A client recently called me, and I could hear the tension in his voice right away. Too many projects coming due at the same time (and thus, another long weekend in the office) combined with sheer exhaustion to make Rick an unhappy lawyer. “I just don’t know how I’m going to get it all done. […]
I’m attending a conference this week, so I thought I’d load up a few links to good articles and blog posts some of you may not have seen.
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Seven Simple Suggestions for Success and Happiness in the Law The JD Bliss Blog recently posted a summary of a commencement speech by Stephen Ellis, a lawyer who has […]
Pavlov’s dog had nothing on most BlackBerry/iPhone/BlackJack/other PDA users.Â
All too often, we (and I include myself) hear the “beep” or feel the vibration and pounce immediately, even in the middle of a sentence — our own or someone else’s. And I’ve seen (and though I’d prefer not to admit it, experienced) the discomfort that can […]
Imagine, for a moment, a world in which a lawyer’s work and life are completely separate.
No, I’m serious. Pause and imagine it.
When I try to envision that world, I get deeply distressed. If work and life are separate, and if life has no part in work, what does that imply? Work = no life, and […]
September 05, 2008 
