by Jim Dwyer | Mar 1, 2018 | Learning to Listen, Living Our Best Life, The Lawyer's Compass
Don’t forget your compass. It makes sense that you think about using it when you’re lost, in an area you don’t know well or when you’re at a critical junction. You’re actually in greatest need of your compass when you’re traveling through familiar lands — such as work...
by Jim Dwyer | Jan 25, 2018 | Learning to Listen, Living Our Best Life, Office Practice is Life Practice
Preparing for my presentation on “Fake Listening” for the Lawyer’s as Changemakers seminar made it crystal clear that the negative reputation we lawyers have is self-inflicted. Here’s a breakdown of the four primary complaints about lawyers: Lack of...
by Jim Dwyer | Jan 4, 2018 | Learning to Listen, Power of Relationships
It was early afternoon on a Wednesday in 2004. I was at the office talking with my wife on the phone about how her day was going, when seemingly for no reason, she said “Are you on your computer?” “No, I’m not on my computer,” I replied. “I can tell that you’re not...
by Jim Dwyer | Apr 20, 2017 | Learning to Listen, The Lawyer's Compass
While I can’t give my clients everything they want. I can give them what all of us are truly looking for— to be treated fairly. That’s one of my top jobs as an attorney. If I don’t, I’ve failed my client, society, and myself. I can have a powerful effect on how my...
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 | May 5, 2016 | Learning to Listen, Practicing Law and Life, The Lawyer's Compass
Last year an attorney friend told me about a mistake that he made on a case. He was worried that he did not properly serve the defendant and had committed malpractice. He talked about the mechanics of the mistake that he made and then launched into how he was not...
