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...Knowing enough to think you're right, but not enough to know you're wrong. Ask yourself this, if suddenly you were no longer at the firm, would the firm stop winning cases? Would billables evaporate? Would life disintegrate to a lawless wasteland?
First stop judging. It’s coming from a negative place and really just says that you’re judging yourself. The fact that they are making choices that make them happy does not reflect anything upon them in a negative way. The fact that you are valuing yourself only upon your title as an attorney and how “hard you work” is your issue and not theirs. you are in control of your life and if you choose not to take a vacation and to work yourself to the brink then that is your choice. If they choose to have a life and work to live instead of living to work that is their choice. You are resenting it because you are unhappy. You’ll continue to be unhappy until you make the choice to choose your life and you will see that everything will be OK.
Again, this happens all the time in every firm. There are superstars and there are middle of the pack associates and there are bottom associates. You should be glad that the partners view you as reliable and their go-to. If you’d rather not be, then start saying no and taking more trips. Superstars have to work harder. You don’t get extra credit for nothing. Yes, you actually have to work more and work harder to get paid more and get better recognition. That’s how it works. If you don’t care about that, then stop doing it and fall to the middle / bottom like those you resent so much.
Surprised a bit at the pile on! I struggle with this too. My brain realizes that it’s partly because I am a nerd and a workaholic and can’t expect that of most people.What helped me was to take a real vacation myself!!!
Take time to train them and make them better!