As some of you know I am a Virginia Tech grad. As others of you may know Virginia Tech’s women are playing in our first Final Four basketball tournament here in Dallas. Nancy and I are going to watch us play LSU in the first game tonight.
I don’t want to bury the lead, so
I’ve written this post mostly about me and what I am thinking about this week. So, when you read this first sentence, you may have asked yourself:
What does any of this have to do with me?
For those of you not likely to read all of this post, let me answer the question up
Some of you who regularly read my Blog do not know that I am a Hokie, a Virginia Tech alum.
With Daughter Jill before the Independence Bowl 2015. We stayed home because of Tornadoes
This Sunday is Easter, but it also is the 10 year anniversary of the Virginia Tech massacre. At the time, news
As you likely know, during my career I made presentations to contractors, and now to lawyers, I have always tried to “work the room” before the presentation. I showed up early and went around meeting the audience members as they came in the room.
If you have ever heard me speak, you know I had
Nancy and I are flying east today. On Monday, will drive to Blacksburg, Virginia to watch my alma mater, Virginia Tech play the national champion Ohio State Buckeyes.
Just in case you missed it, my Hokies shocked the world last September when we beat the Buckeyes in Columbus.
Unfortunately for us, that was the
Short blog post today on self reflection and dealing with difficult times.
I read a David Brooks New York Times column published last week: The Moral Bucket List and I just want to make sure you see it.
In the column he talks about the person I know that I would like to be. I
I am starting coaching a group of partners today. I will ask them and I will ask you: Do you have goals? That is likely not the most appropriate question because we all have goals. Perhaps better questions might be:
Why should you write (type) your
It was Thanksgiving Day, 1965, 46 years ago. It seems so very long ago now. I was a Virginia Tech freshman in the Corps of Cadets. It was my first Thanksgiving 900 miles away from home, family and my high school girl friend. Early that morning I boarded a bus with the Corps and we
I am stilling trying to get warm after sitting outside last night watching Virginia Tech play North Carolina. Even with hand and foot warmers, I was shaking cold. If you happened to watch the game on ESPN, you likely learned just how cold it was.
I can remember when very few college football
Yesterday I posted a blog What is a Collaborative Law Firm and…Does It Matter? and linked to HBR blog posts suggesting that great people are overrated. At the end I mentioned I would write today about how law firms can determine whether a student or lateral will become a great lawyer.
After Bill Taylor