Summary
In this episode, Zinda Law Group CEO and founder, Jack Zinda talks about his personal strategy for staying sane while running a firm and practicing law.
Discussed in this Episode:
Don’t outwork the problem
Areas of focus
What am I trying to achieve?
Mapping out your time
Establishing hard edges
Don’t Outwork the Problem
This is the most common and obvious way to keep yourself from burning out or cutting corners. You may be able to work 80 hour weeks, but eventually it’s going to catch up with you in the form of mistakes, exhaustion and tension with family and friends.
Areas of Focus
You have a finite amount of time to devote to your work. Once you’ve established a healthy work-life balance, you’ll then need to find ways to be more effective and efficient. Mapping out your areas of focus will go a long way to ensuring keeping yourself on track.
What Am I Trying to Achieve?
Look at the long-term goals of your practice and make sure that they line up with how your practice is currently being run. Is there a clear path? Or do you need to tweak your role to better suit the business?
Mapping Out Your Time
Beyond the areas of focus, it’s also important to map out the rest of your time to ensure that you feel satisfied with your role. For example, Jack loves to practice law and tries to make sure that is working on law-based tasks a third of the time.
Establishing Hard Edges
Once you’ve mapped everything out, now you have to follow through. Scheduling everything each week, including time when you’re just working alone is important. If you fail to adhere to the schedule, the system will fail. Finally, look back each month and inventory your work. What areas need to be tweaked?
You can reach Jack at:
jz@zindalaw.com
512-246-2224