, it’s a great time of year to spread good feelings, which you can do by letting others know when you appreciate something that they have done for you. Those of you who have younger children - or even older ones - kn...

Many people wait for inspiration to strike them before doing something. It could be work related or writing a novel. Those same people stop working once their inspiration wanes. It’s as if they are waiting for everything to be perfect - from how they are feeling, to the time of day, from whether the moon is full to the perfect space to work in. You get the id...

Have you ever thought about this? Even if you have, how would you know? I once read a quote that said “the difference between the way a person treats the powerless and the powerful is as good a measure of human character as I know.” The quote is from Robert I. Sutton, who is a professor at Stanford. The quote reminds me of my first employer after law sc...

How are you an expert? We all have things that we are really good at doing.  The possibilities are endless. You could be an expert in what you do for a living such as computer programming, medicine, plumbing or auto repair, or perhaps you are an expert at something like Sudoku, stamp collecting, video games or Star Wars trivia. Maybe you are an expert in ...

Ignorance rules, allowing misinformation to be a scourge on our society. Sometimes it comes by way of special interests. Many times misinformation is spread by people speaking about things as if they now what they are talking about, but they don’t. This only leads to disagreements in the future because no one can agree on a truth. You can help this happen les...

We all have good genetics and bad genetics. The thing is, we may only find out what that means as we get older.  Most likely all of us will have adverse health issues at some point in time. So, what can you do about it? Take care of yourself along the way. Generally, eat healthy and exercise. By generally, I mean that once in a while you enjoy that piece ...