“When you shoot for the stars, you will land on the moon.” My grandfather taught me this. He was a high school principal who talked me out of teaching.
Instead, I listed my dreams and turned them into goals. One of them was to be a writer.
“Every time you call something a ‘robot lawyer’, God turns a chihuahua into a muffin.”
– Ed Walters at the 2017 COLPM Futures Conference
Forgive me, but I have to say this more for myself: my hometown team, the Houston Astros, are the 2017 World Series Champions.
I know, I know, if my sister’s reading this, she’ll tell you that I’m not much of a
I can’t tell you how many times I’ve had the following conversation.
“Have you heard about that new Instagram / Facebook / Twitter / LinkedIn post about … ?”
“No,” followed by a bland stare. “I don’t want to know—there’s too much going on and I
I’ve been blogging for over ten years now. And during that time, I’ve learned a thing or two about the craft.
Blogging has quite a distinctive style. There are a couple of ways I could go with this post: talk about the art of writing, posting techniques or
One of my old jokes I used to use arose out of lawyer questions about “AFAs.” Lawyers would ask, How can you tell if an AFA will be successful? My answer: I have caller ID. The point being that success came with lawyers willing to focus on the numbers. And I already knew who those
I love social media. It’s a fascinating look into the minds of 2 billion people.
Admittedly, it can, at times, get pretty ugly in there. But then there are places of transcendence and valor; beauty and joy.
Social media is like wearing
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Of late, Casey has been posting some excellent material on the high BS factor of law firm marketing. This plus an event I participated in on Friday in NY spurred me on to write a post. However, don’t expect this post to be anywhere near as long as Casey’s. That
The essence of strategy is choosing what not to do. It is not practicable to be all things to all clients. Last post, I expressed admiration for law firms that exhibit discipline and restraint.
I frequently test the limits of law firm self-control by presenting them with the ultimate temptation: BLANK SPACE
I write
Today I listened to a webex on how to set up Amazon’s Alexa with key analytics applications to deliver voice-activated reporting.
