I met with a client last week. We celebrated … she recently left the law! So great! But now she was struggling with the (apparent) uncertainty of her new life. While she loved being away from the grind and the anxiety and the long hours of a lawyer, and she was excited about the new,

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“The world gives to the givers and takes from the takers.†— Joe Polish, Entrepreneur and founder of Genius Network Interview Series I write each week because I enjoy it. It makes me feel good. It’s also become my art form. How I like to express myself. And writing is also something I do for

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What I have heard a lot from clients, readers and members of our community was the need for a live, in-person event. A safe place for us to gather together, be with like minded people, learn how to leave the law, and hear stories and tips directly from people who have successfully done just that.

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The biggest obstacle most of us think we face in leaving the law is overcoming our fear of lack of money. I just worked on this in detail with a client last week: She is afraid she won’t make enough money to support her family if she leaves the law. She is afraid she will

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The most valuable skill I learned when I was finally ready to leave the law in 2004 was the power of the baby-step. Babysteps are the best time-intensive-but-still-manageable-build-on-each-other-to-grow-your-confidence-incremental-and-rewarding-forward-moving drivers of progress you can take to effectively leave the law behind for a fulfilling professional (and personal) life. Babysteps were difficult for me to initially adopt.

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