The Second Job Most Lawyers Don't Know They Have?
The reality is that most lawyers are simply working long hours and making a living, focused on chasing career success.
They're not designing their leadership or lives.
Most have never stopped to ask:
Do my daily actions align with my deepest desires and goals?
Are you feeling confident and fulfilled throughout your daily tasks, or accepting that constant feeling of stress and overwhelm, as "part of being a lawyer", despite wanting more?
š Once upon a time, I felt the same way.
So did FB š.
The problem was that she was so busy focusing on delivering 'perfect' and being 'perfect' - wanting to 'look good and sound smart' in the eyes of others in court, at meetings, in conversations, and in her decisions - that she was trapped in her second job: impression management.
This came at a considerable cost:
- Avoiding risks - where 'safety' became self-sabotage.
- Wasted potential (hurt her more than failure) - because she didn't live up to her full abilities
- Holding back ideas and her true self, stuck in a persona that didn't fit her.
Here are 3 simple steps she took to make significant changes:
- She shifted her mindset from perfection to pursuing excellence
- She courageously took different actions despite feeling fear
- She shifted her focus to what she could control and the good she wanted to do.
āļøThis is why I'm running the upcoming "Lawyer to Trusted Leader' Masterclass to future-proof your firm (business): The leadership skills every lawyer must develop to thrive, without working longer hours.
I'll help you uncover what's quietly stalling your leadership—and life—by revealing three hidden mistakes lawyers make that erode trust, damage results, and cost reputations (chances are you're making at least one) and why relying on legal expertise to lead is backfiring.
I'll show you the proven steps to go from expert lawyer to trusted leader—without always being busy, 'on', or burning out from your second job (impression management).š
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