Endurance Lessons for Lawyers: When Lawyering Is Like Everesting – Part Seven

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Endurance events are decided when you’re tired, not when you feel strong. At the end, fatigue sets in. Focus slips. Discipline is tested. That’s where outcomes are determined.

Litigation is no different. By the time you reach trial, everyone is tired. That’s when small mistakes matter most.

In training, you build the ability to perform under fatigue – not in one effort, but over months of consistent work. By the end, you’re not the same person who started. You’ve built capacity. The same is true in law. The lawyer who stays sharp at the end has the advantage. That’s not talent, that’s preparation.

Have you seen outcomes turn on performance at the very end—when fatigue sets in?

 
Mike Ehrenstein

Mike Ehrenstein

Attorney Michael Ehrenstein is a founding partner at the American law firm Ehrenstein Sager, which specializes in commercial law, complex litigation, and high-stakes international arbitration.

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