The Fear of Change
This post is short. You know what you have to do: something different. Life is truly what me make it, and given how much of it is spent inside one firm after another,…
Stay Positive
Work subsumes so much of our lives. It is hard to switch off. But, whatever else, keep your perspective, and remind yourself that this day will pass, and there will always be tomorrow…
Is your career on Stop?
> Career (or personal) development in law firms gets scant attention. You join, having endured a contrived process of elimination, with high expectations. Your head is full of principled ideas of how the…
Show appreciation …
For still being in the game. For still having clients that are willing to instruct you. For clients that love what you do. For those that enable you to do your job. And…
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…
Think …
“People find thinking to be difficult because civilization has never made any attempt to make things simpler.” Edward de Bono, Simplicity Think. About what? Life? Work? Money? Family? Love? Relationships? Thinking is not…
How do I say this?
It has always been about … YOU. Your career. Your business. Your clients. Your brand. Your success. Your sense of achievement. Your well being. You will think me stark raving mad, but I couldn’t…
The monotony is killing me
I had an unwritten rule: never stay doing something for more that 10 years. I broke that rule with law. But, more than that, I also promised myself that when I didn’t enjoy…
Personal Development
Before delving into the murky world of personal development, I thought I would put up one of the first Ted videos that I watched, delivered by Anthony Robins (he of hot coal walking fame). If you have the time to watch it (… never I know), then I highly recommend it.
Don’t leave your personality at the front door
How much of yourself do you bring to the office?
Is it (really) you who pitches up every day?
The critical question:
“Are you a true person of yourself?”
The reason I posit this is because, apart from the uniform, professional practice doesn’t embrace difference. I don’t mean diversity, although that it is important. I mean the weird, contrary or different. Even if that seems too f-a-r o-u-t, the business at hand, and the culture of the firm seems to elide any trace of personality.
