Bruce Feiler wrote about saying thank you at the Academy Awards in the Sunday New York Times. The observations in his article seem to me to have usefulness for us as trial Lawyers. Here are some of the things the article discussed. At this year’s ceremony the speakers are allowed only 45 seconds which is about 65 words or two tweets to say thanks for the award. So, what advice do the experts have for the award winners? The first…
Our greatest failure as plaintiff’s trial lawyers is not listening with concentration. We don’t really listen to everything the juror is saying or in a nonverbal way communicating to us in jury selection. We don’t do a good job of making it clear to that juror that we have heard and accept in a totally nonjudgmental way whatever they have told us. We don’t carefully listen to the witness testifying in order to know how to follow up. Listening is…
Thought for the day: “This is the true joy in life, the being used for any purpose recognized by yourself as a mighty one; the being thoroughly worn out before you are thrown on the scrap heap; the being a force of nature instead of a feverish selfish little clod of ailments and grievances complaining that the world will not devote itself to making you happy.” George Bernard Shaw Man and Superman Here are three principles of psychology which can be…