January 2012

Are You Addicted to Self-Help?

I was a Tony Robbins fan. I read his books and bought some of his tapes. Some of it is good stuff, and I paid attention to him for a couple of years. I incorporated much of what he said into the way I run my life. It helped. Then I moved on. Tony mailed [...]

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Why Do Some People Get More from Their Team?

You’ve visited offices and watched employees and noticed the difference. Some teams are amazingly energized, hustling, and productive. Some teams are lethargic and slow, and they can barely find the energy to greet you at the door. Why? There are many reasons why the culture is so dramatically different from one office to the next. [...]

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Turn Emptying Your E-mail Inbox Into a Game

Let’s face it: dealing with e-mail is a nightmare. It’s kind of like taking out the garbage: it’s never finished. You dig through it and delete, delete, delete. Finally, your inbox is empty. You relax, play a little World of Warcraft, and the next thing you know, your e-mail inbox is full again. It’s a [...]

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What’s the Future of Family Law?

I’m filled with anxiety about the future of family law. It’s changing, and I wonder whether it’s going to cease to exist. It certainly won’t look the same in the near future. Between the document preparation services, online dispute resolution options, non-lawyer ownership of law firms, the flood of new attorneys and resulting price competition, [...]

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How Can You Find the Time?

We once had a lawyer, I’ll call her “Joyce” (since that’s her name), who worked in our firm. It was many years ago, and she was older than the rest of us. She was married and had a kid. Most of us weren’t married and didn’t have kids. We lived in a very different mental [...]

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You Can’t Make Everybody Happy, and You Shouldn’t Try

I’ve got a regular reader here who hates the pop-up ads we’ve been using to generate sign-ups for our email list. I’m sure she represents some significant portion of my readership. She has complained several times directly and via Twitter. It just so happens that we’ve stopped using the pop-ups (so there’s no reason for [...]

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Did the Employee You Fired See it Coming?

We fired an employee a few weeks ago. She never saw it coming. She was truly surprised that she got the axe. I’ve noticed that the people we fire rarely see it coming. I’ve always thought they were kind of clueless. Recently, however, I recognized that their surprise is not evidence of their cluelessness. Their [...]

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We’re Going to Disappear from Google If People Don’t Talk about Us

We’re facing a new challenge with marketing our practices on the Internet. Here’s a Tweet we’re not likely to see: “My divorce lawyer @leerosen really kicked my spouse’s ass. He’s the best!” You won’t see my typical client putting that out on a social network. Why not? Because most clients prefer to keep their divorce [...]

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