VIDEO: Still waiting for work to settle down?

“I just need to get through this.”

Most barristers and senior lawyers have said some version of it.

Get through the hearing. Finish the submissions. Get the advice out. Deal with the urgent matter. Get to the end of this particularly ridiculously busy week.

Then you’ll have more time.

Except the work keeps coming.

That’s part of a successful legal practice. You become sought after. Clients come back. People rely on you. You get more responsibility and more opportunities.

So waiting for the work to settle down before you decide how you want to use your time, energy and attention is a long wait.

There will always be things that decide where your time goes.

Court dates do.

Deadlines do.

Clients do.

Urgent work does.

But they don't decide all of it.

And that’s where the difference is.

High-performing lawyers don’t wait for the work to settle down before they decide what gets the time, energy and attention they can choose.

Because becoming a high-performing lawyer isn't about having fewer demands.

It's about how you operate with them.

HIGH PERFORMANCE LAWYERS™

Legal expertise is expected. How you operate sets you apart.