A few days ago I was driving down the Freeway and as I took the exit something unexpected happened. All the lights in my car turned off, the engine went dead and the car rolled to a complete stop halfway in the intersection. There wasn’t anybody around, so I got out of my car and…

Originally posted in The National Law Journal on March 3, 2014 The biggest excuse keeping professionals from using Linkedin? “I don’t have the time for one more thing.” So here are five things you could do on Linkedin while drinking your morning coffee. – Check the “Who’s Viewed Your Profile” menu option. Even a free Linkedin account…

This past month I’ve been re-reading Geoffrey Moore’s primer on innovation, “Crossing the Chasm.” More than a decade later, Moore is still right on with regard to his predictions of human behavior when it comes to innovation. What was particularly interesting to me was his discussion of the late majority and the laggards in the…

Four years ago I started to get busy in my consulting and coaching practice. It was great, I was finally making more money than I had been as a lawyer. I got busier and busier over the next few years but I soon realized I had a major bottleneck in my business—me. My time and…

Originally posted in The National Law Journal on December 16, 2013 “Whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.” – Galatians 6:7 A few months ago I addressed a large group of lawyers about building their online presence. I explained the importance of demonstrating what Aristotle called “ethos”—the strength of character and authority as…

For 7 weeks I have been checking off boxes and completing my goals like clockwork. 5:30 am wake up 6:00-7:00 am CrossFit workout 7:30-8:15 family time, get kids on the bus 8:30 write a new blog post 9:15 starts my workday like a champion, ahead of the game. Then I hurt my shoulder. It started…

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Legal marketing consultant Adrian Dayton to launch social media app for attorneys Start-up receives $400,000 from tech incubator and angel investors BUFFALO, NY (Feb. 21, 2014) – Legal social media expert Adrian Dayton will launch a social media sharing and analytics tool for law firms in April. Called Clearview Social, the software…