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Overheard at the Water Cooler: Find Your Passion

I thought I’d give you an update on finding my passion. You will recall that last year, Lawyers Mutual Consulting & Services was born, partly because I read a book. The book, “Designing Your Life: How to Build a Well-Lived, ...

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My Favorite Things

  This month I thought I’d gather some of my favorite thoughts to share.   My Favorite Blog I’m going to recommend Seth’s Blog by Seth Godin. Seth has been blogging daily for a decade. He is the author of ...

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Overheard at the Water Cooler: Design Your Life

  I’m starting a business and I’m a little nervous! I’m also very excited. Let me catch you up on what’s going on with me. And I’m going back to the beginning, because I think you may find the story ...

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Overheard at the Water Cooler: Go Strong

    Do you ever wonder why you make certain choices? Why you do what you do? Why you like certain things? Why you are better at some things than others? According to Gallup’s CliftonStrengths (formerly known as StrengthsFinders), there ...

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Overheard at the Water Cooler: Create Confidence

Would it surprise you to know that confidence matters to your success? And that In fact, confidence is more important than competence? Journalists Katty Kay and Claire Shipman are the authors of a 2014 book, The Confidence Code, that set ...

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My 2016 Reading Challenge

Part I “I’m a slow reader, but I usually get through seventy or eighty books a year, most fiction. I don’t read in order to study the craft; I read because I like to read” Stephen King, On Writing: A ...

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Overheard at the Water Cooler: Making the transition from law firm to in-house

I was excited to speak at the Raleigh-Wake Paralegal Association June meeting to discuss transitioning from law firm paralegal to in-house. I invited my long-time friend and paralegal colleague, Debbie Lawrence, to join me. Debbie is an account executive with ...

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Tech Toolkit: Boost productivity with these hacks and apps

MINNEAPOLIS, MN — Technology can be hugely helpful when it comes to communicating with colleagues and clients, speeding up document revisions, and finding information like a professional sleuth — but as most people experience, it also has a dark side. ...

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Overheard at the Water Cooler: Welcome, recent graduates

While April showers bring May flowers, May heralds new graduates. Here is some advice for recent graduates that I hope will also resonate with my working paralegal friends. My first networking experience landed me a job while I was a ...

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Overheard at the Water Cooler: Is North Carolina ready for limited license legal technicians?

Paralegal certification by the State Bar is celebrating 10 years in North Carolina. And while the certification program is very successful, with more than 4,000 certified paralegals, recognition by the bar of a certification program was not guaranteed. Is North ...

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