Learning from Lawyers
Scott Rogers, a lawyer turned career consultant; teaches a seminar about career satisfaction for lawyers. Yup, lawyers.
In it, he points out that most of us spend the vast majority of our time thinking about all the ways we’d like to change the past or what we can do to control the future. The reality is that we have no control – zero, zip, nadda – over both these things.
Instead, he suggests, imagine what would happen if we focused our energies on learning from the past and developing strategies for navigating through all the different possibilities – good and bad – that the future might hold.
With the rapid changes hitting our country in general and our industry in particular, this is the perfect time to take that advice to heart.
There’s a lot of scary stuff happening right now, but there’s also a ton of really exciting opportunities and possibilities out there. So learn from the past but let it go. It’s time to look to the future, embrace change and figure out how you can leverage your skills and maximize your potential.
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Wow! This is great info. I signed up for Scott’s general and lawyer newsletters. Maybe I can get him to come to my law school sometime. Thanks Judy, this sort of information is helpful across the disciplines.