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Do Not Be Vengeful: Let Hurt and Anger Go Through You
January 23, 2019
Every thought you have ultimately brings you closer to something positive or negative; you must therefore learn to control your thoughts, and direct them towards something positive. Negative experiences happen to all of us, but the worst thing you can do is let these things control your mentality instead of moving on. ...Read more >
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By Harrison Barnes
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By Harrison Barnes, Managing Director
- The legal profession acts very much like a guild.
- You're not allowed to leave it. If you disobey and do leave, you will not be welcomed back.
- This is why it is important for an attorney to know what he or she is doing once they leave the legal world, especially to start a business.
- The reason so many lawyers fail at starting their own non-legally related business is that they are trained as a lawyer to think negatively, not positively.
Article type: Associate, Harrison's Perspectives
FEATURED ARTICLES BY HARRISON BARNES
- How to Select the Best Legal Recruiter and Maximize the Effectiveness of Working with One
- The One Simple Rule for Succeeding in a Law Firm
- The Only Way to Be Happy Practicing Law
- Four Fatal Mistakes Highly Qualified Attorneys Make When Choosing Law Firms
- Showing Up: The Difference between Those Who Get Hired and Advance in Law Firms and Those Who Do Not
- Two Things the Most Successful 5% of Attorneys Do That the Rest Do Not
- Top 9 Reasons Attorneys Lose Law Firm Jobs
- Why You Can Never Stop Practicing Law for More Than a Few Weeks Once You Start
- Legal Career Suicide: Quitting a Job without Having another One Lined Up
- How to Not Fail, Die or Go Crazy Practicing Law
- Why Relocating to a Different Market Is the Greatest (But Little Known) Way for a Law Firm Attorney to Get Ahead in the Legal Profession
- Top 10 Reasons Attorneys Should Look at Multiple Markets in Their Job Search
- How Attorneys Destroy Their Careers by Choosing the Wrong Law Firms
- Should You Start Your Own Law Firm? Top 10 Reasons to Start or Not Start Your Own Firm
- Law Firms Care More about Whether You Will Be Happy Working there Than Your Qualifications
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ARTICLES FOR EMPLOYERS
- Class Divisions and Hierarchies within Major Law Firms
- What happens to pregnant attorneys at law firms?
- Diversity in the Legal World - The Big Picture
- How Law Firm Websites Influence Retention of Diverse Attorneys
- Why Do Some Legal Recruiters Lose Interest in Their Candidates?
- Can Rethinking the “Billable Hour” Lead to More Law Firm Gender Equality?
- Where Do Law Firms Stand When It Comes to Gender Equality?
- General Counsels Join Law Firm Diversity Movement: Corporate Clients Use Incentives and Punishments to Inspire Diversity and Inclusion
- Law Firms’ Continued Lack of Diversity: Scholars Provide Insight on Reasons and Solutions
- Why Law Firms Are Hiring More and More Staff Attorneys: Should You Work as a Staff Attorney?
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FEATURED ARTICLES FOR LAW FIRM PARTNERS
- Three Simple Ways to Tell If You Should Work (or Continue to Work) in a Law Firm
- Top 10 Reasons Why Older Attorneys Have a More Difficult Time Getting Law Firm Jobs
- What Happens When You Work with a BCG Attorney Search Legal Placement Professional?
- The Business Plan Revisited
- 21 Reasons Why Being a Large Law Firm Partner Is More Difficult Than Being an Associate
- Why You Should Find Your “Tribe” and Not Just Focus on Money in Making Law Firm Job Decisions
- Why Most Attorneys Are Unhappy
- Why Most Attorneys Are Angry
- Two Things the Most Successful 5% of Attorneys Do That the Rest Do Not
- How to Easily Determine the Best Attorneys and Law Firms: The Five Prestige Levels of Attorneys and Law Firms
DAILY Q & A
- How Can I Make Moving to the West Coast from a New York Law Firm Easier?
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- How Can I Express My Displeasure at Not Receiving a Bonus This Year from My Law Firm?
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Attorneys Love BCG Attorney Search!
"I loved the recruiter I was working with, she was super knowledgeable. She understood the schedule that I was..." Read more >Robert Holland
University of Pittsburgh School of Law, Class Of 2012
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Georgetown University School of Law, Class Of 2004
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