by Jim Dwyer | May 10, 2018 | Fiduciary Duties, Fiduciary Duties and You, Power of Relationships
If it only takes one to bring down a relationship, then the opposite is equally true. It only takes one to set a course that raises it up. A marriage, partnership, or friendship is more than chemistry. Whatever it is that we envision as the purpose(s) of a...
by Jim Dwyer | Apr 12, 2018 | Living Our Best Life, Power of Relationships
If you go to Amazon.com and type in “Relationships” in the book category, you’ll find over a thousand books on the topic. Surprisingly, I couldn’t find one written by a lawyer. Lawyers are hired to resolve conflicts and disagreements. Clients come to us to deal...
by Jim Dwyer | Mar 22, 2018 | Living Our Best Life, Power of Relationships, The Lawyer's Compass
In my senior year in high school, I was internally falling apart, after picking my mom up at the Oregon State Mental Hospital. There was one person who helped me put myself back together: Steve Earl. I didn’t deserve his help. After hearing all the mean things I’d...
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 | Nov 9, 2017 | Living Our Best Life, Power of Relationships, Practicing Law and Life, The Lawyer's Compass
Law school was the most intense two years of my life. (I was in an accelerated two-year program.) The anxiety it caused was overwhelming on a near-daily basis. The idea of going it alone day after day was more than I wanted to endure. While I spent more hours than I...
by Jim Dwyer | Jun 28, 2017 | Office Practice is Life Practice, Power of Relationships
Just the other week I was talking with a client who hadn’t worked in eight months because of being rear ended. After months of therapy and injections, the verdict was in. He needed surgery. One year prior to this accident, he had a knee replacement and finally...
