This post was written by StephanieWestAllen: "The release "Flexing your marathon muscles at work" (EurekAlert):

Budget cutbacks have left many of us with more work than ever. Now new research by Dr. Danit Ein-Gar of Tel Aviv University's Recanati Graduate School of Business Administration offers us tips to help us stay at the top of our game. And the good news is there's no need to be a "control freak."

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Source: idealawg, 4 March 2010, reproduced with permission of the author

This post was written by Julie A. Fleming: "The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership: Follow Them And People Will Follow You by John C. Maxwell

The subtitle of Maxwell's book is "Follow Them, and People Will Follow You."  Each time I read that line, I hear a rejoinder in my head:  "Don't follow them, and people won't follow you."  Revised and updated in 2007 for the 10th anniversary of The 21 Irrefutable Laws, this book is rightly regarded as a foundational piece of the leadership literature.

As the title indicates, Maxwell presents 21 laws of leadership, all of which are free-standing and yet buttressed by one another.  You can learn quite a bit simply by reviewing the 21 laws with Maxwell's brief explanation of each..."

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Source: Life at the Bar, 17 February 2010. © Life at the Bar LLC Blog, reproduced with permission of the author.

This post was written by Penelope Trunk: "I have this idea that I am going to start working from home. I tried to go into the office. But the only alone time I have in my day is the time I'm not with the kids, and if I spend my alone time with other people, then I don't have alone time and I start to panic, and I do things like tell the guy in the cube next to me that he can't talk to me.

1. Get a spot where you can concentrate...

2. Have close proximity to a coffee source...

3. Have good food, fast Internet, and a sofa for avoiding both...

4. Have a notebook for ideas that you save for when you're with people...

5. Find balance: Calm/exciting, chatter/quiet, people/no people...

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Source: Brazen Careerist, 27 February 2010. © 2009 Penelope Trunk, reproduced with permission of the author.

This post was written by Penelope Trunk: "...So I get this book in the mail - The Power of Slow: 10 Ways to Save Time in Our 24/7 World - and for some reason I find myself reading it during violin practice. This is very bad because we are in a Suzuki program, which means I'm the teacher.

I said to myself, this is crazy, I'm reading a book about slowing down my life as a way to multitask while I am teaching my child to love music. I forced myself to put the book down.

But I liked the book. And I asked the author, Christine Louise Hohlbaum, to write a guest post on my blog. Which is something I never do. Because I end up hating all guest posts and spending way too much time editing them.

The first thing I did when I saw her guest post is I said no. I said this cannot be a guest post. But I think it was okay because that's her first piece of advice:

1. Learn to say no with panache...

2. Watch your words...

3. Honor Set-Up Time...

4. Save the best for last...

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Source: Brazen Careerist, 22 February 2010. © 2009 Penelope Trunk, reproduced with permission of the author.

This post was written by Randall Ryder: "In this terrible economy, lots of recent (and future) graduates are considering going solo as way to practice law. I have been fortunate to work among a number of successful solo practitioners, and there are some hallmarks of success.

Willingness to do anything...

Find a support system...

Patience...

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Source: Lawyerist.com, 22 February 2010. © 2007-2010 Lawyerist Media, LLC. Reproduced with permission of the site editor, Sam Glover.

This post was written by Karin Conroy: "When seeking to improve performance, results or overall satisfaction in themselves, their business or their employees, too many follow conventional wisdom and focus on fixing weaknesses. Find what's wrong and try to correct it. Unfortunately, that "wisdom" leaves them struggling on the path to mediocrity. Three sources that I have been reading lately converge on methods to surpass the mediocre, whether it is within your small business or within the confines of a large, bureaucratic organization. Find your motivation, find your strength, then develop your niche...

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Source: Lawyerist.com, 22 February 2010. © 2007-2010 Lawyerist Media, LLC. Reproduced with permission of the site editor, Sam Glover.

This post was written by Julie A. Fleming:

I burn my candle at both ends
It will not last the night.
But ah my foes and oh my friends
It gives a lovely light.
Edna St. Vincent Millay

"What do you think when you read this?  If you're like many lawyers, you felt a flutter of recognition -- perhaps just before you recoiled at the idea that, perhaps your candle won't "last the night."  It's just the weak who can't burn and burn and burn, right?

Sustainability isn't an exciting word, and most of us don't see it as something to aim for.  After all, we tend to want bigger and better and more, not homeostasis.  What does it mean, though, to have a "sustainable practice?"...

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Source: Life at the Bar, 10 February 2010. © Life at the Bar LLC Blog, reproduced with permission of the author.

This post was written by Randall Ryder: "The worst days are the ones where you run around like a madman, going from one meeting to another with no breaks. Although it may look nice on your calendar to have no "empty spaces" in between events, buffers can help make life a lot less stressful.

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Source: Lawyerist.com, 13 February 2010. © 2007-2010 Lawyerist Media, LLC. Reproduced with permission of the site editor, Sam Glover.

This post was written by StephanieWestAllen:  "Excerpt:

With the new year now here it is time to take stock of where you have been and where you want to go. A book can help you make the changes you want this year. Transforming Practices, Finding Joy and Satisfaction in the Legal Life by Steven Keeva, an editor for the American Bar Association's The Lawyers Magazine, shows lawyers how to "find profound satisfaction, pleasure, and joy in his or her work," according to its cover..."

Click to read the rest of "Teaching lawyers to be in the now" (The Lawyers Weekly). Or pdf (begins on page 23).

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Source: idealawg, 11 February 2010, reproduced with permission of the author.

This post was written by Alexis Martin Neely: "Everyone from researchers to business moguls are devoting energy and study to the subject of "drive" and whether traditional motivators (like the carrot and stick) are enough to steer us down a successful and fulfilling career path in today's world.

As I explored this issue as it relates to the legal field, I sought out expert advice from Daniel Pink, the New York Times Best-Selling author of "A Whole New Mind: Why Right Brainers Will Rule the Future" and his newest book, "Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us." Both of these books have critically important information for all lawyers..."

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