Act Now, Think Later
There is value in envisioning and sketching out a plan. There are times and places for speculating, contemplating, and even losing track of time in aimless wonder. But what is the cost of thinking...
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The Secret to Becoming an “Expert”
You have prepared to act. You have studied and earned degrees. You have completed training programs and landed a job. The time for thinking and planning and evaluating has either passed or it has not yet...
Time Management for Law Firm Associates (Part 2: Setting Yourself Up (in Advance) for Success)
Part 1 of this post (“Tips & Tricks for the Work Day“) presented ideas to help you plan and organize your day at the office. The following items are aimed at the big picture, with...
Act Now, Think Later: Seven Quotes to Get Your Career (and Life) Moving
Actions speak louder than words, but the following words just might get you off your butt to do something about it. An ounce of action is worth a ton of theory. -Ralph Waldo Emerson...
Time Management for Law Firm Associates (Part 1: Tips & Tricks for the Work Day)
If you’re reading this blog, chances are you’ve had days that seem to disappear… by 6pm, you say to yourself, exasperated, “What a hectic day! Not a moment to myself, and yet I’m not...
Doing Hard Things
I have been obsessed lately with the idea that initiating action, however small, can reliably produce surprisingly substantial, positive results. In his tragic masterpiece, Faust, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe captures this truth as elegantly as...
How to Stop Putting Off Important Things
We all do it. Between work and family obligations, errands, the mere whiff of a social life and the few minutes we manage to cobble together here and there for relaxation, we carry around...
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