You can track every six minutes of your day with the precision of a Swiss watch and still have no idea why your firm feels harder to run than it should. The hours are logged, the clients are emailing “just circling back,” and the revenue is… theoretically making its...
When I was a young lawyer, I could outline an argument in my sleep and spot a weak clause from across the room. I thrived on being seen as intelligent and driven. I imagine that you do too. Yet there are stretches where you are working nonstop and somehow not gaining...
Everyone likes the idea of a better year, hoping for more profit with less pressure and more contentment and success overall. We’re all hearing about innovation, leadership, and the future of the legal profession, but I see many attorneys who are still quietly hoping...
If you’re like me, December arrived like a partner who wants to “circle back” at 4:58 p.m. on a Friday. You are trying to enjoy peppermint bark and twinkle lights, but the new year keeps clearing its throat in the corner. You want to relax, but you also want to grow....
You can feel the pressure building in the profession, as clients want greater speed, and partners want growth. Everyone is watching AI reshape the landscape with a kind of momentum that sends a clear message. You cannot keep doing what you have always done and expect...
As an attorney or a high-achieving professional, you’re used to action, to making things happen, and ideally to turning problems into solutions. I know because I lived that existence for years too. But I learned the hard way that sometimes, the hardest cost to see is...
