Five Ways to Enhance Your Happiness: Way # 1—Improve Your Positivity Ratio
Waving good-bye to summer always makes me a little glum, so I thought a few post-Labor Day happiness-boosters were in order.This isn’t as easy as...
Read moreTime to Pitch the Picasso: How Your Office Art Choice Might Affect Your Well-Being
As lawyers and business professionals, we can’t escape stress and anxiety. It just comes with the territory of our jobs. But we do have control...
Read moreLawyers, Are You as Optimistic and Resilient as you Need to Be?
Your big motion was denied, the judge was a jerk, the opposing counsel is a nightmare, your client is mad, your spouse is irked that you’ve...
Read moreNot SHOCKED That Lawyers Didn’t Make Forbes’ List of Most Meaningful Jobs? Maybe We Should Be.
What’s the difference between a jellyfish and a lawyer? One’s a spineless, poisonous blob. The other is a form of sea life. What do you call...
Read moreOutweigh the Bad with Extra Good at Work
In a dry understatement of the obvious, a 2008 study found “a degree of consensus” in the research literature “that large law firms have a...
Read moreIf You Don’t Want a Shriveled Brain and a Big Butt, You Should Read This
I’m glad I got your attention. The size of your brains and butts is at stake here. If you sit most of the day, your brain may be shrinking while...
Read moreEnergizing the Workplace with High Quality Connections
The central role that interpersonal relationships play in organizational effectiveness often is ignored, preventing organizations from living up...
Read moreStopping the My-Life-Sucks-More-Than-Yours Competition
The “My-Life-Sucks-More-Than-Yours-A-Thon” (“MLSMTYA”) that plays out daily among lawyers provides a peek into current law firm values. The game...
Read moreBecoming Recruiting Magnets for Millennials
Steven Harper (2013), a retired BigLaw partner-turned-critic, blames the Baby Boomers for making “a mess of the legal profession. Time and...
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