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Thursday, September 23, 2010

Twenty Two Steps to Save Your Practice or Relationships

Twenty Two steps to save your practice
1. Admit there is a problem, whatever the source is long as it points to YOU.
2. Stressed out individuals don’t make good decisions. Use a legal sleep aid.
3. Eat healthy foods. Get rid of fast foods, soda, sugar, salts, alcohol and additives you can’t pronounce.
4. Cherish your body and mind.
5. Exercise – you eat every day, you brush your teeth twice a day and you should exercise every day. YOGA
6. Set boundaries.
7. Make your weaknesses your strength.
8. Remember with power comes responsibility-You are the advocate for your client. Without your client, you aren’t an advocate.
9. Love deeply.
10. Remember G-d and the Ten Commandments.
11. Laugh!!!!
12. You don’t have to save the world.
13. Life is too short, enjoy each second.
14. Ask for help.
15. Have good relationships.
16. Schedule time for your family and yourself.
17. Be true to yourself.
18. Love what you do, do what you love.
19. Do good deeds.
20. Take a deep breath.
21. Learn to tell when you are about to hit your stress level and back off.
22. Schedule Worry/Problem Time.
Kimberley Kellogg ;913-940-2646; kkellogg123@hotmail.com

Wednesday, September 8, 2010

Twenty Two Signs Your Law Practice Is In Trouble

Twenty Two Signs your practice is in trouble
1. You have missed a Court hearing more than once.
2. Your clients are complaining you aren’t promptly returning their calls.
3. You begin to avoid the office, mail, e-mail, or telephone calls.
4. Your clients appear at your office without an appointment just to talk with you.
5. You feel totally overwhelmed at work.
6. You feel if you could just work without interruptions everything would be fine.
7. You hate your job.
8. You are spending more time correcting mistakes than when you were a newbie attorney.
9. You can’t turn off the work. You don’t have any down time.
10. It's not really coffee in your coffee cup.
11. Your amount of certificated mail has increased.
12. You can’t find anything in your office, especially files-what happened to your filing system?
13. The Office of Disciplinary Administrator or Office of Chief Disciplinary Counsel is sending you mail and you are afraid to open it.
14. A client or co-counsel is complaining and you don’t have the patience to listen.
15. You wake up at three am because you didn’t file a required pleading.
16. You are isolated from the real world.
17. You don’t remember the last non-legal book you read.
18. You can’t go to the Chief’s game without talking to opposing counsel.
19. Exercise is walking to the courthouse or office from the handicap space.
20. Your time management skills are so great, only on a perfect day do you make all your appointments.
21. You grind your teeth.
22. You are paranoid.