Experienced lawyers have told me repeatedly that law schools miss two very important subjects: marketing yourself and how to get off to a good start in the first year of law firm employment.
Law firms are very concerned with integrating newly minted lawyers into the organization. But do those new lawyers know what they need to [...]
I’ve been wanting and trying to lose weight. My regimen includes daily exercise including the very difficult ‘pushing my plate away’ and weighing myself every morning. I admit to a competitive mentality so I like to get the score on my weight each morning to see if I’m winning. More importantly weighing in each day [...]
A client said to me “I’m finally making myself deal with it in an appropriate manner”. As a coach my job is help my clients reach ‘aha’ thoughts and then continue to pressure them to follow through on the ‘aha’. So when a client says they are finally dealing with it I know that the [...]
January 29, 2010 – 10:26 pm
I’ve been reading recently about Gary Hart who tried to be President in the 80’s. He did well but never got past the primaries. Anyway he came from pretty humble beginnings and got to the pinnacle of U.S. politics by, to paraphrase his words, opening doors and building walls.
The way he described his rise was [...]
December 21, 2009 – 9:03 pm
Here are five more ways a coach can help their clients. Underlying this idea is recognizing that ‘coaching’ is a generic term. These concepts are more specific actions.
6. A coach can be an alarm clock alerting their client that it’s time to do something.
7. A coach can be a beacon by shining a light [...]
December 14, 2009 – 7:17 pm
For most of our clients the purpose of coaching is to help them achieve some difference between their current situation and a defined future goal. For example, if a client wants to double their income over three years, we take the difference, [i.e. the increase in their income], divide that number by 36 [months] and [...]
I’ve learned in the past few years that we get addicted to things that provide random rewards. For example with golf and learning a musical instrument you don’t know what’s going to happen each time you try because there are so many variables. Randomly you’re successful and get addicted. It’s similar with gambling and young [...]
