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VULNERABILITY IS POWER- BRENE BROWN

VULNERABILITY IS POWER- BRENE BROWN

Brene Brown is a PhD research professor at the University of Houston in the graduate College of social work. Her area of research involves relationships between people. She studies vulnerability, courage, worthiness and shame. She has published about these subjects: http://www.amazon.com/s?ie=UTF8&page=1&rh=n%3A283155%2Cp_27%3ABrene%20 She also has a blog(http://brenebrown.com/)  and has TED talks as well.  She confirms what I believe about the essential need of plaintiff attorneys to be totally authentic and to be truth tellers about themselves and their cases if they want…

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SOME THOUGHTS ABOUT MOTIVATION & SUCCESS

SOME THOUGHTS ABOUT MOTIVATION & SUCCESS

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…

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SOME THOUGHTS AND ADVICE ABOUT LIFE

SOME THOUGHTS AND ADVICE ABOUT LIFE

We are still in our jury trial in Seattle which doesn’t leave much time to keep this blog as current as  I would like. But, this week I’d like to share some thoughts about how we view life as trial lawyers. Some of this directly does  apply to trying cases and some of it is general advice about our attitudes about life. The late Ann Landers printed these “tips for life” one time in her advice column: 1.         When you…

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