If we want to encourage people to get help for mental health issues, we have to not also turn around and use that against them. Seems to me this process may be doing exactly that to potential lawyers, a group with a higher rate of mental health issues to start with. “The most stressful question…
If you haven’t seen the announcement: Seems to me that trying to follow a blog, or other website by following their Facebook page just got about impossible. As a page owner, it also seems to me that spending much time trying to share my content on Facebook also just got about pointless. It’s clear, despite…
If travel is a big part of your job, you’re at risk. You need to be aware of the risks and how to best mitigate them for yourself. “A new study finds that people who travel for business two weeks or more a month report more symptoms of anxiety and depression and are more likely…
Recently, I’m sure that many of us have read various articles about how Facebook, Google and other social platform algorithms are being manipulated by media companies, Russians, trolls, government agencies, and so on in one mass effort to manipulate us all to do one thing or another. There have been numerous calls for legislation, censorship,…
I found this fascinating, and full of really good ideas for dealing with less than stellar crowds. I also found it interesting because one of the best pieces of advice I have ever heard about doing presentations, or a training class, was to watch stand-up comics. Their sense of timing, and use of voice is…
Obviously, I didn’t spend 5 years of my career as a full time trainer and not believe strongly in the importance of training and professional development, and I think most law firms would publicly agree with that. The challenge though, is at the end of this paragraph: “Most law firms do not lack from training…