What’s an Inspired Solo?
March 5, 2007 by sherrie
It’s a solo practitioner who can say the following things about herself, with full assurance and certitude:
- She wakes up happy, most days.
- She goes to bed content, most nights.
- She practices in an area of law that speaks to her, somehow, even though she might not fully understand why.
- She genuinely likes her clients, and feels they’re pretty fond of her, most times.
- She carves out time on a regular basis to meditate, take walks in nature, pray, journal, or engage in some other mind-body spiritual practice that fills the metaphysical well.
- She values and consults both sides of her brain - the logical left, the creative right - and lets them each have their say.
- She asks for - and gets - a fair fee for the value she provides.
- She embraces those tasks she does, and does them to the best of her ability. The rest, she delegates freely and fully.
- She seeks the eagle’s perspective - looking at life, her practice, her clients, and her cases with a broader point of view, deliberately seeking out more than one way to do things - because she knows options are her friends.
- She operates from prosperity, not poverty, consciousness. She focuses on the abundance, not the lack.
- She is kind to others - including competitors and opposing counsel.
Am I an inspired solo?
Yes, although like everyone else, I stumble from time to time. It’s why I launched my own practice in the first place - to seek out and live another way of practicing law, of being a lawyer. And it’s why I started this blog - I felt that strongly about the things I’ve been discovering along the way that I felt compelled to share them with others. This isn’t done in a sense of “this is the only way to do things,” but rather out of a feeling of compassion - that these discoveries (though I suspect they are far from unique or original to me) can truly help create a new life in the law for those who, as I was, may be facing burnout and career change.
I hope you find something useful here. As with all things, take what’s good, and leave the rest, with my blessings.
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Sheryl,
I am thrilled to have found your site (via Chuck Newton, et al)!
I an almost 10 year practice in 2000 to care for my late father and be a wife and mom. My children are now almost out of high school, and I’m 50. I have been wrestling with the idea of going back to law, but did not want to return to the law as I knew it.
Your blog is giving me much food for that. Most importantly, your willingness to share your wisdom and thoughts has, along with wha Chuck Newton and others have shared, made me believe that I could really launch my own solo practice.
Thank you!
Thanks for reading, Sandy! I’m so glad if something I have written helps someone else sort through these issues and make the decision to get inspired! Approach this in a sense of “doors wide open - the world is your oyster” and you’ll be fine. Keep in touch! Let us know what you decide.