The number 100 has been coming up for me a lot today. Today, Time Magazine released its Time100 Most Influential People 2020 and I am not sure why I am not on it. (That’s a joke – for now, but I’m working on it.) As of today, September 23, 2020, we have exactly 100 days left of […]
Archives for September 2020
Rainmaking Recommendation #218: Follow the Yellow Brick Road – An Allegory for Rainmakers
September 16, 2020 by Leave a Comment
In a very weird walk down the Yellow Brick Road to the Emerald City to ask the Wizard for new clients and matters, members of the executive committee of Gale, Scarecrow, Tinman and Lion, LLP, a 100+ lawyer firm are chanting “Pandemics, Politics, and Recessions, Oh my,” over and over again through their masks. James […]
Rainmaking Recommendation #217: What Fears are Keeping You from Becoming a Rainmaker?
September 9, 2020 by Leave a Comment
Fear. We all have fears. In fact, I am a trypanophobe and an arachnophobe – which sounds a hell of a lot more impressive than saying I am terrified of hypodermic needles and spiders. Both phobias have very weird roots in how they started. It has to do with a nightmare as a child (spiders) […]
Rainmaking Recommendation #216: What Rainmakers Do Differently Than Other Attorneys
September 2, 2020 by Leave a Comment
The things that Rainmakers do differently from other attorneys are very simple (but not necessarily easy): Rainmakers have a plan: If you have spent any time following me, you know I am a rabid believer in planning. You wouldn’t take a road trip to a place you have never been without GPS, so why should […]