As a coach, I often emphasize the importance of authenticity in marketing and career exploration. Why? Because spending time with people you genuinely enjoy, focusing on activities that energize you, and choosing a practice area [...]
I recently attended a terrific webinar sponsored by the American Bar Association called "Longevity and Your Brain: How to Achieve Well-Being into Later Life" featuring Debra S Austin, JD, PhD, a law professor and author [...]
This morning, while walking with my friend Jennifer Taddeo we talked about the different ways people support each other. Jenn shared a concept with me that struck a chord: the “Ring Theory” of support. The [...]
On Saturday, I had JOMO, FOMO, YOLO, and then finally decided to go solo. A note of explanation. Lately, I've been trying to do a better job of following my own advice. I tell my [...]
As attorneys, we share many qualities that make us effective in representing our clients. Our skepticism, aversion to risk, sense of urgency, competitiveness, and pessimism, can all be good for out clients. But when it [...]
This past year, I've been writing and speaking a lot about lawyer personalities (see e.g. here and here.) My basic argument is that the things that make us good lawyers (our skepticism, our aversion to [...]
