Ask any lawyer if they are busy and without fail the answer always comes back – yes. The next question to ask, is busy with what? Are you doing what matters most to you at the right time, or are you caught up in doing tasks, making calls, dictating letters that do not advance your purpose.
So how do you know what is important and whether you should do it or not.
Step 1
The first step is to decide what your purpose in life. Pretty big one to start with. To put it another way, what type of lawyer do I want to be? A black letter specialist or marketing guru or somewhere in between.
Step 2
Once you have established, that you can then look at the attributes that would make up the type of lawyer you chose. So for example, if I am going to be a black letter expert I need to keep upto date and I need to develop my reputation in my specialist area. I therefore should look at taking cases that help me move forward in the direction I have decided. It then becomes a lot easier to decide what to do and when.
Try it out for 30 days and you will be amazed.
