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Wellness

Staying Healthy: 10 Tips for Traveling Lawyers

By | Apr.17.12 | 2 Comments

Business travel can be bad for your health. In fact, studies show that health risks increase as travel increases. Extensive travelers are 92 percent more likely to be obese and 260[...]

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The Friday Five

Five Ways to Get (and Stay) Healthy Now

By | Mar.02.12 | 1 Comment

Most people make a New Year’s resolution related to their health. But by the end of February, more than 75 percent of them have given up on it. If one of your resolutions was to [...]

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The Friday Five

Quieting the Noisiest Place on Earth

By | Feb.24.12 | 1 Comment

The noisiest place on earth is between our ears. Never mind the raging cacophony of interruptions and distractions from the outside world, consider all the self-talk going on insi[...]

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Professional Development

Sharpening the Saw

By | Jan.30.12 | No Comments

I have a friend who is a gifted planner. We often get together near the end of the year, and I find her scheduling her professional development activities--and her vacation--for th[...]

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Health & Wellness

Is It the Winter Blues or Something More?

By | Jan.24.12 | 1 Comment

I don’t know about you, but this time of year makes me want to stay under the covers and act like a hibernating bear. Yes, the cold gray days bring on the winter blues. It takes[...]

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A THURSDAY THREE

It Doesn’t Go Without Saying

By | Dec.22.11 | 1 Comment

Here on the cusp of the biggest holiday week of the year, it seems nearly everything that needs to be said already has been: "Seasons greetings!" "Happy Hanukkah!" "Merry Christmas[...]

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Balance

Business Development Burnout: The Last Straw

By | Nov.17.11 | 2 Comments

Our interview with the partner was scheduled for 2 p.m. She arrived at 2:45 p.m., apparently not knowing what she was doing in the room or why we were there (even though we had [...]

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Professional Development

Need a Change?

By | Nov.14.11 | No Comments

Do you have that nagging feeling you’re just not enjoying your work as much as you used to? Are Sunday evenings beginning to weigh on you because you know you’re going back [...]

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THE FRIDAY FIVE

A Very Mellow Holiday

By | Nov.11.11 | No Comments

Here it comes. That most wonderful, awful and everything-in-between time of year. The pressure is on to serve up (and carve!) the perfect turkey. Someone down the hall just mentio[...]

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Balance

Signs It Might be Time to Quit

By | Oct.19.11 | 2 Comments

How do you know when it is time to quit … your job, your client, your firm, your relationship, your diet—or even your dream? While many of us grew up to the tune of "quitters n[...]

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