by Casey on January 31, 2012
This coming Monday, February 6th at 6pm Pacific at the Book Passage at San Francisco’s Ferry Building, please join me as I interview Deborah Schneider, Esq., co-author of Should You Really Be A Lawyer? The Guide to Smart Career Choices Before, During and After Law School (click here to buy the book on Amazon).
If you are, or know of, a prospective law student, a current law student or a lawyer who’s wondering (a) if they should become, or remain, a lawyer and (b) what they should do with their life, this event shouldn’t be missed.
We’ll discuss how aspiring and practicing lawyers can learn to make better career choices that will lead them to work they love, and answer your most vexing career questions. Whether you’re thinking about law school, currently in law school or practicing law, this program will help bring clarity to any current career confusion.
Once again, the event is scheduled for Monday February 6 at 6pm at the Book Passage at the San Francisco Ferry Building, where Market Street meets the Embarcadero (map).
Buy the book: http://amzn.to/zaUGCk
Learn more: www.shouldyoureally.com
by Casey on January 25, 2012
Leave Law Behind is back, after a bit of an extended holiday. When we last spoke in the Fall, we heard a lot about “giving thanks”. Blogs, books, social networks, the media – there were reminders, advice and lists of how to be more thankful, more appreciated, more self-aware of what we have. This of course is appropriate for Thanksgiving time.
And this is appropriate throughout the rest of the year. Throughout the rest of our day-to-day lives. And it’s essential if you want to leave law behind.
Now, let’s be real – it can be difficult to be thankful and full of appreciation. Even in our relatively privileged lives, the forces around us are replete with examples of what we don’t have yet, of what we are not yet, of what we have yet to accomplish. This makes it very easy to focus on the gaps we have: It’s easy to dwell on the fact that we haven’t yet made equity partner . . . and not beam with pride that we are a long way from that nervous, law school graduate we once were years ago.
And giving thanks is not just a fluffy, good energy mantra that is nice to practice and write about. It is also an essential tool for leaving law behind. When we think of what we have, what we have completed already, it makes us feel more confident, more secure, more empowered. It shows us what we’ve achieved so far, which can be a good indicator of what we can (exponentially) accomplish in the future. Giving thanks gives us clarity. It helps us determine the next babystep we want to take, we can take, we should take, that is most appropriate for us, and most in alignment with our unique genius.
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