When I fell back in love with reading, I didn't know where it would take me. I read widely and often. Whilst I often battle between reading and having to do 'adult tasks', I still really try to find the time to read and, to be fair, there's lots of different ways people 'read' now,… Continue reading My Second [legal] Brain
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This is my ‘wonder chamber’
If you happened to be wealthy and educated and alive in the 16th and 17th century Europe, it was fashionable to have a Wunderkammern, a "wonder chamber", or a "cabinet of curiosities" in your house - a room filled with rare and remarkable objects that served as a kind of external display of your thirst… Continue reading This is my ‘wonder chamber’
Being curious is a good thing
You know some of the most interesting and insightful things I learn come from the oddest of places. It also comes from being curious. Asking questions. Listening to others. I read the book called “How to Win Friends and Influence People” by Dale Carnegie. If you haven’t read it yet, I highly recommend it. In… Continue reading Being curious is a good thing
Value of time spent
Is there someone in your workplace or law land world that you don’t really get or struggle to work with? Do they make your work difficult or are they always at odds with you? I think it’s safe to say that it happens to all of us. What you do to work with these people… Continue reading Value of time spent
The quiet, but mighty, introverted lawyer
It is quite possible that most people think, when they think of lawyers, that lawyers are extroverts arguing with judges in front of a whole room of people and yelling “You can’t handle the truth!” (reference to the movie “A Few Good Men”, if you’re not up your movie quotes!). It’s probably safe to say… Continue reading The quiet, but mighty, introverted lawyer
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