How do you know if someone has run a marathon?
Don’t worry – they’ll tell you!
(Or so the joke goes)
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3 Key Things to Tackle This August for September Success
The other day, I saw that someone said that August feels like the Sunday of the year. This feels really true. And bearing that in mind, it can be a good time to use this “Sunday” to prepare for the remaining months of the year – if you’re a preparer-type. With just about two weeks left in the month and a lot of clients and colleagues out on vacation, you may want to take a look around your physical or home office and identify what is working well or where the challenges are, in three different areas, to set yourself up for a successful September.
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Hot Tip for Refreshing Your Networking This Month
Raise your hand if you’re burned out, frustrated, tired, over it.
I’m guessing that’s pretty much everyone, right?
What I’ve been hearing from all of my lawyers is that they just have time for their clients, and that’s about it. They’re not really able to find the energy to build new business. I get it.
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What are you Building if you Don’t Show up?
If you have zoom fatigue, raise your hand.
My guess is that everyone has their hand raised. I know I do. Everyone is fed up with taking meetings on their screens, and so when something is voluntary, you’re going to opt out of it. I get it.
But what are you building if you don’t show up?
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Three Ways Marathon Running Can Prepare You for Business Development
One of my favorite running jokes is “How do you know someone has run a marathon?”
“Don’t worry, they’ll tell you!”
And, we will.
But truthfully, if you’re a runner, you already know this – running has so many parallels to other areas of your life. I won’t get into them all here, lest I lose you, dear reader. Just trust me. And training and running for a marathon will teach you things about yourself that are irreplaceable. I’m embarking on my second training cycle at the moment and feeling every emotion imaginable. Fear, excitement, exhaustion (is exhaustion an emotion? I suspect all of us can identify with it after being in a pandemic), the list goes on.
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3 Ways to Use Content to Create Relationships with Your Referral Network
As a lawyer, in addition to the network of clients and potential clients that you’ve built, you’ve also built a network of referral sources. This may be formal or informal (or more likely, both). One of the most overlooked opportunities for further developing your relationships with these sources of referrals is content – not only does it help you to get to know these sources better, but it also provides you with collateral that you can use with your primary client/potential client networks.
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7 of My Favorite Networking Tips – Yes, Even in a Pandemic
I’ll tell you a secret – the pandemic may not be over, but you can still be networking. Even when networking is primarily done in a virtual way, the substance of it has not changed; only the platform.
So what does that mean when it comes to networking?
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