Repost from the Ninja on Reliability.

No. 760 This post in Time Management Ninja is so important, I am reposting it, rather than simply suppling the link. I cannot add one word to the message. 5 Reasons You Aren’t Reliable by CRAIG Ever have someone ask you to do something… and then you forget? Oops! Does it happen more than once? Is […]

Becoming the Lawyer You Always Wanted to Be.

But, it is the subtitle that always strikes a chord in me,every time I see it: “How to Be the Lawyer You Always Wanted to Be.”

At a Time Like This . . .

Every time is a time of opportunity. Discovering what the opportunity is — that’s the catch. But there will surely someday be a last time and a last opportunity. Don’t ever let someone tell you to postpone a worthy endeavor at a time like this.

Willpower!

No. 716 So — I read in the Freakonomics Blog last week that I could ask questions of the authors of a book called Willpower. This sounded like a great idea, but I hadn’t read the book. And so I clicked the link and bought the book, downloading instantly on my Kindle. In my excitement, […]

Westinghouse: Think about Tomorrow, not the Past.

These include a George Westinghouse quotation worth remembering. I don’t think about the past, he said, I think about what I am going to do tomorrow.

Lawyerist Added to Blogroll

I find that I read the Lawyerist almost every day, so I put it in the blogroll so you can too. Most posts are about law practice management or legal marketing. They are full of ideas and always interesting.

From the Blogroll

No. 666 Time Management Ninja: What You Should Have Done Last Night. My Shingle : Century Solo. 22 Tweets: David Morgan, LLB. Nutmeg Lawyer: Incorporating QR Codes into Your Practice. Real Lawyers Have Blogs: Lawyers Can Establish Trust With Their Target Audience Online. That’s Church: State of the Bandwagon. CLT […]

Don’t use Google Scholar, use Google Scholar Advanced Scholar Search.

No. 632 If you’ve been disappointed by Google Scholar for legal research, try the advanced version. It enables you to select jurisdictions, such as Third Circuit and Pennsylvania Courts. Once you find a case you like, click on the “How Cited” tab. Of course, there is no statute search, but you may be able to […]

LAWYERS AND THEIR IPADS

So, the word is out. After a long loveless marriage to Microsoft, lawyers are deserting hers for a fling with you-know-who. In particular, the iPad According to the blog Legal iPad, iPads are reaching a tipping point. The POTUS uses one. So does Queen Elizabeth and Justice Scalia. “iPads are the perfect device for content […]

Are You Working in the Complaint Department?

So, what do you do all day? How often (and how long) did you complain about something you can do nothing about– or if you could, didn’t?

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