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Legal topics of interest to lawyers and consumers with a Pittsburgh and Western Pennsylvania focus.

Quote of the Week: Miralanda Wilson on Finding the Mega-Millions Ticket.

No. 829 And you thought you were disorganized:

Time Management Ninja Post Worth Reading: “21 Things You Should Do to Get Ahead.”

No. 823 Take a few minutes for an outstanding  Time Management Ninja post. CLT

Free Thinker.

Serious thinking requires one vital ingredient — the absence of distraction. You must have quiet. Thus, if you always turn on a radio or television to (I’ve been told) keep you company, you are depriving yourself of the opportunity to think. Instead of getting lost your own thoughts, your mind is filled up by someone else’s thoughts. There is nothing wrong with listening to others. What is wrong is abolishing any opportunity for quiet, reflective thought.

Think about it.

Who Am I?

No. 769 We have all spent a lifetime with ourselves. But do we really know the answer to the big question, “Who am I?” The answer resides in your mind.  If you are good at socializing with people you just met but not so good at solving technical problems while working alone, you might think [...]

Repost from the Ninja on Reliability.

No. 760 This post in Time Management Ninja is so important, I am reposting it, rather than simply suppling the link. I cannot add one word to the message.   5 Reasons You Aren’t Reliable by CRAIG Ever have someone ask you to do something… and then you forget? Oops! Does it happen more than once? Is [...]

Becoming the Lawyer You Always Wanted to Be.

But, it is the subtitle that always strikes a chord in me,every time I see it: “How to Be the Lawyer You Always Wanted to Be.”

At a Time Like This . . .

Every time is a time of opportunity. Discovering what the opportunity is — that’s the catch. But there will surely someday be a last time and a last opportunity. Don’t ever let someone tell you to postpone a worthy endeavor at a time like this.

Willpower!

No. 716 So — I read in the Freakonomics Blog last week that I could ask questions  of  the authors of a book called Willpower. This sounded like a great idea, but I hadn’t read the book.  And so I clicked the link and bought the book, downloading instantly on my Kindle. In my excitement, [...]

Westinghouse: Think about Tomorrow, not the Past.

These include a George Westinghouse quotation worth remembering. I don’t think about the past, he said, I think about what I am going to do tomorrow.

Lawyerist Added to Blogroll

I find that I read the Lawyerist almost every day, so I put it in the blogroll so you can too. Most posts are about law practice management or legal marketing. They are full of ideas and always interesting.

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CLIFF TUTTLE has been a Pennsylvania lawyer for over 38 years and (inter alia) is a real estate litigator and legal writer. The posts in this blog are intended to provide general information about legal topics of interest to lawyers and consumers with a Pittsburgh and Western Pennsylvania focus. However, this information does not constitute legal advice and there is no lawyer-client relationship created when you read this blog. You are encouraged to leave comments but be aware that posted comments can be read by others. If you wish to contact me in privacy, please use the Contact Form located immediately below this message. I will reply promptly and in strict confidence.

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