Making the Most of your Personal Brand
“Don’t compromise yourself, honey. You’re all you’ve got.” Janis Joplin As long as I can remember, I have been fascinated with success. This is not some longing born out of envy or greed…
when our past catches up with us
this isn’t polished it symbolises, though, a lot of what we wrestle with every day stephen covey calls it scripting but i think it goes deeper than that we enter the world we…
Talent is Everything
“I believe the real difference between success and failure in a corporation can very often be traced to the question of how well the organization brings out the great energies and talents of…
Trust your intuition
I hate the label ‘Guru’. It practically makes me puke. What does anyone really know? Nothing, really. There is way too much noise these days, and it is easy to be seduced by…
Is the practice of Law at risk of being forgotten?
In all the (endless) chatter about business development, social media and technology, is the practice of Law at risk of being forgotten? I am not someone that would wish to see the legal…
Cultivating Changelessness
Change is an inevitable consequence of life. It is inescapable. Sometimes we learn from our experience. Other times, we learn not to go near something (or somebody) because the pain outweighs any gain….
Lawyers: Just make Bigger promises
Lawyers (and all those in Professional Services) agonise over the idea of differentiation or more colloquially known as your U.S.P (Unique Selling Proposition). The truth is that it is hard to differentiate professional…
Choosing the r-i-g-h-t work
How many times have you heard the expression: “Work Smarter Not Harder [dummy]?” There is certainly merit in focusing on the 20% of your time that produces 80% of your results, but when…
Making the most of your time
You would think that I had nothing good to say about the legal profession. Not true. You don’t spend nearly 20 years of your life committed to the cause for nothing. But, in…
Turning over a Brand You leaf
Corny. But how many of you have decided that your future lies in the notion of reinvention? As Benjamin Barber, the eminent sociologist said: “I don’t divide the world into the weak and…
