being in an environment that pushes you way past your default personality traits can make you hostilejudgmental, anxious, brittle and impatient. You can find the job that aligns really well with your purpose and gives your life meaning, but if the daily environment doesn’t match your personality needs, you’ll end up stressed and possibly confused about why.
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Why You Don’t Have Time to Find a New Legal Career, Part 3
It’s true, there are only a certain number of hours in a day. And, for every hour lawyers have, there are probably have 3 things vying for it. (Or maybe 30.) So you overbooked and overcommitted lawyers have decisions to make about how to allot that time. I’m gonna to make a wild guess hereContinue reading “Why You Don’t Have Time to Find a New Legal Career, Part 3”
Does Your Personality Fit into Law?
Law is filled with people who didn’t or couldn’t see that they were beautiful lilies sending themselves off to be planted with the cacti. The good news is, you don’t have to hope, like the lilly does, that someone will come along, uproot you from the desert and plant you in the right place. You are the one who wields the shovel.
The Other Key Lawyer Personality Trait: Think, Don’t Feel
The Thinking/Feeling preference in the Myers-Briggs typology is a biggie for happiness and satisfaction at work. If you’re a Feeling type and a lawyer, you’re probably miserable. That’s why knowing whether you’re a Feeler or a Thinker is important to assessing whether to stay in law.
Dealing with Crazy Lawyers at Work
Law firms, I am convinced, house one of the highest concentrations of crazymakers of any work environment. There are lots of reasons for this, but if you work with one, the why of how crazymakers rule the roost matters so much less than the how of dealing with them until you can make good your escape.
4 Networking Tools for Introverted Lawyers
Introverted? Here are 4 networking strategies for the long haul. They play to your nature, not require you to act against it. (Going against type can make you seem dumber, according to Psychology Today.)
Leaving Law 