“Be kind; everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.” — John Watson I received an e-mail from a client recently and he had the above quote from John Watson in his e-mail signature. It really hit home for me because I am a divorce lawyer. In my law practice I am a assisting people [...]
Category Archives: Life Management
Life Focus When Your Mind Runs Wild
I know that I have written about purpose and passion on this blog in the past. Sometimes it seems easier than others to focus on what is important in life. Other times, however, seem to be so busy and full of "stuff" that the important things get covered up or washed out. It is during [...]
Media Diet to Increase Focus
My mind is always in overdrive. I am constantly thinking. Thinking of ways to be more efficient, thinking of new business ventures or avenues to look into, thinking of new systems for my current business, and on and on. My mind doesn’t stop. I usually always have a pen and paper handy so I can [...]
The Story of Life
Got this story in an e-mail the other day and thought it was pretty good. Does this sound like anyone you know? The Story of Life… On the first day, God created the dog and said: ‘Sit all day by the door of your house and bark at anyone who comes in or walks past. [...]
Life and Work Balance for Young Adults
One of my goals in writing on TrippAtkins.com is to equip and empower young adults (20-somethings) who are feeling disenfranchised with life and work and trying to find the right balance in life. Here’s my situation. I am an attorney and my wife is a CPA. Before our son was born, both of us spent [...]
On Making Choices
“You and I are essentially infinite choice-makers. In every momen tof our existence, ware are in that field of all possibilities where we have access to an infinity of choices.” – Deepak Chopra How many choices have you made today? Probably a thousand, and most of them haven’t been done with you consciously thinking about [...]
How Good are You at Remembering Special Occasions?
Do you remember dates? I mean special events like friends birthdays, anniversaries, mother’s day, etc. I have never been really good at remembering dates for my friends. Of course I know my close families birthdays and I always remember Mother’s Day, Father’s Day, but I rarely remember to tell my friends happy birthday or happy [...]
Does Your Passion Seep Out
Have you ever noticed someone that is just 100% sold out and passionate about what they do? Are you that person? One definition of “passion” from M-W.com is an intense, driving, or overmastering conviction. I was at a real estate law seminar for attorneys and legal staff this week – a place I would usually [...]
“Whatever He Does Prospers”
Over the past year or so the some of the men at church have been helping drive another man to dialysis several times per week because he could no longer drive and his wife has “night blindness” and he was required to be at the clinic in the very early morning hours when it was [...]
Waiting on God to Act
While reading through the Psalms recently, God spoke to me when I reached Psalm 37: 7: Be still before the LORD and wait patiently for him to act. One of the things that I battle is getting to far out ahead of myself. My mind is always racing and I get impatient wanting things to [...]
