Pathway to Success Step 2 – Respect

Last week I was at the Annual ALA conference and had a great time meeting with people. At the conference I gave out gratitude journals because gratitude helps people be happier, healthier and smarter.

Another great side effect of gratitude is that it helps you gain respect at a faster rate. The key to moving forward on the Pathway to Success is having respect for yourself and for your team.

So you may be asking why respect matters. The reason why respect matters is that we need to work together to get to our goals.

Have you ever been in a situation where you work with someone you don’t trust or respect?

It’s hard to achieve your goals if you don’t respect the people around you to do the job that needs to be done. We end up micromanaging them to ensure that the job is done right. This makes it harder to achieve our goals and wastes precious time.

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Pathway to Success Step 1 – Gratitude

This week I’m at the Association of Legal Administrators and I’m giving out Gratitude Journals.  You may be asking the question:  Why gratitude?

The Pathway to Success requires us to solve problems and innovate to get to our goals.  In all of the research that I have done I have found that people who have gratitude are able to solve problems easier.

For example, in Robert A. Emmons’s book “Thanks!” he relates various studies that show having gratitude has helped people be happier, healthier and smarter.  So if I can solve problems easier by being happier, healthier and smarter, then why not use gratitude to help me achieve my goals?

The key to gratitude is to be consistent.  I recommend writing three things you are grateful for each and every day.  I’ve done this for over 7 months now and I can truly say that I have been sick less, I’m happier, and I have been able to solve problems much easier.  As a side benefit I have a much easier time going to sleep.

All of these side effects of gratitude will help you as you pursue your goals. This is why gratitude is so important to the Pathway to Success.

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Getting to What Matters Most

Last Friday I presented at the 13th annual Elder Law Conference on getting to what matters most. So why do this presentation?

Too many practices are struggling to do what is the most important. And the reason has nothing to do with the fact that they are trying to do the wrong thing. It has everything to do with needing a different structure that allows the attorney to have the focus they need.

My presentation lays out the leadership structure that is needed to get you to what matters most.

Over the next nine weeks my blog posts will be devoted to my Pathway to Success system that walks a firm through the entire process. Then next year I will be releasing a book called, “The Pathway to Success.”

I look forward to connecting with you and learning from you what is working and what isn’t working in your practice.

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How to Solve the Real Problem

If you are like many people, the thought of tackling a problem sounds draining. Maybe you need to look at problems in a new way so that you can solve it without the normal drain.

Many times we tend to jump to conclusions about the problem we are trying to solve.  Then we come up with a solution to the problem but it didn’t really work.  Then the next time you try to tackle a problem you get more resistance.

Here is a new way of looking at what the real problem is.  First you need to start by not blaming the person. You need to look at why the process isn’t working.  With the blame game gone it will be a whole lot easier to solve the problem.

Next, ask why the problem exists in the first place.  You need to understand the real root of the problem before you can fix it.  Then ask why 4 more times and see what real problem is.  Once you know the root of the problem then it becomes a whole lot easier to come up with the solution.

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