There is no feeling worse than feeling "stuck" in one's career - - with one exception...the feeling that you are "almost" successful, but not "highly" successful.
When a lawyer has that latter feeling, they should ask themselves if they are using their time and power to their full effects. Most lawyers do not.
The choices we make on how to use our time and power have an enormous impact on our worldly success. The key is to learn how to use time and power in the most productive ways.
When one compares highly-successful lawyers to almost-successful lawyers, there are some basic differences in a few key areas.
Almost-successful lawyers tend to hold back a little from fear. They avoid risk, play it safe, and give up their potential power. Highly-successful lawyers, while not reckless, use their power more aggressively. They embrace change and take charge. They take measured risks and "go for it."
Almost-successful lawyers often become frozen by their indecisiveness - and keep themselves in limbo. This means essentially they avoid action because they often believe they have to take giant steps to accomplish their goals. Highly-successful lawyers, on the other hand, usually take reasonable steps on a daily basis to accomplish their goals. They take action, but it does not result in instantaneous and massive change. Instead, they are ongoing and digestible levels of change.
Almost-successful lawyers often make excuses like it takes money to make money - and I don't have money. This stops them from taking initiative and using their positive qualities such as creativity and determination. Highly-successful lawyers, on the other hand, see things like lack of money, etc., as obstacles to be overcome. They make business plans. They start where they are instead of wishing they were someplace else.
Which group are you in?
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