So I am checking out a commencement address of a 46 year veteran and here are the highlights of the speech.
1. As a lawyer you are a chap clients count on and come to, to provide a solution to whatever drama that they have on their plate.
2. You need to know more than the law because other people will not want to hear you go on and on and on about the law. Even worse, they may get the idea that your mental landscape is limited to legal matters alone.
3. Take care of yourself totally because no one else will.
4. Nobody is mentored to success so you are in charge of your own success whatever your mentoring program says. You go to fill your skill gap, chase down opportunities.
5. Show up. Show up to do the work and to try to put your ideas into play. Everyday.
6. Clients want to make it happen and you should help them to, not shoot down their ideas and tell them why it won't work.
7. If you do not understand a conversation or so, hold up and ask for a clearer explanation. Do not let it fly by you in a bid to appear smart. You will save yourself and others from the drama misunderstood ideas create.
8. Have your work in the law, the facts and your strategy locked down and go kill it.
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