It's good to be back with another update: tomorrow will be my last day as a partner at my firm. I'm leaving it so that I can do... well... I'd rather do anything else. Being a partner and, in fact, being on the traditional track to whatever success is supposed to be is a sure-fire way to surrender yourself to the machine. No more. I have learned a lot while being at my firm. I have learned, for instance, how people should not be managed, how partners should not be spun to by other partners, and how money should not be spent. I've learned that you'll never please 100% of the people 100% of the time. I've learned that many law partners are absolutely shitty business partners with no sense of what it takes to be successful or what is required to move collectively in a positive direction. I've learned that many leaders of average or below-average organizations haven't the ability or the intellectual wherewithal to listen. I have also learned a great ...
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