Some days, you open your task app, look at your today list, and think “I’ve got this.”
Your list looks do-able. It feels about right—not too long, not too difficult. It calls to you and says, “Let’s get this done!”
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The first (and only) rule of prioritization
By David Ward
You’ve got a lot of options. Goals, plans, ideas, things to do. And you want to prioritize them so you know what to focus on.
But you can’t prioritize a list of options. You can only have one priority.
One…
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Quick, write this down
By David Ward
I don’t know if David Allen originated the idea of ubiquitous capture, or merely popularized it (and I’m too lazy to look it up), but it’s something I do and recommend.
In a nutshell, it means being able to capture…
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Hmm, what shall I write about today?
By David Ward
Continuing my quest to equip you with a never-ending supply of ideas for your blog or newsletter or other content, or rather strategies for finding ideas, comes something so simple, you might kick yourself for not thinking of it.
Why we don’t do things we know we need to do
By David Ward
We talk about how our clients don’t always listen to us, but there’s someone else who doesn’t listen to us.
Us.
We don’t always do things we know we should do. Things that are good for us, that serve our…
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Never say this to a client
By David Ward
You’re good at what you do. Perhaps very good. You’ve won a lot of cases, helped a lot of clients get great outcomes, and, objectively speaking, you are a damn fine lawyer.
Keep that to yourself.
Yes, you should be…
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Quality or quantity? Yes.
By David Ward
When it comes to writing a newsletter or blog, posting on social media, or otherwise connecting with prospective clients and the people who can refer them, what’s better, frequency or length?
Should you write longer posts and publish less often,…
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Another simple content idea
By David Ward
I bought an iPad. Yes, my first. You know how it is, you don’t know you need something until you get it (or someone lets you try it) and you realize what you’ve been missing.
Anyway, as part of my…
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4 simple rules for getting more out of the books you read
By David Ward
Tim Denning, prolific author and blogger and reader of books, answered a question about how to get more out of the books you read. Lawyers obviously read a lot and might want to note Denning’s rules, all of which I…
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Your core work
By David Ward
Yes, you perform legal services that deliver solutions and benefits to your clients. That’s your core work. That’s what you’re paid to do.
But that’s not the whole picture.
You can’t deliver those solutions if you don’t have clients who…
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