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The Right Coast
Video: Don t follow your passion « Hot Air
To cleanse the palate, a viral hit from Dirty Jobs host Mike Rowe. There s no arguing with some of it, from the opportunities inherent in the skills gap to…
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Lawyers: 3 Days that changed my career forever
I've been thinking a lot about it recently: How much of your career and mine is luck and how much is preparation? I'm not sure I know the answer, so…
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Young Lawyers: Are You Prepared to Win?
What does it take for a young lawyer to begin a successful career in 2016? For many years I gave presentations to young lawyers at firms and bar meetings. If…
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Career Development: Make 2016 your best year ever
Over the years, at this time of year I have given presentations and written blog posts on making the next year your best ever. Here's a list of my ideas…
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Key to Your Success: Think Bigger
Greetings today from Montreal. At 8:00 AM this morning, just a couple of hours from now I will be speaking to law firm associates. One thing I will tell them…
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Career Development: Five Questions Senior Lawyers Should Ask Their Junior Lawyers
Here are five questions your senior lawyers should ask your junior lawyers or that your associates should ask themselves: What are you good at? What are you really good at?…
The Legal Whiteboard
Part II: Alumni Surveys, Pre-Law Characteristics and Motivations
Building on the introduction (Part I) of this blog series, our alumni survey of Northeastern University School of Law yielded cross-sectional data that span graduates from 1971 to 2012. Because…
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Career Development: What To Learn from Top Performers
Greetings. I'm up bright and early this morning and sitting at the Montreal-Pierre Elliott Trudeau Airport. For my US friends, I suspect not many of you know that the Canadian…
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Thinking About Success…Again
I remember speaking to groups of associates in two law firms a few years ago. The topics generally covered the secret of being a successful lawyer and having a fulfilling…
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Career Success: Can You Take it to the Next Level Now?
I like the ebook by Chris Guillebeau called “279 Days to Overnight Success.” I urge you to read the ebook. While it is focused on writers, there is a great…