For any of you wondering why I’m writing on this subject, I’ll simply say that my law practice peaked when I was in my 50s. I worked really hard. loved every minute of it, made more money than I had ever dreamed was possible and enjoyed both my clients and the lawyers who worked with
Career Development
Want to Give a Dynamite Presentation: Take a Lesson From Tina Turner
By Cordell Parvin on
Posted in Career Development
Nancy and I loved the late Tina Turner. As you will see below, we first saw her in 1971 while I was in law school. We followed her career from then forward. This is the third of my “dynamite” blog posts.
I was sitting in the barber chair and looked over and Tina Turner was…
Lawyers: Thoughts from a Dynamite Lawyer I Coached
By Cordell Parvin on
Posted in Career Development, Client Development Coaching
When I was a young lawyer, I wanted to become a rainmaker. Although I’m not certain I ever used that term. My mentor at the time told me I had to join the Rotary Club to meet potential clients. I joined and maybe after two Thursday night dinner meetings I concluded that although the men…
How to Set Dynamite Goals: Ask Yourself These Questions
By Cordell Parvin on
Posted in Career Development, Client Development
Are you interested in setting dynamite goals, but don’t know where to start? Here are a list of questions you can ask yourself.
The Who Questions:
Who is important in my life?
Who do I want to benefit from what I am doing?
The What Questions:
What are my strengths?
What are my challenges?
What…
Come Monday: It’ll Be All Right
By Cordell Parvin on
Posted in Career Development
With title credit to Jimmy Buffett.
To my great shock, some of you read “Maybe My Last Post After My Last Post” and asked that I write more. To those of you who really wanted more, I say I’ve said about everything I can about life, career development and client development, but I did have…
Maybe My Last Post After My Last Post
By Cordell Parvin on
Posted in Career Development
If you are like me and want writers to just get to the point, my point here is for you to think once again on how you are spending your time. To use the title of a song I like: “Live Like You Are Dying.”
I am an Eagles fan. Nancy and I saw…
My Last Blog Post
By Cordell Parvin on
Posted in Career Development, Uncategorized
You know there comes a time when it is time to hang it up and I have reached that time now. At 74, I’ve aged out of coaching lawyers. I spend my time writing fiction while realizing I will never be John Grisham.
If you remember the Frank Sinatra and Elvis Presley song I Did…
Want to Change: You’ve got to have a big enough “why”
By Cordell Parvin on
Posted in Career Development, Client Development
I want to lose weight. I’ve done it before, but I wanted help this time. So, I’ve signed up for Noom. It is a psychology based approach.
I started listening to the audio and thought I was listening to my coaching ideas for lawyers.
The first step for Noom is having a big picture…
Super Lawyers: They See Things Others Miss
By Cordell Parvin on
Posted in Career Development
A few weeks ago I received a call from a really outstanding lawyer I coached eleven years ago in 2010 and the call reminded me about what made him outstanding.
When I was working with his group, I was caught in an east coast snow storm. It was so intense that there were only a…
Self-Motivation-Don’t limit yourself to what you know you can achieve
By Cordell Parvin on
Posted in Career Development
I remember coaching an outstanding young associate who soon thereafter became a partner in her firm.
On thing she wanted to focus on was preparing a plan for the year that would work for her. So as we got started I asked for her to share her goals with me.
She started with a goal…