My biggest competitive advantage as a lawyer is … visiting my clients in person. I know. I know. This is going to be controversial. Some lawyers are going to rail against this idea because they never see their clients in person and that works beautifully for them. They have a digital practice and it is… Read more »
Hey lawyer friends! It’s time to talk about time again. It’s Summer. That means we have elongated days of sunshine and warm nights where we actually leave the office and the house to socialize. Right now you may be open to hearing tips of how to expand your experience of time that you are absolutely… Read more »
“So, Kate, what did you do on your March Break in Israel?” I didn’t. I just be’d. Nothing more wonderful than being. I struggle with balance. Maybe you do too. We hear a lot about “work-life balance” or “work-life harmony” meaning the pursuit of simultaneous meaningful and joyfully-experienced paid work and engagement with community and… Read more »
I went to the Funnel Hacking Live event in Nashville, TN last week. It’s a marketing event sponsored by Click Funnels. I follow co-founder Russell Brunson on social media and loved his books Dot Com Secrets and Expert Secrets. So on a whim I went to the live event. Just before the doors opened on… Read more »
The Merriam-Webster Dictionary defines resilience as an ability to recover from or adjust easily to misfortune or change. In my resilience workshops for lawyers, I often hear participants refer to a metaphor that resilience is our ability to get back up on the horse that bucked us. Yes. Resilience is partly that. It reminds me… Read more »
Tis the season for reflection of the year that’s been and anticipation of the year to come. How will you define success for 2019? That was the question posed to a group of over 100 lawyers at a course I launched with the Law Society of Ontario in December. The responses were personal and varied: Attend yoga… Read more »
Toot toot! I’m about to blow my own horn here. I am thrilled to announce that I have been honoured with a Clawbie again this year. Blank stare. You don’t know what a Clawbie is, do you? A Clawbie is a Canadian legal blog award. It’s a big deal in the legal community and I’m… Read more »
Thrilled to be celebrating 2 years at Kate Dewhirst Health Law and Law2Life Coaching. This year has been amazing and also very difficult. When asked, I’ve been answering, “It’s been the best of times and the worst of times.” The BEST! We welcomed dozens of new clients. The heart of our work is serving healthcare… Read more »
Normally, I am an upbeat happy person. Not today. Sometimes I get the blues. Maybe you do too. Today, my life feels like a Country song. It goes something like this … My beloved dog of 11 years died a few days ago. My house was broken into on Sunday. I discovered that this morning… Read more »
What is the issue lawyers complain about the most? Time. What should lawyers be thinking about? Time, sure. How to be more efficient, productive, effective. Money? Yes. But what else? What if we evaluated our success in four categories: Time, Impact, Money and Experiences. T.I.M.E. Time and Money we already know and measure. Impact relates… Read more »
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