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6 Hacks to Crush Anxiety About Writing
This week, we're excited to share a guest post. Julie Schrager is an attorney and the legal writing coach at Faegre Dinker, a full-service law firm of more than 1200 attorneys, consultants, and professionals in 21 offices. She works closely with summer associates, associates, and partners to improve their legal writing. Julie firmly believes that everyone can improve their written communication skills. Below, she shares practical tips that can help anyone feeling anxious or overwhelmed about a written assignment, regardless of industry. Thank you, Julie!
ApochroMinute 62: Burnout
Burned out? You’re in good company; a majority of American workers report feeling burned out right now. This week’s ApochroMinute includes 2 strategies to help you overcome burnout and exhaustion.
Shift Your Mindset
For today’s post, we wanted to dig a bit deeper into ways you can look forward rather than feeling as though you’re stuck where you are.
10 Strategies to Keep Productive & Positive During a Crisis
Almost exactly 6 months ago — March 26 — we shared these 10 Strategies to Keep Productive & Positive During a Crisis. We’ve since heard from many readers how helpful they’ve been, so we’re sharing them again today in case you missed it the first time or could use a reminder.
Shift Your Mindset
I talked about my favorite word (“yet”) in Tuesday’s ApochroMinute and was blown away by the response. (If you missed this week’s video, you can check it out here.)
People who have overcome enormous physical, mental, financial, and other challenges let me know that they appreciated my comments, that they’d seen for themselves what a different “yet” can make, or just that they were going to give it a try. First of all, thank you. In these days when all of our interactions are online, a message means even more.
10 Strategies to Keep Productive & Positive During a Crisis
I was recently on a panel asked to share strategies for keeping productive and positive during a crisis. (For the entire discussion on “Motivation and Resilience – Key Thoughts in a Complex World,” click here to listen.) Some of the ideas my fellow panelists and I shared might be helpful to you.
To be clear, we certainly don’t want to minimize the current – or any – crisis. If you are in the middle of a life and death crisis, these strategies will be of very limited use, and reaching out to a therapist or other support will be more helpful. But for others, I hope these ten strategies can help you keep productive and positive.
COVID-19 Response Resources
We have launched a resources page to help individuals and organizations manage the changing professional environment. Click here for the COVID-19 Response Resource Page.
Lawyer Well-Being Week, May 4-8, 2020
With the announcement of Lawyer Well-Being Week May 4-8, many firms are wondering how they’ll participate without adding more stress to already overloaded staff.
Imagine Your Future Self
Have you ever wondered why it can be so difficult to stop procrastinating? We’ve offered tips before on how to stop procrastinating, and you could procrastinate all day by reading the science behind it. (Ask me how I know – from the Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience to a fascinating working paper from the National Bureau of Economic Research on college students’ procrastination and present bias, I may have read it all.)
6 Hacks to Crush Anxiety About Writing
This week, we're excited to share our first guest post. Julie Schrager is an attorney and the legal writing coach at Schiff Hardin, a full-service law firm of more than 300 lawyers in seven offices. She works closely with summer associates, associates, and partners to improve their legal writing. Julie firmly believes that everyone can improve their written communication skills. Below, she shares practical tips that can help anyone feeling anxious or overwhelmed about a written assignment, regardless of industry. Thank you, Julie!