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Fine-Tune Your Goals This February

By Debra Forman
January 30, 2013

January is a month when many individuals make resolutions intended to ensure their personal and professional success. In January, you may promise yourself that this year you will be more conscientious about growing your practice and developing your leadership skills. You may improve your billing practices and strive to bill as you go; and resolve not to leave the office until your day's work has been recorded. To fit in more time during your billable day to focus on non-billable activities, such as writing articles or client lunches, you may vow to work longer hours during the week. You may challenge yourself to be the first lawyer in the office in the morning and the lawyer that turns off the lights at the end of the day.

Then comes February, and your shiny hopes and declarations may lose some of their luster. They may seem overly ambitious, unrealistic or unattainable. You may ask yourself, “What was I thinking? How did I ever think I could achieve so much?”

Resist the February blahs by taking a moment to focus your well-intentioned energies and reaffirm your goals. Believing and trusting in your strengths and abilities enables you to bring change and continue to grow. By implementing new practice management and business development tactics and being strategic rather than just wishful about your endeavors, you can seize control of those areas of your professional life that you want to improve.

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