Monday Morning Message 10.2.23 Remember Your Why
“Regardless of what we do in our lives, our why—our driving purpose, cause or belief—never changes.”
― Simon Sinek
Over the past weeks, I’ve shared 2 of “The 10 Things I Wish I Had Known When I Started Law School” that I shared with our first year class. Here’s the 3rd and final one I’m sharing…. I have spared you all 10!
When I started law school, I wish I had known to remember my why.
Two bricklayers were asked: “What are you doing?’ The first, exhausted and unhappy, said, “I am laying bricks.” The second, energized and in good spirits, said, “I am building a cathedral.”
Tuesday Morning Message 9.26.23 The Power of Listening.
Last week, I noted that when I welcomed our first year class of law students, I shared “The 10 Things I Wish I Had Known When I Started Law School.” Here’s another “thing I wish I had known.”
When I started law school, I wish I had known the power of listening.
We need leaders who recognize the value of asking rather than telling, of listening rather than jumping to conclusions. As Steven Covey notes in The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People, “seek first to understand, then to be understood.”
Monday Morning Message 9.18.23 What I Wish I Had Known.
“Much of the uncertainty of law is not an unfortunate accident: it is of immense social value.” -Supreme Court Justice
Monday Morning Message 9.11.23 Make Your Torch Burn Brightly.
“The world breaks every one and afterward many are strong at the broken places.” -
Monday Morning Message 9.5.23 Our New JD Online Program
“Thank you for an exceptional start to my first year of law school! I thoroughly enjoyed each part of my first residency weekend. The alumni dinner at the Synenberg’s was a special evening I will never forget.”
-JD Online Student
“I just wanted to say thank you for such an inspiring, gracious, generous, informative, and educational experience. The residency was so useful, and I feel like I really got to know everyone in a meaningful way. I just can't thank you enough for creating such a wonderful first law school experience. I am thrilled to be a student at CSU Law!! Oh, and the dinner was incredible!! Thank you so much for arranging and making that happen!!” - JD Online Student