Life & the Law Webcast 10/29: Handling the Stress of a Business Law Practice

Life & the Law Webcast 10/29: Handling the Stress of a Business Law Practice - Presented by former MSBA President Lew Remele as well as Link Christin and Joan Bibelhausen

Shaun Jamison
www.guideonyourside.com

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Finding Peace in a Chaotic World

My daughter received her first communion a few days ago. It was a lovely event and milepost in her life. However, the activity leading up to it did not seem to match the beauty and serenity that the ceremony symbolized.

There were the classes and scheduling conflicts. There must be a party. The party must have cake even though the reception at the church that the children must attend also has cake. Decisions needed to be made about photographs, who is coming, who sits where, and the list goes on. Naturally, the kids still had school and we still had work.

I made three choices to help with my peacefulness. First, I acknowledged the chaos, but decided not to get “sucked in.” Second, I chose to limit the level of busy-ness. We picked up sandwiches, I made a simple salad, we ordered the obligatory cake, and some very simple decorations. I paced myself by spreading out my jobs for the event throughout the week. Third, and most importantly, I reminded myself of the purpose of the event and what it meant for my daughter.

It is not everyday that we or someone we love reaches a big milepost, but each day we are challenged with busy-ness. Uncontrolled busy-ness causes needless stress and conflict. When we are stressed and conflicted our ability to contribute to a peaceful world is inhibited. When we resolve to be peaceful, we can best influence others to be peaceful.

Peace,

Dr. Shaun Jamison

Dr. Shaun Jamison, ACG, ALB is a speaker, law professor, and a business/life coach. He writes and speaks on journaling as well as improving our relationship with time. He may be found on the web at www.guideonyourside.com. He will be presenting at the June Region IV Toastmasters Conference.

Time, Part I

For those of you unfamiliar with Toastmasters, it is a great international organization dedicated to improving communication and leadership. I belong to a club that meets every week where we practice speaking and having well run meetings. We even time every aspect of the meeting to make sure we stay on task.

Today while I was celebrating in my mind our accomplishment of ending a little bit early, I coincidentally ran across a book called Time Shifting at the library. The book decries overemphasis on measuring time and suggests taping the word "Now" onto the faces of our watches. It does recognize that time measurement can serve an appropriate purpose in our Western, space age society, however, it must be balanced against being able to savor our experience and live in the moment . . . Later, I went for a walk in the mall and ran across a print of Dali's Exploding Clock. No doubt this story will continue. . .

Shaun

A Little Goes a Long Way

Have you been procrastinating something relatively simple lately? Odds are fairly high the answer is yes. Even if you are well-organized at the office, often there is something in your personal life that you are putting off.

Think for a moment about whatever it is that you are putting off. Is it important to you or important to someone important to you? If no, think of something else. Now that you have an important action in mind, ask "What is the first step to getting it done?"

We procrastinate for all kinds of reasons and while it is interesting to dig into why, today, let us simply take action unless there is a very good reason to not accomplish the task. Take that first step, identify the first action and do it.

If someone is waiting for you do "get-r-done," you will build their confidence in you by taking the first step. If it is something you want to do, you will relieve the stress of not having a solution in motion.

Shaun Jamison