The Lawyer's Guide to Balancing Life and Work: Taking the Stress Out of SuccessLaw Practice Management Section, American Bar Association, 1999 - 235 pages Designed to help lawyers achieve personal and professional satisfaction in their careers, this guide offers seasoned wisdom for navigating a stress-free path through a career in law. Through practical and explorative exercises, lawyers learn how to identify habitual patterns, clearly evaluate past and current jobs, and discover self-empowerment, and how to apply this information to making healthy decisions. The exercises take personal facts from all aspects of a lawyer's complex life and arrange the information into simple, useful advice for making productive career choices. The book is peppered with informative and engaging anecdotes, and firsthand burnout experiences-offering remedies and direction for lawyers whose careers and lives are out of balance. |
À l'intérieur du livre
Résultats 1-3 sur 22
Page 83
... effort . This system looks inside your total hours to see how those hours are distrib- uted . The firm wants to know how many matters you can carry - not just how long you can carry on . In fact , firms view lawyers as unpro- ductive ...
... effort . This system looks inside your total hours to see how those hours are distrib- uted . The firm wants to know how many matters you can carry - not just how long you can carry on . In fact , firms view lawyers as unpro- ductive ...
Page 84
... effort and more productivity . Punishment and reward are the external drivers that influence behavior . Eventually , the external pressures to meet productivity standards become internalized , and you press to meet those standards ...
... effort and more productivity . Punishment and reward are the external drivers that influence behavior . Eventually , the external pressures to meet productivity standards become internalized , and you press to meet those standards ...
Page 140
... effort to change restricting beliefs , just as it took effort and repetition to create them . When we view life from a negative perspective , we look for ways to validate that life view . The more validation we find , the more we accept ...
... effort to change restricting beliefs , just as it took effort and repetition to create them . When we view life from a negative perspective , we look for ways to validate that life view . The more validation we find , the more we accept ...
Table des matières
SECTION | 4 |
Prologue | 5 |
Taking StockThe Path to the Law | 11 |
Droits d'auteur | |
13 autres sections non affichées
Autres éditions - Tout afficher
Expressions et termes fréquents
action plan Allen Funt American Bar Association answer Arnold & Porter associates awareness balance bar exam become behavior benefits body breathing career Carl challenge chapter childhood choices clients consider create creativity daily decision develop ence environment exercise expectations experience explore expression external feel firm's focus gains goal Guide identify influences inside investment issues keep L.A. Law law firm Law Practice law school lawyers learned lives look losses LSAT Management matter Measuring Up Knot ment mind negative offered opportunity organization ourselves partners path patterns practicing law professional qualities responses rience Rosenman Samurai Game self-empowerment sense share skills story stress success tell Thich Nhat Hanh tion understand unique values vision statement Walter workplace writing Yale Law School Yankee Stadium York