“Channel your energy. Focus.”—Carl Lewis, Olympic running champion
Conducting a legal job search can be an Olympic-sized undertaking. Be ready. If you’ve been dragging your feet, following is Olympic inspiration to help get your head in the game.
10 Things Olympians Can Teach Legal Job Seekers:
1. Focus is everything.
2. When you hit a wall, push off it and get some new momentum.
3. Legal careers are like the balance beam; you WILL fall off. Olympians get back up again (and again, and again, and again).
4. You can’t get to the big leagues without putting in your time. Practice, train, get confident; then trust your talent and all your hard work to carry you through.
5. When you’re competing at a high level, even the little things matter.
6. Listen to coaches you trust: Criticism isn’t personal when it’s productive.
7. Be so dedicated that dedication becomes habit, and the habit becomes who you are.
8. Healthy competition will help you be the best you can be.
9. If you’re going to jump, jump as high as you can. If you’re going to swim, swim as hard as you can. If you intend to practice law, focus your search as intensely as you can.
10. Olympians don’t hesitate. They do not hoard their personal courage or save it for a rainy day. Every day, they give everything they have to give. Lawyers can too.
“To give anything less than your best is to sacrifice the gift.”—Steve Roland Prefontaine, Olympic running champion
Are you ready to get in the game? Law Career Services can help. To make an appointment with your career advisor, call 312.362.8385.
The above content was based upon an email from Writer’s Relief Author’s Submission Service.
