Most lawyers I know jam their calendars each day with more than two people could accomplish in a week. Is this you? It’s a vicious cycle because we feel terrible not being able to accomplish what’s on the list… instead of feeling great about what was accomplished. We literally sabotage our success and the feeling
The pandemic has caused far reaching economic downturn. How we navigate the changes will be the measure of our success. If we are in denial or have our heads in the sand it will be a difficult journey. I know from experience, because in 2008 I tried doing business as I had before the crisis—I
These past weeks have turned our world upside down and inside out. Finding equilibrium has been a challenge to say the least. What did Churchill say about being in hell? Keep going! And I would ask—What did we learn along the way? I lived through the 2008 crisis hoping for life and business to get
Do something every single day, has been my mantra for many years. Why, because it’s much easier to commit to small tasks. And those small tasks can accumulate and become a tidal wave. As the saying goes, How do you eat an elephant…one bite at a time.
That is what business development can feel like…
First—was 2018 what you imagined it would be? Oh, you didn’t really think about what you wanted to accomplish in 2018? You just went where the crisis-of-the-day lead you? From one overwhelmed day to another. Then when it was all over and you looked around, there was nothing in the pipeline? Panic set in and
The lawyers I work with often lament that they never have time for business development. But, is that really true? We have all been there… needing to do two or three things at once or having to do more in a day then is humanly possible. We seldom examine how we are trying to get