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Hyphens and the law

Chase Jarvis, top photographer and CEO of creativelive.com (@chasejarvis on pretty much all social platforms) contends that many people (mainly in the creative sector, but also extending into virtually all business areas) increasingly lead what he calls „multi-hyphenate lives“. Multiple hyphens The underlying thought is that having one occupation or role throughout or even at any point in a career has to a large extent become a thing of the past. Getting a corporate job and holding it until retirement increasingly is the exception to the rule. The same applies for doing only a specific kind of task as part of a job description. Instead, Jarvis argues, the

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Train slow to race fast – Lawyers‘ edition

One assumption is at the core of my approach to training top transactional lawyers: I believe that good jurists are extremely well positioned to learn at a greatly accelerated speed. This post explores some possible reasons as well as some thoughts on what it takes to capitalise on that strength. Some caveats up front: this post does not address the question what the focus of learning and practice should be for maximum impact, the exact procedures of training or similar more detailed aspects. This is far more basic, looking at some fundamentals of making stuff stick. Chess pieces A series of studies conducted by

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From firearms to vegetables

Let me put on the record what I see within the scope of this section of Clarity. Structure. Performance., within the scope of my work as a trainer and coach – but also within the scope of whatever you do, whether as a lawyer, an HR-professional, or simply as a human being in general. Performance considered If taken literally, the word „performance“ refers to how we put things into the world. Sure, there is performance art. Musical performances. But there is also my performance as a trainer, your performance as a lawyer or training specialist, our performance as spouses, friends, foes, professionals, hobby musicians or

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4 Thoughts on putting stuff online

Lately I’ve been struggling a bit with my footing online, in particular on social media. No. 1) It’s so simple to just add to the noise. Write an article or a post, throw in some pics and put in on the social platform of your choice. No big deal. But does it really matter? Does anyone care? Is the writing good, clear and concise enough to, even if nobody cares, at least help the person posting (here: me) to get clear on a thought, theme or whatever? I’m working on the first edition of a brief, regular newsletter on topics dear to me which

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