Have you ever noticed that the more you try to control everything in your life and practice, the less certain you actually feel? This paradox of chasing certainty is something I see regularly in my coaching practice with lawyers. When we desperately try to create predictability by controlling external factors, we often end up feeling more uncertain and exhausted than when we started.
As lawyers, we’re naturally drawn to certainty. Our profession is built on structures, precedents, and rules designed to create predictability. Yet once we cross the threshold from law school into practice, we find ourselves constantly navigating gray areas where clear answers are rare. The very nature of legal practice places us in zones of uncertainty.
In today’s episode, I’m sharing four practical strategies to help you create more certainty in your practice without trying to control everything around you. You’ll discover how to shift your focus from what you don’t want to what you do want, how to break down overwhelming goals into manageable steps, and how to generate that feeling of certainty from within. By the end, you’ll understand how to feel certain even when facing uncertain circumstances.
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What You’ll Learn from this Episode:
- How to identify when you’re caught in the paradox of chasing certainty and creating more uncertainty instead.
- Why lawyers are particularly susceptible to craving certainty and how this affects decision-making in your practice.
- The four key areas to focus on to create genuine certainty without exhausting yourself.
- How to shift your thinking from what you don’t want to creating a clear vision of what you do want.
- The difference between outcome goals and process goals, and why process goals create more certainty.
- Practical techniques to generate the feeling of certainty within yourself, regardless of external circumstances.
- How to apply the Be, Do, Have model to break free from the certainty paradox once and for all.
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