Legal Coffee http://www.legalcoffee.org Reinventing Lawyers Tue, 21 Feb 2012 03:47:30 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Steinbeck Was Talking EQ Before There Was An EQ http://www.legalcoffee.org/2012/02/15/steinbeck-was-talking-eq-before-there-was-an-eq/ http://www.legalcoffee.org/2012/02/15/steinbeck-was-talking-eq-before-there-was-an-eq/#comments Wed, 15 Feb 2012 21:47:49 +0000 Lawkop http://www.legalcoffee.org/?p=3099 Empathy is key part of emotional intelligence.  What do you think Steinbeck means when he writes:

In every bit of honest writing in the world … there is a base theme. Try to understand men, if you understand…

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SOPA Debate

]]> http://www.legalcoffee.org/2012/02/07/why-the-sopa-debate-engaged-so-many/feed/ 0 Jurors Make Their Own Closing Arguments http://www.legalcoffee.org/2012/01/27/jurors-make-their-own-closing-arguments/ http://www.legalcoffee.org/2012/01/27/jurors-make-their-own-closing-arguments/#comments Fri, 27 Jan 2012 22:34:35 +0000 Lawkop http://www.legalcoffee.org/?p=2854 Narratives create narratives. When you hear a story, it pulls up frames from other narratives you have previously adopted. A personalized story telling process occurs in your mind. You take the new story and mold it with your preexisting deep…

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]]> http://www.legalcoffee.org/2012/01/26/2143/feed/ 0 The Difference Between a Narrative and a Story http://www.legalcoffee.org/2012/01/23/2815/ http://www.legalcoffee.org/2012/01/23/2815/#comments Mon, 23 Jan 2012 20:53:00 +0000 Lawkop http://www.legalcoffee.org/?p=2815 The difference between a narrative and a story is a debatable. Many people use the terms synonymously. Here is my view of the difference. A simple story retells events (real or fictional). A narrative is more complex and narcissistic. A…

]]> http://www.legalcoffee.org/2012/01/23/2815/feed/ 0 Whose Job is It? http://www.legalcoffee.org/2012/01/20/whose-job-is-it/ http://www.legalcoffee.org/2012/01/20/whose-job-is-it/#comments Fri, 20 Jan 2012 15:18:02 +0000 Lawkop http://www.legalcoffee.org/?p=3060 Who’s Job is it to make yourself happy? Here are few hints.

It’s not your significant others.

It is not your children.

It’s not your boss.

It’s not your clients.

http://www.legalcoffee.org/?p=3139 I was recently able to debunk a myth I heard about Google’s duplicate content penalty. I am happy to report, under certain circumstances, you can put portions of one post on more than one blog without a penalty from Google.…

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]]> http://www.legalcoffee.org/2012/01/18/the-real-fight/feed/ 0 Oxygen and Cash http://www.legalcoffee.org/2012/01/17/net-cash-flow/ http://www.legalcoffee.org/2012/01/17/net-cash-flow/#comments Tue, 17 Jan 2012 11:35:36 +0000 Lawkop http://www.legalcoffee.org/?p=3031 Two simple realities:

  1. For you body – No oxygen, No life.
  2. For your firm. No cash, No life.

The most overlooked, but most important metric for your firm is: “Net Cash Flow.” In order to understand…

]]> http://www.legalcoffee.org/2012/01/17/net-cash-flow/feed/ 0 The Equation of a Decision http://www.legalcoffee.org/2012/01/16/the-wisdom-of-arnold-palmer/ http://www.legalcoffee.org/2012/01/16/the-wisdom-of-arnold-palmer/#comments Mon, 16 Jan 2012 13:58:23 +0000 Lawkop http://www.legalcoffee.org/2011/07/05/the-wisdom-of-arnold-palmer/

Every decision (D) you make combines two different things. The rational part of your brain (R) is one part of the equation and the emotional part (E) is the other half. Your decisions are based on…

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