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Law Practice

Mar. 2, 2009

Overcoming 'Stickiness'

Lawyers tend to be a demoralized, pessimistic bunch. But they don't have to be.

Timothy A. Tosta

Arent Fox LLP

Email: tim.tosta@arentfox.com

We, as lawyers, have the opportunity to free ourselves from where we may be "stuck" in our lives. For many of us, this arises from how we are functioning in our careers. But our lives can be stuck in other domains. "Stickiness" may arise in a marriage, or in our relationships with our parents or children, or in the absence of meaningful friendships. It may manifest in chronic illness or addictive behaviors. Or, our stickiness may appear across domains where nothing particular is terribly w...

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