Growing Personally & Professionally
In this month’s SuccessTips, we’re discussing:
- Phishing, Spear Phishing, and Whaling: Protect Yourself and Your Firm
- Do you want more of what you have today, or something better?
- It’s Not All About The Billables: Making Productive Use Of Downtime
- Since We Can’t Stop the Aging Process, the Day Will Come When…
- Lawyer Video Of The Month
…Read MorePractice Development Quick Reads for October 2018
In this month’s SuccessTips, we’re discussing:
- Handling Settlement Funds: A Best-Practices Checklist
- Lawyers Should Be Great At Consultative And Insight Selling
- Find Your Niche. Then Get Rich.
- It’s My File, Not Yours!
- Lawyer Video Of The Month
…Read MorePractice Development Quick Reads for July 2018
In this month’s SuccessTips, we’re discussing:
- How To Reduce Distractions In A Constantly Connected World
- Authenticity as a Social Media Marketing Strategy
- Time To Change Your eDiscovery Mindset
- I Can’t Believe My Former Client Posted That!
- Lawyer Video / Website Of The Month
…Read MorePractice Development Quick Reads for July 2017
In this month’s SuccessTips, we’re discussing:
- How To Stop Treating Conversation Like Cross-Examination
- 16 Good Things to Do with a Business Card (Yours and Theirs)
- Metrics that Matter to Small Law Firms
- ABA Issues Major Ruling on Ethics of Email and Electronic Communications
- Lawyer Website Of The Month
…Read MorePractice Development Quick Reads for June 2017
In this month’s SuccessTips, we’re discussing:
- Six Ways To Jump Start Your LinkedIn Network
- 10 Steps To A Practical Lawyer Business Development Plan
- How to Tailor Your Web Presence to Your Marketing Goals
- How To Beat Procrastination
…Read MorePractice Development Quick Reads for March 2017
In this month’s SuccessTips, we’re discussing:
- How to Make Presentation Slides That Win You More Business
- How to Finally, Really Break Bad Habits
- What Prospective Business Clients and Referral Sources Need to See From You
- Business Acronym of the Month: CRAP
- Alternative to Last Month’s Acronym
…Read MorePractice Development Quick Reads for August 2016
In this month’s SuccessTips, we’re discussing:
- What’s It’s Like to Live With You
- How You May be Unwittingly Contributing to the Underperformance of Your Team
- Simple, Practical Guidance to Dramatically Improve Your Punctuality
- Business Acronym of the Month: PEBKAC
- A Truly Brilliant and Creative (and Completely Entertaining) Music Marketing Video by Two Criminal Defense Lawyers
…Read MorePractice Development Quick Reads for July 2016
As a species, we humans either move toward pleasure or away from pain. Reductionist as that might sound, it nonetheless explains a huge portion of our behavior. And it is quite helpful in understanding the scourge of procrastination. My time management coaching with lawyers confirms what the research shows: there …Read More
The very first moment you’re confronted with a challenging situation – that very first instant of recognition – presents a potent but rarely appreciated opportunity to orient yourself in a more effective way than you otherwise might. Whether it’s a relatively minor challenge such as another interruption from an important-but-prickly …Read More
One the most effective ways we keep from taking action that would otherwise be good for us is by succumbing to the trap of “when/then” thinking. It’s rooted in our emotions (often the emotion of fear), but we experience it in our heads through the internal dialog we have when confronted …Read More
