A List of People I Have Envied
You need to write your own list.
Sit down for 10 minutes and write a list of people you’ve envied - past and present. No filter, no judgment.
Go on, it's fun!
And once you’ve written it, have a closer look at what your list might be telling you about your own life.
Let Them
I know that some of you like receiving book recommendations from me, because you’ve kindly told me so. Well today, I’ve a belter for you. In fact, I’m going all in and will call it the best self-development book I will read all year. And it’s only February!
This one is by the highly successful US author and podcaster Mel Robbins. Mel appeared on Oprah’s new podcast. And not only did Oprah interview Mel, she went one further and described her book, The Let Them Theory, as “one of the best self-help books she’d ever read.”
Ok, now I’m listening.
Break Free from Busyness and Thrive in Law
As female lawyers, we often find ourselves juggling demanding schedules, client expectations, and the pressures of a competitive industry. But what if the busyness we wear as a badge of honour is actually holding us back?
This month, Female Lawyers’ Club hosted an inspiring masterclass with Lindsey Frances, a psychologist and sophrologist with a focus on human behaviour and performance. In her masterclass, titled “The Survival Masterclass: Break Free from the Traps That Keep You Busy But Not Productive”, Lindsey shared strategies to help us pause, reclaim our focus, and achieve more by using our intuition, not just our intelligence.
Rituals to make life easier
Happy new year!
You know how I love to talk about failure? Because it’s a massive taboo in the legal profession? Well in the spirit of giving I thought I would share my Christmas fail this year. Nothing to do with work, thankfully.
As someone who likes to do things reasonably well (hello perfectionism), I was amused by my own failure to wrap the Christmas presents with any level of basic competence, which led me to wrap them all TWICE. My children are aged 10 and 12 and so this was not my first rodeo… and yet events indicated otherwise.
Some Quick LinkedIn Tips Every Lawyer Needs to Know
Last week in Female Lawyers’ Club, the amazing Sarah Ouis delivered a masterclass for our members on “How to best use LinkedIn to advance your legal career”.
Sarah is a former lawyer who now has her own business (lawbuthow.co) helping lawyers to boost their profile and gain work from LinkedIn. She has over 26,000 followers so she must be doing something right.
I’ve set out some takeaways from Sarah’s excellent session which you can implement today.