New edition of THE COMPLETE LAWYER now online: The focus is "A sound mind in a sound body"

Another chock-full edition of The Complete Lawyer is up and awaiting your reading eyes and minds. Articles include one I wrote with Dr. Jeffrey Schwartz: "Exercise Mind Hygiene On A Daily Basis." Excerpt:

Do you ever have days when you describe your life as out of control?  Is your career going in an unintended direction? Do you feel as if you don’t have the time to assess whether your personal and professional trajectory is consistent or colliding with your goals and values, or if it’s aligned with your daily preferences? If you answered "yes" to any of these questions, stop! For just a moment, step off the treadmill and join us on solid ground.

Do you want to take control? If so, you already have the necessary tool—your reflective mind. Unfortunately too few people use this life-correcting instrument. Instead, most lawyers operate in a reactive mode. Some are so governed by the billable hour that their brains are like metronomes, still keeping time even when they are away from work, preventing them from paying full attention to life outside the office. Others are so motivated by fear of not scaling the Mt. Everest heights of the legal profession, of not meeting elusive standards or not moving fast enough that they suffer self-induced workaholism. Sadly, some lawyers are so governed by their reactive brains that they become physically ill.

Other don't-miss articles:

• "The Inextricable Link Between The Body And Mind" by Richard Strozzi-Heckler
• "What Are Your Options?" by Anne Whitaker
• "Find Gratitude, Be A Better Lawyer" by Joe Shaub
• "Your Next Presentation Can Be A Hit If You Follow The Rules" by Mark Johnson
• "Do You Think Like A Solo Practitioner?" by Susan Cartier Liebel
• "Hourly Billing Is The Opiate Of The Profession" by Ronald J. Baker
• "Live in Your Head and Your Heart" by Susan Daicoff
• "Use The Elements Of Fiction To Tell The Client’s Story" by Karen J. Sneddon

And much, much more! This edition includes the second column written by my sisters in the ADR 'hood (Vickie Pynchon, Diane Levin, and Gini Nelson) and me; click to read the new installment of our "The Human Factor."

Something for everyone in The Complete Lawyer. Enjoy.

Note (added May 2, 2008, 12:04 PM Mountain): From one of my favorite blogs (because it is smart, sharp, short, sassy, and even once in a while silly), an announcement of this edition of TCL. Do NOT miss how What About Clients? heralded this The Complete Lawyer; what they did is good for your mind and your body. Get moving! Love that crew of bloggers—Holden Oliver, Brooke Powell, Tom Welshonce and Dan Hull. Kind of a hybrid of Miley Cyrus, Benjamin Franklin, Britney Spears, George Washington, Robin Williams, and Angelina Jolie. (Maybe throw in a teaspoon of the Dalai Lama and Starhawk, too.)