In 1981 in the American Journal of Nursing published an article by Voltaire Cousteau he titled: “How to Swim with the sharks: A primer.” The author died in Paris in 1812. Apparently he was an ancestor of the modern Cousteau and this article was written for the benefit of sponge divers. It was previously translated from French and reprinted in 1973 in a medical journal. While it was written for a different audience I kept it because it seemed to…
As I sort through the materials I’ve accumulated over more than fifty years of law practice I continue to find ideas that might be of interest to others. Nothing profound here, but maybe you’ll find it worth reading. Here are the latest selections. Communication For a lot of years I kept the following as a reminder about all you had to know in conducting a direct examination of a witness or interviewing a client or witness. Rudyard Kipling wrote: “I…
In sorting through my files to organize and to decide what goes to recycle I’ve selected some things I’ve saved over the years to share with you. I’ve spent a lot of years reading material in the area of advertising, sales and human psychology. Industry has spent millions studying marketing, advertising and decision making with much of it available to us as trial lawyers. We are in the profession of persuasion for others and the material can be helpful. Here…