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• We are in for a different kind of legal job market recession that will be meaner, longer, and more devastating than anything we have ever seen.
• The coronavirus recession is going to destroy countless legal careers and prevent tens of thousands of them from ever starting.
• This article will help you survive this recession.
• It may be the most important article you ever read in your career.

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One of the strangest things that I see regularly is attorneys who make sexual orientation, politics, religion, and social activism part of their job search. I honestly do not understand why they do this. In the best cases, it ends up creating far fewer opportunities for you in the market. In most cases, it can do profound damage to your job search. This sort of stuff will doom you. READ MORE >

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• When hiring people, Warren Buffett recommends three main qualities to look for in a person - Intelligence, energy, and integrity. Integrity being the highest of the three.
• These are qualities we would all want in an attorney if were to hire one for ourselves.
• Do attorneys have these three essential qualities innate in them? If yes, how do we identify them in our day to day dealings with legal professionals? Read on to find out.

One of Warren Buffett’s most memorable quotes relates to hiring the right people. I have heard it passed around and spoken about by many business leaders throughout the years, including the former head of Disney, Michael Eisner, and the current head of Disney, Bob Iger. READ MORE >

“Death in life is a mode of existence in which one has ceased all play; there are no further striving for titles. All competitive engagement with others has been abandoned. For some, though not for all, death in life is a misfortune, the resigned acceptance of one’s loser status, a refusal to hold any title up for recognition.”

     Finite and Infinite Games, James P. Carse READ MORE >

Most attorneys will never reach their goals.

There are two keys to succeeding at anything—although it is a bit more complicated than that, which I will explain shortly. READ MORE >

If you are reading this, you are probably an average attorney.

Do not despair—most attorneys are average. If you are not an average attorney now, the odds are that you will be a mediocre attorney in the future. If you are an average attorney now, it is likely that you will always be an average attorney. You may start out as someone who seems destined to be an exceptional attorney, but end up an average one. Alternatively, you may begin your career with expectations that you will be an average attorney and end up an exceptional one. READ MORE >

Law firm politics is one of the most difficult and confusing things that attorneys face when practicing law. READ MORE >

From time to time, work dries up in various practice areas. This can be so dramatic that entire law firms go out of business—even some that have been in business for a century or more. Consider these examples: READ MORE >

At some point in their careers, most attorneys get fired or are in danger of getting fired from their law firm jobs. READ MORE >

All attorneys strive for success in their law firms and want more responsibility, complex work, and greater recognition. However, there is a price to pay for accomplishing your goals. The stress of law firm life may cause many health problems, including premature aging, disease, or even early death. This article discusses several ways the well-being of attorneys suffers from the constant demands of law firm life. READ MORE >

• In order to experience any form of meaningful success inside of a law firm, you need to protect your brand and be defined in a way that is positive and not negative.
• Protecting your brand is as simple as avoiding people, places and things that are likely to mess with your reputation—ensuring you have the best brand possible.
• Succeeding in a law firm requires not only creating a good brand, but also maintaining that brand.
• If establishing a good brand is impossible or unlikely in your current firm, this is often the best reason to move law firms.

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