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Clear the Obstacles to a Balanced Life |
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The Association of Trial Lawyers of America
(reprinted with permission of TRIAL)
August 2003
Are you a perfectionist? A pessimist? An all-or-nothing competitor? If so, you may be headed for burnout. Avoid these traps, and you’ll have a shot at long-term career satisfaction and personal happiness.
The average number of hours that Americans spend at work has increased about 10 percent in the last 25 years. [1] Ideas about how to address today’s “time famine” fill pop psychology books, news articles, and cocktail party conversations. We’re told that the trend is driven by the competitiveness of the global economy, technology-created 24/7 availability and demand, increased costs of employee benefits, and our insatiable consumerism. But the tide of overwork has not been stemmed by the surfeit of explanations and admonitions to change our ways. |
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Balancing Your Life Is Impossible - Unless You Take The Time To Reflect |
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The Bulletin
(a publication of the Alameda County Bar Association)
Volume 34, Number 3, Pages 16-17
May/June 2003
To be nobody but yourself, in a world which is doing its best to make you everybody else, means to fight the hardest battle which any human being can fight, and never stop fighting.
– e.e. cummings
Know first who you are. Then dress accordingly.
– Epictetus
Nothing makes us feel more out of balance than spending ten or more hours a day doing something devoid of meaning. When we lose sight of our purpose, our activities become meaningless. We call need to have a cognitive bridge between the activity in which we’re currently engaged and some goal we hope to accomplish in the larger scheme of our lives. However, the legal work environment encourages you to lose sight of your own values and to think of goals in terms of money, being promoted, making partner, and exceeding billable hour requirements. |
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When The Going Gets Tough, The Tough Learn Resilience |
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North Carolina Lawyer
September/October 2002
“More than education, more than experience, more than training, a person’s level of resilience will determine who succeeds and who fails. That’s true in the cancer ward, it’s true in the Olympics, and it’s true in the boardroom.”
Diane L. Coutu, quoting Dean Becker,
CEO of Adaptive Learning Systems,
Harvard Business Review, May 2002, p.47
As attorneys, change is probably the one constant in your life these days. Changes in the economy, in the legal marketplace, in the profession, and in technology all require adaptations. |
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Making the Business Case for Balanced Hours |
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F.A.W.L. Journal
(A Publication of the Florida Association for Women Lawyers)
Winter 2001
The need for businesses to enable employees to balance their work and personal lives has not changed simply because the economy has slowed. If anything, the events of September 11 have been a reminder of the preciousness of our time with loved ones and the costs of squandering it. |
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Work from Home Without Turning Home into Work |
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San Francisco Attorney
Volume 27, Number 5
October/November, 2001
A clinical psychologist provides ten helpful hints for striking a delicate balance.
Electronic communication has freed many attorneys to do a significant portion of their work from home. You can telecommute part of the time if you work for an organization, or you might be running a solo practice out of your home. |
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