But, increasingly, many think like employees, merely punching their time card on a daily basis. Coupled with the attitude that the client comes first, your actions are now based on keeping clients and increasing the firm s revenues and profits, a sure recipe for personal success. Be a problem-solver. Instead of just reacting, look ahead for solutions to client problems. Too many good attorneys are so busy with immediate concerns that they cannot look forward for ways to solve future problems.
Successful attorneys think about the long-term effects of actions taken now and in the future.
Never stop learning. Successful attorneys have always continued their education and currently take more than the minimum CLE requirements. It is impossible to know everything in any one field of endeavor, let alone everything that is contained in the vast and growing area of resources made available by books, the Internet, etc. To be successful, you have to continue to learn new information and update old thinking. Develop knowledge of business.