Coaching for Lawyers: 10 Ways a Lawyer Can Benefit from Working with a Professional Coach

Written by Jatrine Bentsi-Enchill, J.D., CPCC


Marie noticed that Diane seemed to be sailing through her career and receiving “nods” fromrepparttar firm’s partners. According to Marie, Diane was extremely successful in handling her cases, developing strong relationships with her clients and seemed to be building a successful career on all fronts. As a third year associate, Diane was viewed as a rising star inrepparttar 129312 firm and was getting several “choice assignments”…many of which Marie had hoped to get. After inviting her to lunch, Marie learned that Diane had been working with a Professional Coach. During lunch, Diane credited her Coach with helping her develop a strategic action plan to help her : 1) improve weak areas in her performance, 2)enhance and strengthen her professional image and 3) get onrepparttar 129313 fast track to partnership. According to Diane, “Hiring my Coach wasrepparttar 129314 wisest career move I could have made.”

One week later, Marie hired her own Coach.

Professional Coaching is for lawyers who are ready to excel, enjoy a better quality of life and gain an edge onrepparttar 129315 competition. Let’s face it,repparttar 129316 legal profession is all about successful outcomes and lawyers are trained to succeed in achieving favorable outcomes for their clients.

Coaches are trained to help clients achieve powerful results. There are systems of accountability incorporated intorepparttar 129317 coaching process to move clients forward and deepen insights.

Coaching is a collaborative process that is focused and results oriented. A Professional Coach can help lawyers overcome challenges, increase strategic thinking and improve communication skills. In addition, many lawyers hire Coaches to help them develop a savvy professional image, cultivate ongoing career and personal goals and to achieve greater work-life balance. Unlike a consultant, a Coach doesn’t come in and solverepparttar 129318 problem for you. Instead, a Coach partners with you to assess how best to resolve issues and achieve your goals.

A Professional Coach can providerepparttar 129319 insight, accountability, resources and strategic planning that a lawyer needs in order to build a successful career and fulfilling personal life. Below are 10 ways a lawyer can benefit by working with a Professional Coach.

1. ACHIEVE BETTER FOCUS. Whenrepparttar 129320 majority of your time is spent juggling cases, keeping track of clients, meeting goals for billables and balancing your personal life, it's hard to focus on anything other than making it throughrepparttar 129321 day. A Professional Coach will help you focus your energy so you can achieve your goals with greater ease despite your hectic schedule.

2. MANAGE AND DEVELOP A SUCCESSFUL LAW CAREER. Developing a successful career depends largely on your ability to structure your career in alignment with your personal and professional goals. Coaching can help you clarify your vision and goals. When wasrepparttar 129322 last time you considered what YOU want in your legal career and in your personal life? The practice of law is fast paced and it’s tough to find time to slow down and ask yourself some meaningful questions. Through Coaching, you'll haverepparttar 129323 opportunity to examine what you want, what motivates you, where you get stuck or distracted and much more. The coaching process allows you to learn about what you value, what it will take to build a fulfilling career and how you can design a balanced personal and professional life. When wasrepparttar 129324 last time you had a conversation with someone who was fully committed to you and your success? That’srepparttar 129325 job of a Professional Coach.

3. DEVELOP A PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN. Success doesn’t happen by accident. You must PLAN what you want to achieve and determinerepparttar 129326 best way to go about getting there. Consider your career plan asrepparttar 129327 roadmap for your career. Where do you see yourself 5 years from now? How will you get there? What resources will you need? A Coach can help you create a plan that is in alignment with your personal and professional values and overall vision for your life and career.

Sleep Maximization

Written by Alan Tutt


Sleep Maximization by Alan Tutt http://www.KeysToPower.com

Do you wake up feeling tired and run down, before you even start your day? Do you have trouble sleeping soundly? Would you like to sleep less and userepparttar extra time doing other things?

If any of these describe you, you're in luck. I've recently learned about some specific things you can do to make your sleep much more energizing forrepparttar 129308 time invested.

And in that spirit, I'm going to get right torepparttar 129309 heart ofrepparttar 129310 matter and spell out some ofrepparttar 129311 most important steps you can take to increaserepparttar 129312 amount of energy you can get from your sleep.

One ofrepparttar 129313 most important things to know is thatrepparttar 129314 best sleep isrepparttar 129315 deepest sleep. The deeper you sleep,repparttar 129316 more your mind and body recuperates andrepparttar 129317 more energy you get.

There are a couple of factors that determine how deeply you sleep.

Get Plenty of Exercise

As most of us know, one of those factors is how hard you've worked duringrepparttar 129318 day. If you've put in a full day's labor and really worked your muscles good, you will generally fall asleep easily and reach a deep level of sleep. This is becauserepparttar 129319 body has a definite need to recuperate and gets right to it.

Most people today don't do nearly enough physical work to activate this natural phenomenon. Our only alternative is to take time to follow an exercise program. Of course, there are many other benefits to this besides just getting better sleep.

The general recommendations here are:

Get at least 15-20 minutes of exercise every day if possible.

Make sure to exercise hard enough to increase your heart rate by 25% of your resting rate.

Exercise early inrepparttar 129320 day, and if possible, right after waking up inrepparttar 129321 morning.

Combine both strength training and cardiovascular training.

Get Out Into The Sun

One ofrepparttar 129322 surprising facts that I learned is thatrepparttar 129323 more sunlight you get duringrepparttar 129324 day helps to promote deeper, more restful sleep. Andrepparttar 129325 flip side of this is thatrepparttar 129326 darker it is where you're trying to sleep,repparttar 129327 better too. The body's natural rhythm is based on several cycles. There'srepparttar 129328 daily cycle of bright days and dark nights as well as monthly cycles and so on.

When you're exposed to sunlight, there is a chemical inrepparttar 129329 brain that is inhibited. Melatonin is a chemical produced byrepparttar 129330 brain, and makes you drowsy and ready to sleep. The main thing to remember with this is thatrepparttar 129331 more light you take in through your eyes,repparttar 129332 less of this chemical you have in your system. And so, to haverepparttar 129333 most energy duringrepparttar 129334 day, get out intorepparttar 129335 sunlight.

When we spend most of our time indoors, we get very little light. Any photographer will tell you thatrepparttar 129336 ambient light levels indoors are pitifully small compared to full sunlight. And when we don't get enough full sunlight, our bodies don't really know if it is day or night, and our sleep cycles are disturbed.

Drink Plenty of Water

Here's something else that we've all been told is good for us. Drinking lots of water (not colas, coffees, teas, or alcohol) will improve your blood-flow, making it easier for your body to repair itself fromrepparttar 129337 daily wear and tear of life. All of your physical systems work better when you're blood is flowing right.

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