Let's try something: Wisdom Wednesdays. This week's topic is: advice I'd give my younger self. What's something you needed to hear as a first or second year lawyer?

For me, it's that you are in charge of your own career and no one cares about it like you do. Ask for what you want and make your own opportunities. Doing great work is a good first step, but it's not enough to really build the career you want.

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Start doing business development in year one. It doesn't pay off for several years, but you'll be way ahead of everyone who started in year five because they thought they were too junior.

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Exactly. Non lawyer industry events are very helpful for learning about what your clients ACTUALLY care about. You can be the best lawyer in the room, but if you don't understand the client's business, you're screwed.

I used to not go to as many lawyer events and instead focus on industry. That's probably a mistake. Luckily there were a lot of lawyers that I formed connections with at these industry events. But now I operate almost exclusively on referrals. (Not uncommon, as I'm a woman and look much younger than I am.) But they refer to me because I spent years establishing myself as a participant and then a potential expert in the field.

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Learn to delegate well and understand that doing this will help your work life balance

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