Endurance Lessons for Lawyers: When Lawyering Is Like Everesting – Part Six
As I have gotten older and hopefully a little wiser, I have learned that I can truly control very little. The weather, witnesses, opposing counsel, judges, jurors…I can’t control any of them.
In endurance training, that’s obvious. You can’t control the mountain, but you can control how you prepare for it.
The same is true in law. Most lawyers spend too much time on things they can’t control, and not enough on what they can, like strategy, preparation, and execution. The most successful athletes aren’t the most intense. They’re the most engaged in the process. They show up. They adjust. They keep going. The same might be said of the most successful lawyers.
Where do you see people waste energy on things outside their control—and what actually matters instead?
More musings on endurance to come.
