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Three SIMPLE Rules for Ruthlessly Managing your Time
(How you can become instantly more productive by following three simple rules…and still get home in time for dinner with your family) We’ve all had these days. You get to work with a specific plan in place and soon enough, unexpected time bombs hit your plate. It might be the lawyer friend who just want more »
From the beginning of the case until its end, EVERYTHING MUST BE MEASURED!
(Your Key Performance Indicators are crucial to determining your success) When a lawsuit ends with a settlement or verdict in favor of your client, the office staff congratulates you and your friends and family are effusive in their praise. The goodwill around your office lasts for a few days as the buzz about the great more »
The First (and most important) Step to Creating the Law Practice of your Dreams
Whenever you ask your lawyer friends how they’re doing, you always get the same answer. The answer is so matter-of-fact that you could answer the question before you’re finished asking: “I am so busy you wouldn’t believe it.” It seems that lawyers are just like everyone: extremely busy. You run around doing lawyer stuff that more »
How to Decide Whether you Should Take the Case
(Make Sure You DO THE MATH Before You Accept your Next Case) Have you ever regretted accepting a case…sometimes just after you sign the retainer agreement? There could be a million reasons—maybe your client is a contract killer for the mob, is a cross-dressing crack addict or spent 15 years in Sing-Sing for defrauding the more »
How to Squeeze More Time out of your Day (and get a lot more done)
You’ve heard this conversation a million times. You ask a friend how they are doing at work and you get the same answer, “You would not believe how busy I am.” Yada, yada, yada. Everyone’s busy, right? Even your best friend’s mother, who sits at home watching soap operas, is “so busy you wouldn’t believe more »
Why Lawyer Websites SUCK!!!
The big day finally arrives: your new whiz-bang website is finally ready to be launched. You’ve spent a king’s ransom on your new website and you’re ready for the big payoff. Your new website’s got everything: fancy flash animation, award-winning logos and stories of your big verdicts and settlements. Now, you’re ready to conquer the more »
The Greatest Business Card you will ever have
Just think, when is the last time you held on to a business card that you got from another lawyer? Sure, maybe you kept the business card in your wallet for a couple of days just ‘cause you felt guilty tossing it out right away. But 99% of the time, you toss the business cards more »
