by Jim Dwyer | Apr 13, 2016 | Learning to Listen, Living Our Best Life, Practicing Law and Life
“Like a wolf at midnight howls, you use your voice in the darkest hours To break the silence and the power, holding back the others from their glory” – Josh Garrels, from the song White Owl Being a lawyer places us in the center of our clients’...
by Jim Dwyer | Mar 16, 2016 | Living Our Best Life, Practicing Law and Life, The Lawyer's Compass, Trust, Faith and The Law
The Lawyer’s Compass is about living from our center. It’s from there that we live our maximally rewarding lives and we inspire others to do the same. I know when I see someone that I care about upping their game it inspires me. The next layer out on The...
by Jim Dwyer | Mar 2, 2016 | Living Our Best Life, Practicing Law and Life, The Lawyer's Compass
After reading this sentence, close your eyes and take three long deep breaths. As you continue to read, keep taking slow and steady breaths, keeping focused on the rising and falling of your chest. Imagine what deep success feels like, the kind that comes from the...
by Jim Dwyer | Feb 3, 2016 | Living Our Best Life, Practicing Law and Life, Redefining a Successful Lawyer, The Lawyer's Compass
Like my grandpa Jim, most of us have a compass in our pocket – at least if that’s where we carry our smartphone. Compass apps are so easy to use. We don’t have to be standing still or making sure we are holding it level. We open the app … and...
by Jim Dwyer | Jan 8, 2016 | Living Our Best Life, Office Practice is Life Practice, Practicing Law and Life, The Lawyer's Compass
What I love most about being in Hawaii in November is that I get to escape the cold and wet of Portland, Oregon. Along with the warm water, air and soft sand that I love so much about Hawaii, I’m also seemingly surrounded by compasses. Being in a state that is a...
by Jim Dwyer | Nov 12, 2015 | Living Our Best Life, Office Practice is Life Practice, Practicing Law and Life
How is it that I’m working hard all day, taking phone calls, meeting with clients, preparing for a deposition or trial- and yet part of me is asleep? In college three of us watched Hill Street Blues every week – Jan, Terry and me. One of my favorite...
