I read a post from @problogger titled Should Legal Blogs Be Monetized – If so…How? The question Darren was asking was whether someone who is blogging in a legal niche should use advertising on their site such as Google Adsense to make money. Presumably the person who is blogging in a legal niche is an [...]
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Out of Our Element
I heard a story recently about a friend who has a couple of kids and a pet fish. Recently, one of the little guys thought it would be fun to pet the fish while he was swimming around peacefully in his fishbowl. Apparently, that was the straw that broke the camel’s back for the fish [...]
Stars Aligning Perfectly for Your New Venture
What are you waiting for? Do you have an idea? Do you have passion? Have you made a plan? If you are ready to get started making some money on your own, where you are your own boss, then you need to start doing something and not waiting on the perfect situation. There is no [...]
Millenial Trouble Maker or Mind of an Entrepreneur
Man, I just read this article: Can You Really Afford To Bash The ‘Millenial Lawyer’? by Susan Cartier Liebel. This is where I’m at! Although I do not work for a large firm, I feel a huge entrepreneurial drive to do more and live the lifestyle that I want. I don’t want to work 80 [...]
No More Mondays: Is Your Work Your Calling?
One of the books that I recently finished reading is “No More Mondays” by Dan Miller. Dan is a life coach whose purpose is helping people find the work of their dreams. This is something I have been struggling with for a long time. I never really felt like I was studying something I was [...]
Thinking Big or Thinking Safe?
I got to thinking some this afternoon about thinking big. I had a meeting with a client today that looks like we may be getting our foot in the door to an opportunity with another large client. These guys are talking about doing some multi-million dollar deals. I’m extremely happy to be a part of [...]
Where’s the Real [Blank]? Dressing the Part
One of the things I learned early on in my practice is that when you are young you have to do some things to make yourself appear more experienced – like you know what you’re doing. One thing I do, is meet with prospective clients in my personal office where there is nice furniture, law [...]
Are You Efficient and Effective?
Continuing on through Nehemiah, I read through Chapter 3 recently. This chapter tells how everyone was pitching in with the completion of the wall. It describes the specific places where the people of Jerusalem were building. When you breeze through the chapter you see that there are mayors, nobles, priests, men, women, and all kinds [...]
Perseverance is Genius in Disguise
I love watching The Big Idea with Donny Deutsch on CNBC. I always record it on my DVR and watch it while I’m feeding my son. The other night, we watched an episode where Donnie interviewed Barry Sternlicht, the Chairman and CEO of Starwood Capital Group. This is a $15 Billion company that owns hotels [...]
Work Fills Up Time Allotted, so Don’t Allot all of your Time for Work
How is your day set up? Do you have every minute planned out. I know most of my typical days at work are scheduled to the minute: consultations with clients every thirty minutes, just enough time to get to the court house, time to grab a quick bite to eat, then back to the [...]
