Endurance Lessons for Lawyers: When Lawyering Is Like Everesting – Part Five
Training for a 36-hour endurance event is not just physical. It’s logistical. You have to fit it into real life – Family. Friends. Work. It’s a puzzle. And the puzzle doesn’t stay still.
One of the most useful ideas from my training is this: Manage the puzzle – Not perfectly, just consistently. My puzzle management cannot include multitasking. I can’t take calls or answer emails while I’m training. Some people can, but I can’t. When I’m training, I’m training.
When I’m working, I’m working. When I am with family or friends, I focus on them. That separation matters for me because my goal isn’t to cram everything in, but to do each thing with intention.
The same applies in law. Trying to do everything at once leads to diluted performance everywhere. Focused effort beats fragmented effort.
How do you manage competing demands—do you multitask effectively, or do you separate focus?
More to come.
