Holly Buckley

And in order to build that plan, you really need that focused downtime. And I frankly find flights very helpful for this. I find as sad as it may be, vacation's a good time for this, to be able to take some quieter time when there's less going on to actually focus on it.

On the lawyer side, building your strategy around business development, personal development, where you want to develop skills, same thing. You've got to take that quiet time to think it through. and put a plan in place and then revisit it periodically. Within both of the disciplines, there's also kind of the ongoing things you need to execute on.

On the lawyer side, building your strategy around business development, personal development, where you want to develop skills, same thing. You've got to take that quiet time to think it through. and put a plan in place and then revisit it periodically. Within both of the disciplines, there's also kind of the ongoing things you need to execute on.

So there's the constant focus, but then there's the need to focus on execution on things like business development, recruiting, billing, focusing on finances, and that's things that need continued attention, but less deliberate and continuous attention. and kind of the clients and the team items.

So there's the constant focus, but then there's the need to focus on execution on things like business development, recruiting, billing, focusing on finances, and that's things that need continued attention, but less deliberate and continuous attention. and kind of the clients and the team items.

And then there's all of the other admin that just kind of, I wouldn't say it gets in the way, it's totally critical, but it takes a huge amount of time. And for that, I think the key is figuring out systems to both keep everything on track, but also keep the things off my plate that shouldn't be on my plate.

And then there's all of the other admin that just kind of, I wouldn't say it gets in the way, it's totally critical, but it takes a huge amount of time. And for that, I think the key is figuring out systems to both keep everything on track, but also keep the things off my plate that shouldn't be on my plate.

And I think the final thought, and this is one that I'm stealing from one of the senior associates I work with who's very, very smart, is the idea of... You have a lot of balls you need to keep in the air, but there's only one glass ball, and the glass ball is your family, and that's the ball you can't break.

And I think the final thought, and this is one that I'm stealing from one of the senior associates I work with who's very, very smart, is the idea of... You have a lot of balls you need to keep in the air, but there's only one glass ball, and the glass ball is your family, and that's the ball you can't break.

And so you keep all the balls in the air and everything on track, but you make sure that when that glass ball starts to fall that you're there to catch it, and that's your number one priority and focus whenever it needs to be. So happy to chat through any of those, but those are the high-level thoughts.

And so you keep all the balls in the air and everything on track, but you make sure that when that glass ball starts to fall that you're there to catch it, and that's your number one priority and focus whenever it needs to be. So happy to chat through any of those, but those are the high-level thoughts.

Yeah, I think the one other thing I just reflected on is the importance of having a plan. And the plan needs to be living, breathing, and moving, but there's a lot of things that come your way from candidates to opportunities to shift and change. And I think unless you've got that distilled plan to run things through the filter of, you can end up very lost.

Yeah, I think the one other thing I just reflected on is the importance of having a plan. And the plan needs to be living, breathing, and moving, but there's a lot of things that come your way from candidates to opportunities to shift and change. And I think unless you've got that distilled plan to run things through the filter of, you can end up very lost.

And I think it took me a little bit of time to come up with a plan that I liked, but I developed a kind of strategic recruiting plan

And I think it took me a little bit of time to come up with a plan that I liked, but I developed a kind of strategic recruiting plan

and growth plan that i i vetted with others who whose input was critical but now with each thing that comes in i'm able to run it through that filter and it and the plan changes the plan evolves it's not set in stone but i do think it's really important to have a strong sense of of what you're trying to achieve and how you want to achieve it um versus you know uh

and growth plan that i i vetted with others who whose input was critical but now with each thing that comes in i'm able to run it through that filter and it and the plan changes the plan evolves it's not set in stone but i do think it's really important to have a strong sense of of what you're trying to achieve and how you want to achieve it um versus you know uh

flying by the seat of your pants, if you will. So I do think it's important to spend the time to do that. But I really enjoyed the discussion and the points that you picked up on.

flying by the seat of your pants, if you will. So I do think it's important to spend the time to do that. But I really enjoyed the discussion and the points that you picked up on.

Thank you, Scott.