Developing the Next Generation of Rainmakers
Sadly, our lives have drastically changed, even since my post last Thursday. I’m trying to catch up with the “new normal.” I think it will take me some time.
In this time of “social distancing” you are not likely to attend an in-person client development program. As a result, I want to once again make…
I didn’t think of empathy when I decided to learn Spanish. Yet, as I tried to speak to people in San Miguel de Allende, I understood more about them than if I was speaking to them in English.
When I got home, I found a recent Fast Company article: Can Learning Another Language Boost Your…
Did you read the recent New York Times Article: What They Don’t Teach Law Students: Lawyering? I certainly did not learn lawyering in law school and, even though law schools are changing, most students do not learn it either.
When your first year associates arrive at your firm each year, they know more about…
I read two very interesting opinion pieces a few weeks ago. The first was by New York Times Columnist David Brooks and I suppose it had a political slant to it. He wrote Temerity at the Top. Among other things, he wrote:
Prosperity is often driven by small enclaves of extraordinary individuals that build
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“New is shiny,” says one of the women. “New gets old,” interjects a stranger.
That response is the theme and most important line from the movie Take This Waltz, a movie shot in Toronto. The line also applies to lawyers getting new clients and retaining existing clients.
The Dallas Morning News gave the movie…
Stephen Covey passed away this past Monday. I learned about his death first on TV and then I read his obituary in the New York Times: Stephen R. Covey, Herald of Good Habits, Dies at 79.
Looking back now, I think my father, Coach John Wooden and Stephen Covey taught me how to have…
Law as a business and law firms have certainly been in the news recently. Just this morning, I read: Business litigators are leaving big law firms for boutiques in the Dallas Morning News. I recently read the New York Times article: Dewey’s Fall Underscores Law Firms’ New Reality? I found this quote interesting:…
Did you read a November, 2011 New York Times article: What They Don’t Teach Law Students: Lawyering? It referenced an American Lawyer survey finding that 47% of clients surveyed did not want first or second year associates working on their matters. It also identified what clients are saying to firms:
But the downturn in
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You are likely wondering what Warren Buffett and the super rich have to do with you? I promise to connect the dots. Think about what motivates you to do something.
Did you read Warren Buffett’s Op Ed piece Stop Coddling the Super Rich in the August 15 New York Times? After reading it, I had…
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