The Complete Lawyer - Volume 2

	FOCUS ON
	Stress Kills: What Are The Early Warning Signs? When you are under too much stress your memory isn’t good, you are easily distracted, you become impulsive and your judgment is suboptimal. Now there’s a tool to help you detect your level of stress before it’s too late. The TCL Interview: Lyle Miller, Stress Directions, Inc.

Why Mindfulness Matters

Want to lower your blood pressure, feel calmer, concentrate better and improve your emotional intelligence while you’re at it? Len Riskin has a few ideas about that.
The TCL Interview: Leonard Riskin, Professor, University of Missouri-Columbia School of Law

Hard Worker Or Workaholic?

Called the best-dressed addiction, workaholics are at high risk for burnout and even higher risk for health problems. Their marriages are twice as likely to end in divorce. Lawyers are prime candidates. Are you a workaholic or a hard worker? How would you know?
The TCL Interview: Bryan Robinson, Psychologist/Author

Is Law The Unhealthiest Profession?

An optimistic versus pessimistic style is associated with success in every endeavor studied--except law. But you can buck the trend by learning to think in ways that work for versus against your health. What’s it worth to you? Eight years, maybe more.
The TCL Interview: Ellen Ostrow, Lawyers Life Coach

	COMING UP NEXT ISSUE
	What?s Right About The Profession Of Law? TAKE THIS 7 MINUTE SURVEY: What do you like best about your work? Does the legal profession add value to society? In just 7 minutes you can add your opinions and insights to this national survey co-sponsored with The NALP Foundation. Results reported in the September-October issue. Compare your opinion with other lawyers.

	BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT
	Business Developers Often Suffer From Bad Health Habits In the bad old days, successful rainmaking protocol may have demanded elaborate courting routines-– heavy entertainment, a preponderance of male bonding and a gift of gab borrowed partly from carnival barkers, and televangelists. But the times, they are indeed a-changin’. By Alf Nucifora, Nucifora Consulting Group

	COACHING & MENTORING
	Why Lawyers Detest Performance Evaluations A performance evaluation is an opportunity to acknowledge work well done, discuss problem areas and establish goals for the next year. The results are good for the individual and the firm. Regrettably, most attorneys have had zero training in how to do them. By Judi Craig, Atticus, Inc.

	COMMUNICATIONS
	Effective Communicators Are Perceived As More Powerful There are six major speaking faults that wreak havoc on even your most compelling ideas. With the most interesting topic and willing audience, if you don’t avoid these mistakes, your effectiveness is shot and your listeners are left clueless about your message. By Dorothy Leeds, Organizational Technologies

	NAVIGATING YOUR CAREER
	The 8 Critical Turning Points Of Your Life: Ignore Them At Your Own Peril. When you arrive at a Turning Point in your life, you can make one of two big mistakes: Do nothing or make sudden, ill-considered moves that will turn your life upside down. Or, you can take some time to slow down and develop a plan that works for you. By Anne Whitaker, Career Development Coach & Counsel On Call

	THE FAMILY—ELDER CARE
	How To Maintain Your Health While Caring For An Older Relative Although he’d abandoned her as a child, my client’s aging father, in ill health and suffering from dementia, sought help from his daughter. A nurse, she became ill with multiple stress-induced conditions as she attempted to do the right thing for him. By Lucy Whelchel, Market Driven, Inc.

	WOMEN IN THE LAW
	Managing Stress Is Crucial To My Survival ? I Don?t Want To Die? "I just finished six months of chemo and radiation after a radical mastectomy. Before my cancer, I lived a very high-stress life. I'm starting back to work now and am quickly falling into my old habits.” Meet Angie: the healthiest lawyer I know. By Ellen Ostrow, Lawyers Life Coach

	WORK/LIFE BALANCE
	Where Was My Homeroom? I wasn’t part of a class of recent law school graduates hired in any particular year. I hadn’t joined the firm as an associate. So, I didn’t fit into the established social order. That felt rotten and so I… By Dennis Coyne, Coyne Coaching & Consulting

	CLE CALENDAR
	CLE Calendar Tune into Atlanta Bar CLE’s “WIIFM: What’s In It For Me." What’s in it for you in 2006-07 is a CLE curriculum that addresses your needs as a whole lawyer. This year look for more webcasts, more advanced programming, and special seminars on topics such as the effect of an avian flu pandemic on law, business and the courts, and issues related to your aging parents.

LETTERS

From The Editor

On Becoming A Healthy Lawyer

The fact that lawyers are not in good health should come as no surprise: Our entire society is in extremely poor health according to a recent study reported in The Journal of the American Medical Association. The hopeful news is that you can learn new skills now to help you handle the pressures of an increasingly competitive business environment.
By Don Hutcheson, Editor & Publisher

	TRAVELS
	The Power Of Travel You’re at your desk, overworked, tired, and ready for a much-needed vacation. A blissful spa getaway,a long-dreamt of safari in Africa? But then that small voice from inside: “Can I afford the time? Maybe I should wait until next year.” Why go away? And what does it really mean to be away? By Steve Zikman, The Next Fork

	TECHNOLOGY
	Is Mobile Connectivity For You? If you do not travel and never take work home, stick with a cell phone. Your life will be less complicated. But if you travel, work at home or in court, or need to increase your productivity, then some type of multi-functional mobile device can put a serious multiplier on your effectiveness. By Tom Alexander, CLC Technology

	TREND WATCH
	?I Feel Stressed And Fatigued Most Of The Time." If you answer yes to this question, you are in the company of 48.1% of practicing attorneys. 75% of supervised attorneys also reported problems meeting their health and fitness needs. How can you manage the work-life balance issue before burnout occurs? By Paula Patton, The NALP Foundation

FINANCIAL MATTERS

Is "Goal Setting Vertigo" Sabotaging
Your Personal And Financial Dreams?

We all know people who live in a constant state of Goal Setting Vertigo by the way they set priorities that focus on one goal to the exclusion of all others. GSV unbalances your life. By effective goal setting you can focus your finite personal, emotional, and financial resources on achieving the goals that matter most in each aspect of your life.
By Robert Hockett, Cambridge Southern Financial Advisors

BOOK REVIEWS

Chained To The Desk

Author Bryan Robinson, Ph.D., describes work addiction as an inability to regulate work habits, and an overindulgence in work to the exclusion of most other life activities. A workaholic cannot relax and often views fun as a waste of valuable time. The book offers suggestions on how to develop a self-care plan and is full of case studies.
By Debbie Brown, D&B Coaching & Consulting

	COVER ARTIST
	Jeffrey Palladini Wood, I have found, is an ideal partner to oil paint. Because the wood is porous and absorbent, with inherent grain and flaws, it alternately resists and drinks in the oil medium. This creates the most wonderful and unpredictable effects… The Lowe Gallery, Atlanta, Santa Monica