Lawyering

“If you’re playing a solo game, you’ll always lose out to a team”

According to the book “The Start-up of You” by Reid Hoffman and Ben Casnocha, no matter how brilliant your mind or strategy, if you’re playing a solo game, you’ll always lose out to a team. It was mentioned in the context of building a network and a career but I …

Lawyering

For my lawyer friends

Over the course of my legal career, I have been fortunate to meet some colleagues who remain good friends even after we have left the firms where we first met. My former colleague, whom I first met more than 13 years ago during my pupillage, has been sending me birthday …

Lawyering

Sometimes I forget

Sometimes I forget that the other person working on a file with me is a beginner. I made the same wrong assumption I have observed in other senior lawyers. I assumed the person delegated with a task knew how to do it without checking with that person. I asked a …