Category Archives: Work-Life Balance

Happiness for Legal Professionals

By Larry Port on July 6, 2010

Let’s face it: you don’t need to be depressed to want more happiness in life. Every stage of life has its own preoccupations, its own pressures. Whether you’re attempting to juggle kids and a job, have to take care of an older parent, or are struggling to start your career, modern life [...]

Comments (0) | Trackbacks (0)

Tip: Recharge Your Thinking with an Analog Vacation

By Larry Port on June 22, 2010

I’ve heard about people “going off the grid” or taking an “analog vacation” to purge themselves of all things digital. Now that “The Shallows” made its forceful case for the unparalleled “scatterbraining” power of the Internet, look for more Facebook status updates from your friends and colleagues going AWOL online.
As a provider [...]

Comments (0) | Trackbacks (0)

Are Lawyers Getting Scatterbrained Because of Web Usage?

By Larry Port on June 21, 2010

If you’ve noticed an increased inability to concentrate, you’re not alone. And for lawyers, where time is literally money, procrastination and lack of focus can hamper productivity and damage revenues.
A growing chorus of scientific evidence confirms what you may already suspect: that massive consumption of the web, email, Twitter, Facebook, Blogs, or other [...]

Also posted in Productivity | Comments (2) | Trackbacks (0)

Notes from the Legal Productivity Webinar: How to Avoid A Lawyer Meltdown with Allison Shields

By Larry Port on May 24, 2010

Do you know how to delegate effectively? Many lawyers don’t. Being able to let go of work that others can do and knowing how to follow up are key abilities in learning how to lessen workloads and reclaim your life.
Allison Shields of LegalEase Consulting Inc. and the popular website LawyerMeltdown.com hosted Rocket Matter’s [...]

Also posted in Legal Practice Management, Podcasts, Software-as-a-Service | Comments (0) | Trackbacks (0)

Webinar: How to Avoid a Lawyer Meltdown. Guest Starring Allison Shields of LawyerMeltdown.com

By Larry Port on May 18, 2010

On a scale of 1-5 (5 being the highest) rank your level of agreement with the statement: I am in total control and am in no danger of having a meltdown.
This webinar is sponsored by Rocket Matter and is free to attend!
Click Here to Register!
* We’ll be raffling off a $50 certificate to iTunes!
* Date: [...]

Also posted in Webinars | Comments (0) | Trackbacks (0)

The Pomodoro Technique – Handling External Interruptions for Lawyers

By Larry Port on April 14, 2010

In Part One of our Legal Pomodoro Series, we introduced the basics of The Pomodoro Technique:
Pomodoro is Italian for tomato. The guy who invented it lives in Italy and had a wind-up tomato timer in his kitchen. The idea is simple: you wind up the timer for 25 minutes and work [...]

Also posted in Cool Tools, Productivity | Comments (0) | Trackbacks (0)

The Pomodoro Technique – Supercharge Your Efficiency + Legal Productivity (Part 1)

By Larry Port on March 11, 2010

Let’s face it: lawyers have to wear a lot of hats. Before you know it, your day can be over and you feel like you’ve gotten nothing accomplished.
Like the Getting Things Done personal organizational system, The Pomodoro Technique is popular in technology circles but I haven’t seen a wide discussion of it in Legal. [...]

Also posted in Cool Tools, Free Stuff, How-To, Productivity | Comments (0) | Trackbacks (0)

Time Blocking Email: Increase Efficiency, Save Lives

By Larry Port on March 4, 2010

I’ve never been more psyched to get an autoresponder. Notice that not only is this attorney blocking off his or her schedule for emails, but is doing so at strategic times: right before lunch and the final bell.
This allows a head of steam to be built up in the morning, a la the “don’t [...]

Also posted in Productivity | Comments (0) | Trackbacks (0)

Manage your Productivity and Work-Life Balance with Buffers

By Larry Port on February 17, 2010

A lot of times, when I read productivity blogs (an admittedly nerdy habit of mine), I come across nominally interesting ideas. This is the first one I’ve read in a long time that really resonated with me.
Amber Singleton Riviere writes in Web Worker Daily about the importance of padding your schedule and other aspects [...]

Also posted in Productivity | Comments (0) | Trackbacks (0)