Setting Goals Answer These Questions

Developing the Next Generation of Rainmakers Setting Goals: Answer these questions Success as a lawyer, and in life, starts with having absolute clarity on what you want. When you have that clarity, you become a laser beam, focused and not wasting time. When you don’t have it, you are more like a shotgun, doing random lunches and calling it client development. I frequently tell lawyers that when they are setting goals, they should consider what will come out of it to be a marathon (their career) that will be accomplished by a series of sprints (Weekly or monthly activities.) So, if you are willing to do some self-reflection, here is a list of questions you can ask yourself and answer to consider where you want to be at the end of the marathon-what you want in your career and life. The Who Questions: The What Questions: The When Questions: The Where Questions: The Why Questions: The How Questions:   I practiced law for 37 years developing a national construction law practice representing some of the top highway and transportation construction contractors in the US.