HLP077: On Creating Your Own Opportunities and the Power of Community with Keith Lee of LawyerSmack

Whether you’re at a firm, in-house or a solo practitioner, being a lawyer can involve long, lonely days? Do your friends and family struggle to relate to your #lawyerprobs? Keith Lee started Associate’s Mind to help lawyers learn the things we actually need to know to be better lawyers! He recently increased impact by when he launched LawyerSmack, a private community for lawyers. On today’s episode Keith and I talk about the ups and downs of creating content for lawyers, how he makes decisions, and the power of community.

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What you’ll learn:

How his Associate’s Mind came to be
How Keith was able to keep his blog running for 8 years
The systems Keith implements into his daily routine
About LawyerSmack, a private online community for lawyers
What’s next for Associate’s Mind and LawyerSmack
The importance of finding a supportive community
The possibilities and benefits of creating online relationships

Best Advice for Finding Happiness

“We all suffer under the illusion of control and their is so little in our lives that we actually control.”

“The only thing that you have absolute control over in your life is your attitude and your approach to the day.”

Resources:

* Cal Newport, Be So Good They Can’t Ignore You https://amzn.to/2J5K62T

* Cal Newport, Deep Work https://amzn.to/2GnuI09

* Daniel Pink, When: The Scientific Secrets of Perfect Timing https://amzn.to/2IhqlUC

* Sean Achor, The Happiness Advantage https://amzn.to/2pTVuGf

* Sean Achor, Big Potential https://amzn.to/2pP3QQi

Connect with Keith:

On LawyerSmack: https://www.lawyersmack.com/

On His Blog: https://associatesmind.com/

On LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/keithrlee/

On Twitter: https://twitter.com/associatesmind

Thank you!

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