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...
by Jim Dwyer | Jul 7, 2016 | Living Our Best Life, Power of Relationships, Practicing Law and Life
The genesis for wholehearted living is inside each one of us. It’s not about what we know, who we know, do for a living or how successful we are. Wholehearted living is about being willing to show up — especially when we are in situations that require us to show our...
by Jim Dwyer | May 26, 2016 | Living Our Best Life, Power of Relationships, Practicing Law and Life
While I’ve never been to a Comic Con event let alone dressed up as a superhero, I confess to being a superhero movie fan. I pretty much see every one. I don’t care how bad the reviews are or how upset the diehard fans may be about the show. If it involves...
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...
