As you good folks probably have heard by now, the Pope’s resigning. From the outsider’s point of view, that’s a reasonable move for a man coming up on his 86th birthday. He’s worked hard. He’s done his service. He’s getting a little...
So Muhammad Ali, William the Conqueror, Philip II of Macedon, and Themistocles walk into a bar… That joke was not going to end well, but it gets you where I want you. What do these dead old white men have in common with a modern sports icon? Strategy....
Two events spurred the idea for a series of posts about strategy. The first was when I was talking with my wife about ways to win arguments with people. My favorite tactic is to lead my adversaries down a string of seemingly logical statements which are...
I’m pleased to announce that I have signed a book deal with ABA Publishing. The book is focused on the transition from law school to law practice. It will be released Fall 2013. The entire legal industry is in a state of flux. Legal work is being automated,...
It is a peculiar time. For the past two hundred thousand years of our existence, all we’ve had to rely upon is constancy. The seasons turn; we sleep and rise; our loved ones are born, and then they die. Any perturbation of what is and always has been...
In my last post, I mentioned the Greek maxims Know yourself and Seek the mean in all things. Today, I’d like to touch on the latter and one of its implications. While I prefer the above translation, usually MHDEN AGAN is translated “Nothing in...