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Law
Jan 2025

Enough With the Lawyer Billboards

An Ode to the Legal Profession
I didn’t grow up wanting to be a lawyer. 

Most of what I heard about lawyers when I was younger was from lawyer jokes. 

Then, I took a Contract Law class when I was in business school at the University of South Carolina. I was about 20.

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Nov 2024

For the Climb of Life & Biz, You Need a Trail Team

Building a business is like climbing a mountain.
The journey of life, the same.

Your trail winds around, up and down over ridge lines, through the valleys. 

There are overlooks where you stop and view where you came from, and where you’re going.

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Nov 2024

Embracing A.I. and the Pace of Change

My thoughts? In a word: WOW. 
Over the last few years, I did a complete overhaul of my personal organizational system.

I reorganized my calendar and how I manage my time.

I created checklists for everything.

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Nov 2024

IRAC²

A Lawyer’s Ninja Trick for Getting to the Bottom of Things
In the first year of law school, lawyers-to-be learn the acronym IRAC. It’s a handy tool that has served me well throughout my legal career. 

IRAC is my starting point of first principles thinking whenever I need to do a quick-and-dirty legal analysis. 

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Aug 2024

From Financial to Political Leverage

The Tools That Lift the World
“Give me a lever long enough and a fulcrum on which to place it, and I shall move the world.”
–Archimedes

Leverage, a powerful concept as old as time.

I see leverage all around me, everyday. In the physical world, leverage governs what grows and what doesn’t grow.

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Apr 2024

Navigating the Constitution

Start With the Two Pillars of Our Free Society
I have a funny filter I use sometimes to avoid silly conversations. I say, “I won’t talk about our government or politics with anyone who hasn’t read the Constitution in the last 3 years.” 

It’s a little tongue-in-cheek, but I’ve used it effectively more than a few times.

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Mar 2024

From Bar Exam to Business

Unleashing New Superpowers After Law School
After I took the bar exam, I needed to sort out how I wanted to start my professional life. Instead of going the traditional route and working for a law firm, I decided to go into business. I took a few months off to find the right opportunity. I traveled a lot between DC (law school) and NYC (opportunity).

In hindsight, this was a much needed break and a great time for me to take a pause.

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Mar 2024

10 Minutes of Chicken Scratch

My Bar Exam Story
I studied hard for the bar exam. It was a real grind, throughout the entire summer of 2007. But something in me really liked it. 

In fact, I liked studying for the bar exam better than I liked studying in law school. Studying in law school was like a slow drip. Three months of lectures on one subject followed by one final exam – with the professor trying to trick you on the exam.

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