Two barristers and lawyers start practice at about the same time.

A few years later, one says what needs to be said/done and gets on with the day.
The other is still thinking about it an hour (or day) later.

You see it in small things.
- They delay deciding.
 - They go back over the same lines in their head after they’ve said it.
 - They keep adjusting work, trying to remove every possible imperfection.

No one calls it overthinking.
You just don’t feel finished even when the work is.

Most barristers and lawyers do work long hours.

What wears you out is doing your work, and you've inadvertently signed up for a second job: second-guessing what you do and how you do it, at the same time.

Have I missed something?
Maybe change that - it needs to be perfect.
That sounded stupid.
I’ll send it later.

Run that all day, and everything slows down, even when you’re already competent.

Over time, you stop acting on your terms.

You wait to be sure.
Opportunities pass.
You’re working from behind, not in front.

The barristers and lawyers who handle pressure well still have the same thoughts.

They just don’t let them play on repeat.

They say it.
They decide.
They move to the next thing.

That’s the difference.

Next week, I’ll share a short guide showing one change I teach, because without it, barristers and lawyers keep overthinking instead of trusting themselves. Join my newsletter HERE to be the first to get access