The Better Chancery Practice Blog

New Year’s resolutions are ‘way overrated. Almost all are ignored after a few weeks — if that much — of sporadic observance.

So this year, instead of making resolutions, why not look at your professional life and start a revolution.

Revolt against —

• Sloppy pleading and draftsmanship, indifferent trial prep and unprepared trials. 
• Neglected probate matters.
• Unreturned phone calls.
• Rudeness, incivility, impatience, harshness, lack of self-control, egocentrism, meanness, trickery, slyness and sharp dealing.  

Overthrow those despotic habits that have chained you down and kept you from being the best lawyer you can be.

And while you’re at it, let the revolution spread to your personal life.

Revolt against the people you associate with who suck all the joy out of life with their passive-aggression, guilt-trips, negativity and cynicism.

Revolt against the clients and others who try to make you feel worthless if you pay any attention to your family, your children and your own emotional and mental health.

Revolt against anything that keeps you from feeling the breath of God, enjoying the warmth of a sunny spring day, marveling at the coo of an infant, or savoring the creamy goodness of banana pudding.

Revolt for your birthright to be happy, loved, fulfilled, free, independent and full of joy.

2013 is a great year for a revolution. Get started!