In the book “The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People,” Stephen Covey talks about the principle of beginning with the end of your life in mind. I suggest a smaller version of the concept. Ask yourself each week, “what do I want/need to accomplish this week?” Write down the items. As you look at the list, think of how you would bill your client for accomplishing that task.
This article will provide an overview of the issues surrounding this current Facebook faux pas, with a focus on what questions lawyers should be asking themselves.
Follow these Outlook tips and you’ll increase your productivity and put off procrastinating for another day.
In the last article in this series, we discussed automating text entry for creating discovery with sequence fields. This article will expand on this process and others using Quick Parts/Auto Text to help you speed up document drafting.
This article will be a collection of three tips that can be used to speed up the various portions of discovery document drafting. Combining the formatting and these tips will help increase your efficiency when using Microsoft Word.
After reading this article, never again will you hesitate to rearrange sections of your brief due to your fear of redoing the Table of Contents or Table of Authorities.
This article discusses the various online billing and e-invoicing tools available to lawyers today. As always, be aware of your ethical compliance responsibilities when utilizing any online or third-party service.
Hopefully this article will help you wrap your head around the header and footer tools in Microsoft Word.
This article will show you how to apply two types of page numbering in one document. Future articles will build on this skill to help you craft complex Microsoft Word documents.
Can Microsoft Word help you maintain competence and avoid procrastination? Yes, if you take some time to make your software tools work for you.
One of the best (or worst?) features of Microsoft Word is its automatic formatting. Properly understood, Microsoft Word’s automatic behavior controls are incredibly helpful.
Create one to three Quick Steps that you will commit to using for the next week. Then, practice those quick first steps.
This article will provide a brief overview of the new features available on the iPhone 7 to help you determine if it’s time to upgrade.
This article offers some ideas to help you use technology to take charge of the back-to-school chaos and make this school year great.
Unfortunately, leaving emails unprocessed in your inbox waiting for you drains your energy, causes you to procrastinate, and takes up mental capacity. Thankfully, there’s a better way to deal with email. It’s called getting to “Inbox Zero.”
A few suggestions on modifying Outlook can help you get more out of the email system by better organizing to boost efficiency and productivity.
Seth Wilson takes note of two apps for taking notes: Evernote and Microsoft OneNote.
Migrating to Office 365 is a decision that should be made with careful planning and consideration of the risks and benefits of a cloud-based system. That said, the trend toward using other people’s computers to lower your own operating costs will only continue in the future.
This year, join me in a different approach: setting goals and developing habits. Neither concept is new and both take effort to be effective. Here are some pointers and tech tools you can use to help support achieving your goals and developing good habits in the new year.
While a legal pad and pen are forms of technology, and can be very effective, you should be tracking your to- do’s with digital tools.