by Jim Dwyer | Dec 1, 2016 | Learning to Listen, Living Our Best Life, Practicing Law and Life
Have you ever been lied to? I have. It makes me angry and sad. Lies destabilize what they touch and can wreak havoc in a relationship. I discovered that I was being lied to earlier this year. In fact, it had been going on for so long it was hard to believe I hadn’t...
by Jim Dwyer | Nov 3, 2016 | Living Our Best Life, Practicing Law and Life
When I decided to go to law school it wasn’t because I had a burning desire to be a lawyer, right wrongs, or fight for the little guy. I’d graduated from college with a history degree, then moved to San Diego to try and figure life out at the ripe old age of 24. After...
by Jim Dwyer | Oct 12, 2016 | Living Our Best Life, Office Practice is Life Practice, Practicing Law and Life
Have you ever hesitated telling someone what you do for a living? I have. And for longer than I care to admit. In fact, for a number of years I wouldn’t ask the simple question “What do you do for a living?”, because it meant the other person would reciprocate with a...
by Jim Dwyer | Aug 18, 2016 | Living Our Best Life, Practicing Law and Life, The Lawyer's Compass
The term “hermetically sealed” finds its origins in the Greek God Hermes. He was known for sealing boxes that were impossible to open and hiding them so they could not be seen. While hermitically sealed is the ideal state of a vacuum seal. it’s not an ideal...
by Jim Dwyer | Jul 28, 2016 | Living Our Best Life, Practicing Law and Life
Have you ever looked closely at a world map with time zones? It’s not laid out as uniformly as one might expect. Many lines more closely resemble gerrymandering than easy to follow boundaries. So what does time zones have to do with time travel? Wherever you...