Serve your clients well, be responsive, show active interest, and chances are good that your clients will be loyal to you. This way, you'll be contributing to your firm and building your own potentially portable career in the process. Be willing to take risks. As an attorney you've learned to identify and avoid potential risks. But you cannot progress in your own career without taking some chances.
Mistakes are our best teachers.
Most people ignore signs that they need to make some sort of change. They simply work harder to do their jobs - while their stress mounts and their passion for their career erodes. But periodic self-reinvention is absolutely necessary, both for career success and life satisfaction. Occasionally, everyone veers off course. What's essential is to take the time to determine where you are and the changes you need to make to regain your balance, vitality and personal integrity.