Friday Reading: Don Draper’s Guide to Being a Better Lawyer

I try to make time every Friday to catch up on all the things that I’ve piled up, both literally and virtually, to read when I have a chance.  As I began sifting through some of it this morning, I thought it might be fun to share what I think is the most insightful, most [...]

Mining for Diamonds, Panning for Gold

Whenever a blogger takes a couple of weeks off to catch up with other things (in this case, preparing and making CLE presentations before the end of the year) you can count on it that he or she will have a ton of stuff piled up to share.
I receive lots of new books that publishers hope [...]

You Don’t Always Have to Eat Your Peas!

Most successful people have developed the habit of putting work before play. After all, most of us of a certain age were taught that we had to eat all our dinner first if we wanted any dessert. (Does anyone even sit down to dinner anymore?)
The ability to delay gratification is one of the hallmarks [...]

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Every day I talk to lawyers who are either making plans to leave an established firm and strike out on their own or have already done so. And I continue to be surprised that almost none of them have thought much beyond acquiring space and appropriate furnishings and equipment to set up shop. [...]