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Website Hosting
A Definitive Guide to Website Hosting

Website hosting basics are important to anyone with a website. Sure, the topic is about as thrilling as discussing dental hygiene, and the details may seem confusing when you start talking with your website designer and IT person. You need to ...

Karin Conroy - September 23, 2015
Enterprising Lawyer
Enterprising Lawyer Daniel Lewis

It's unavoidably true: The business of practicing law is changing. And what it means to do a lawyer's work is changing right along with it. From time to time at Attorney at Work, we tip our hat to one of the new "enterprising lawyers" leading ...

The Editors - September 22, 2015
Acing the Interview: How to Behave With the News Media

What's the secret to being a great interview? Typically, of course, you have to deliver a real, relevant story “of high consumer interest” to get the news media to pay any attention to you at all. But what if the media does come to you? Let's ...

Jon Quick - September 21, 2015
Who Needs to Know I Got Sanctioned?

Suffering through a disciplinary proceeding is bad enough, but when it’s done and the sanction has been issued, the experience isn't over. You must report the sanction anywhere else you are admitted to practice. Who Must You Tell? ...

Megan Zavieh - September 17, 2015
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Put Something Paperless in the Holiday Post

As the holidays approach, a smart lawyer begins to ponder greeting cards for clients and contacts. This year, an electronic greeting may be your best bet to impress without spending a bundle.

Merrilyn Astin Tarlton - September 16, 2015
Nothing But the Ruth
Starting the Day on a Happy Foot

Earlier this year, I listened to an episode of the podcast "Invisible Office Hours," where the hosts, entrepreneurs Paul Jarvis and Jason Zook, shared their morning routines. They don't begin their days by checking email and jumping on client ...

Ruth Carter - September 14, 2015
Five Healthy Ways to Relax

“Relax: re·lax (rəˈlaks/) v. make or become less tense or anxious.” Being tense and anxious can make you worried, uneasy, irritable, exhausted and even susceptible to illness, including diabetes, heart disease, obesity, gastrointestinal ...

Jamie Spannhake - September 11, 2015
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The Lesson of the Ashley Madison Hack: Should You Care?

I am going to assume that you, dear reader, had no personal information leaked as a result of the Ashley Madison hack. You may have been curious — after all, who didn’t wonder whether they would recognize someone on the list? But let's set that ...

Mark Bassingthwaighte - September 10, 2015
Leadership
Honing Your Humility: An Antidote for Big Egos

I often begin leadership workshops by asking this question: What do you most look for and admire in a leader, someone whose direction you would willingly follow? What one word would you use to describe him or her? I’ve received hundreds of ...

Mark Beese - September 9, 2015
Stop Using Squishy Language

"One of the only": the ambiguous phrase that keeps popping up. I don't know what this means — and neither do your readers. A recent newspaper story about Martha Stewart’s sale of her brand quoted a branding maven: “When [Stewart] started, she ...

Theda C. Snyder - September 8, 2015
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